All Apollo Missions

Apollo Missions

Period: 1961 to 1975

APOLLO 1

Feb 21, 1967

Apollo 1 was the first crewed flight in the Apollo missions and was scheduled to launch on February 21st 1967. It was known as the tragedy as astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module and ended up killing all 3 of them. Its mission was to perform a manned lunar landing on the moon however it never achieved that and instead left us with devastating news. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html

APOLLO 7

Oct 11, 1968

Apollo 7 was the first mission in the united states program to carry a crew into space. As this was the Apollo 1’s objective but after the accident manned flights were suspended while the course of the accident and improvements were made to the spacecraft. It was successful as it was the first three person American space mission and the first to include a live TV broadcast from an American spacecraft. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo7.html

APOLLO 8

Dec 21, 1968

Apollo 8 was the second manned spacecraft mission in the United States Apollo space program. It took 06d 03h 00m 42s and the astronauts on board were Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Ander. It was successful as it orbited 10 times over the course of 20 hours as well as making a christmas eve television broadcast before circling the moon 10 more times and returning back to earth on the 27th December. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html

APOLLO 9

Mar 3, 1969

Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the United States Apollo space program. It took 10d 01h 00m 54s and the astronauts on board were James McDivitt, David Scott and Rusty Schweickart. The mission was successful as it was the first manned flight of a LM and the first docking and extraction of a LM. All prime mission objectives were met and all major spacecraft systems were successfully demonstrated. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo9.html

APOLLO 10

May 18, 1969

Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program and the second to orbit the moon. It took 08d 00h 03m 23s and the astronauts on board were Thomas P. Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan. It went very well as the LM completed a successful rendezvous with Astronaut John W. Young in the command module. As well as being the first live color TV transmissions to Earth. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo10.html

APOLLO 11

Jul 16, 1969

Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission of the United States Apollo space program and the first spacecraft that landed the first two humans on the earth. The astronauts on board were Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin. It was successful as Armstrong became the first to step on the lunar surface six hours after landing which was broadcasted on live TV. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo-11.html

APOLLO 12

Nov 14, 1969

Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the united states Apollo space program and the second to land on the moon. The astronauts on board were Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean. The mission was successful as it was the second space mission to land on the moon. They carried the first colour television camera however it wasn’t successful as the transmission was lost after it was accidently pointed at the sun. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo12.html

APOLLO 13

Apr 11, 1970

Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program. The astronauts on board were James Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise. The rocket was launched but a major disaster occurred in the Apollo space program history when the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded crippling the service module. However the crew did return safely to earth six days after launch. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo13.html

APOLLO 14

Jan 31, 1971

Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the united states Apollo space program. The mission objectives were to perform a lunar surface science, lunar orbital science, and operational/engineering. The astronauts involved were Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell. There was a little delay due to the launch site weather restrictions. However it was successful with a two days stay on the moon. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo14.html

APOLLO 15

Jul 26, 1971

Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo space program. It took 12d 07h 11m 53s and the astronauts involved were David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin. The mission was successful and completed all of its objectives although it was marred by negative publicity that accompanied disclosure of the crew carrying unauthorized postage stamps which they had planned to sell after their return. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo15.html

APOLLO 16

Apr 16, 1972

Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo space program. It took 11d 01h 51m 05s and the astronauts on board were John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charles Duke. The mission was more than successful as it was the fifth mission to land men on the moon and return them to Earth, the second flight of the Lunar Roving Vehicle as well as landing in a highland area that had not yet been discovered on the moon. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo16.html

APOLLO 17

Dec 7, 1972

Apollo 17 was the final mission of the NASA’s Apollo program. The astronauts on board were Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt. This mission was the first night launch of the program and the first mission to have no one on board who had been a test pilot. It broke many records for example longest moon landing, longest moonwalks, largest lunar sample and longest time in lunar orbit. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html