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The Apollo 1 Launch Pad Accident
27 January 1967
Tragic Loss of Three Apollo Astronauts -
Apollo 8
Launched: UT 12:51:00 (7:51:00 AM EST). Frank Borman, commander
James A. Lovell, command module pilot
William A. Anders, lunar module pilot. -
Apollo 8
Lunar Orbit -
Apollo 8,
Returned to Earth: UT 15:51:42 (10:51:42 AM EST) -
Apollo 9
Launched 3 March 1969
First crewed Lunar Module test
Splashdown 13 March 1969 -
Apollo 10
Launched: 18 May 1969 UT 16:49:00 (12:49:00 p.m. EDT). Thomas P. Stafford, commander
John W. Young, command module pilot
Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot -
Apollo 10
Lunar Orbit -
Apollo 10
Returned to Earth: UT 16:52:23 (12:52:23 p.m. EDT) -
Apollo 11
The first human journey to the surface of the Moon began at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida with the liftoff of Apollo 11 on a Saturn V booster at 9:32 a.m. EDT (13:32 UT) on a clear sunny Wednesday. Neil A. Armstrong, commander
Michael Collins, command module pilot
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot. -
Apollo 10
After a four day trip, the Apollo astronauts arrived at the Moon. UT 20:17:40 (04:17:40 p.m. EDT) -
Apollo 11
Landing Site: Mare Tranquillitatis - Sea of Tranquility (0.67 N, 23.47 E) -
Apollo 11
Returned to Earth: UT 16:50:35 (12:50:35 p.m. EDT). The Columbia splashed down about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii, returning the 3 astronauts safely to Earth. -
Apollo 12
Launched: UT 16:22:00 (11:22:00 a.m. EST). Charles Conrad, Jr., commander
Richard F. Gordon, command module pilot
Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. -
Apollo 12
Landed on Moon: UT 06:54:35 (01:54:35 a.m. EST). Landing Site: Oceanus Procellarum - Ocean of Storms (3.01 S, 23.42 W) -
Apollo 12
Returned to Earth: UT 20:58:24 (03:58:24 p.m. EST) -
Apollo 13
Launched 11 April 1970
Lunar Flyby and Return
Malfunction forced cancellation of lunar landing
Returned to Earth 17 April 1970 -
Apollo 15
Launched 26 July 1971
Landed on Moon 30 July 1971
Hadley Rille
Returned to Earth 7 August 1971 -
Apollo 16
Launched 16 April 1972
Landed on Moon 20 April 1972
Descartes
Returned to Earth 27 April 1972 -
Apollo 13
Launched 31 January 1971
Landed on Moon 5 February 1971
Fra Mauro
Returned to Earth 9 February 1971 -
Apollo 17
Launched 07 December 1972
Landed on Moon 11 December 1972
Taurus-Littrow
Returned to Earth 19 December 1972 -
Apollo 7
Launched 11 October 1968
First crewed Apollo flight
Splashdown 22 October 1968
