PROJECT APOLLO

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    mission apollo

    The apollo program was the most expensive American scientific program ever
    In december 1968 they brought astronauts to space
    The apollo project was from 1963-1972
    32 astronauts were part of the apollo mission

  • APOLLO 1

    APOLLO 1
    APOLLO 1 On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in command module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight, the AS-204 mission.
    Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee, died in this tragic accident.
    A spark started the fire in the craft

  • apollo 4

    apollo 4
    It was also called as 501
    Launched November 9th, 1967
    It landed the same day
    The first full test of the three stage saturn rocket

  • apollo 5

    apollo 5
    Also called As204
    It was the first test flight of the lunar module
    It orbited the earth with a period of 88.3 minutes.
    Launched January 22 ,1968

  • apollo 6

    apollo 6
    Also called AS-502
    Launched April 4th, 1968
    Consisted of 3 stage Saturn

  • apollo 8

    apollo 8
    Launched December 21, 1968
    Crew: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders
    It returned December 27, 1968

  • apollo 9

    apollo 9
    Crew: james mcdivitt, David scott,russell schweickart
    Launched march 3rd 1969
    Returned march 13 1969
    The first crew mission with the lunar module

  • apollo 10

    apollo 10
    Crew: thomas p,stafford, john w young and eugene a cernan
    Launched may 18 1969
    Returned may 26 1969
    And second apollo mission to the moon

  • apollo 11

    apollo 11
    APOLLO 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969
    Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21
    The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961

  • apollo 12

    apollo 12
    Crew: Charles Conrad, jr., Richard F. Gordan, Alan L. Bean
    Launched November 14 1969
    Returned november 24 1969
    Landed on the moon november 19 1969
    While on the moon the astronauts had experiments and took pictures

  • apollo 13

    apollo 13
    APOLLO 13 Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. It was launched at the Kennedy space center. There was no backup crew. this was the crew...
    James A. Lovell, Jr.
    John L. Swigert, Jr.
    Fred W. Haise, Jr. The Apollo 13 took place on April 11, 1970