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Project Apollo
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Apollo 1
Apollo 1 VideoApollo 1 was scheduled to be the first manned mission of the U.S. Apollo manned lunar landing program, with a target launch date of February 21, 1967. A cabin fire during a launch pad test on January 27 at Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the Command Module.[1] The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was officially retired by NASA in commemoration of them on April -
Apollo 7
was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launch -
Apollo 6
the flight was a success, though two first-stage engines shut down prematurely, and the third-stage engine failed to reignite after reaching orbit apollo 6 was the final unmanned
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Apollo 8
Apollo 8 Videothe first flight to take men to the vicinity of the Moon, was a bold step forward in the development of a lunar landing capability. With only minor problems, all spacecraft systems operated as intended, and all primary mission objectives were successfully accomplished. Crew performance was admirable throughout the mission. The navigation techniques developed for translunar and lunar orbital flight proved to be more than adequate to maintain required accuracies for lunar orbit insertion and trans -
Apollo 9
First Flight test of Lunar Module (LM) in Earth Orbit. First space walk testing new lunar space suit. -
The First Lunar Landing
Apollo 11 VideoApollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon,Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to walk on the moon video url------> -
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 VideoApollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the service module upon which the Command Module depended. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to jury-rig the c -
Apollo 14
Alan Shepard, America's first man in space led this mission and he was the oldest man to walk on the Moon. Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the moon. This was the first sporting event on the Moon. -
Apollo 16
Descartes Highlands is the highest Apollo landing site.John Young during Apollo 16 set the Moon land speed record with the Lunar Roving Vehicle. He reached a speed of 11 miles per hour (17.7 km/hr). -
Apollo17
Last Apollo mission.
- Ron Evans of Apollo 17 performed the last space walk of the Apollo program and last deep space walk in history.Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt was the last person to set foot on the Moon during the 20th Century (twelfth person out of a total of twelve moonwalkers). Cernan was the last man to ever stand on the moon. -
Apollo 18,19,20
cancelled due to budgetary considerations.
