The Apollo Missions that Landed on the Moon

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  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html Lunar Surface Objectives:
    - exploration by the lunar module, or LM, crew;
    - deployment of a television camera to transmit signals to Earth;
    - and deployment of a solar wind composition experiment, seismic experiment package and a Laser Ranging Retroreflector. Crew on the Moon:
    Neil Armstrong, Commander
    Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module Pilot

  • Apollo 12

    Apollo 12
    Source:
    https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo12.html Lunar Surface Objectives:
    - a selenological inspection;
    - surveys and samplings in landing areas;
    - development of techniques for precision-landing capabilities; Crew on the Moon:
    Charles Conrad Jr., Commander
    Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot

  • Apollo 14

    Apollo 14
    Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo14.html Lunar Surface Objectives:
    - orbital science involving high-resolution photography of candidate future landing sites;
    - photography of deep-space phenomena, such as zodiacal light and gegenschein;
    - communications tests using S-band and VHF signals to determine reflective properties of the lunar surface; Crew on the Moon:
    Alan B. Shepard Jr., Commander
    Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot

  • Apollo 15

    Apollo 15
    Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo15.html Lunar Surface Objectives:
    - exploration and geological investigations at the Hadley-Apennine landing site;
    - setup of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, or ALSEP;
    - evaluation of modifications to the lunar module, or LM, made for carrying a heavier payload and for a lunar stay time of almost three days. Crew on the Moon:
    David R. Scott, Commander
    James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot

  • Apollo 16

    Apollo 16
    Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo16.html Lunar Surface Objectives:
    - sampling two volcanic constructional units of the highlands;
    - an ultraviolet stellar camera to return photography of the Earth and celestial regions in spectral bands not seen from Earth;
    - evaluation of the lunar rover through a "Grand Prix" exercise consisting of S-turns, hairpin turns and hard stops. Crew on the Moon:
    John W. Young, Commander
    Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module Pilot

  • Apollo 17

    Apollo 17
    Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html Lunar Surface Objectives:
    - the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, or ALSEP, with a heat flow experiment;
    - lunar seismic profiling, or LSP;
    - lunar surface gravimeter, or LSG;
    - lunar atmospheric composition experiment, or LACE;
    - and lunar ejecta and meteorites, or LEAM. Crew on the Moon:
    Eugene A. Cernan, Commander
    Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot