the first ten apollo moon missions that had a crew

Introduction

Nov 7, 1966

Hi, welcome to my timeline on the first 10 Apollo moon mission that had a crew. Enjoy!

Apollo 1

Feb 21, 1967

Apollo 1 was the first moon mission to have a crew sent to the moon. Unfortunately, the control module was set on fire, killing the astronauts! This event changed spacecraft design forever.

Apollo 7

Oct 11, 1968

This Apollo mission was the first moon mission assembled for a crew by the U.S.

Apollo 8

Dec 21, 1968

This Apollo mission was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low earth orbit, then reach the moon, orbit the moon, and return with the crew alive.

Apollo 10

May 16, 1969

It was the second mission that the U.S. assembled a crew for. Some refer to it as a “dress rehearsal” for the first Moon landing.

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

The first moon landing! After 4 other Apollo moon missions they finally did it.

Apollo 12

Nov 19, 1969

The second moon landing. Launched only 4 months after the first moon landing!

Apollo 13

Apr 11, 1970

This mission was intended to be the 3rd moon landing. The mission was aborted because of the oxygen tanks failing.

Apollo 14

Feb 5, 1971

The third landing on the moon! This was the first mission that landed on the moon’s highlands

Apollo 15

Apr 30, 1971

This mission was the first use of lunar roving vehicle. Fourth moon landing.

Apollo 16

Jul 30, 1972

This mission was the second mission to land on the moon’s highlands. It was the second last moon landing.

Aollo 17

Dec 11, 1972

This Apollo mission is the most recent mission and currently the last. It carried a biological experiment.

End

Nov 5, 2019

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Bibliography Pics

Nov 10, 2019

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-1-crew-honored https://www.history.com/news/apollo-7-near-mutiny-ground-control-astronauts https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48911106 https://time.com/4866242/apollo-ten-10-tom-stafford-gene-cernan-space-nasa/ https://tinyurl.com/y4vxznbu https://tinyurl.com/y5x8lvnt https://tinyurl.com/y4hpjw8c https://tinyurl.com/yyyzjrh2 https://tinyurl.com/yxsl6f3c https://tinyurl.com/y5o2nbpr https://tinyurl.com/y5jaal6e

Bibliography websites

Nov 10, 2019

(a lot of info from same site)
Websites:
https://historylists.org/events/list-of-6-manned-moon-landings.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo13.html https://www.livescience.com/34185-what-happened-to-nasass-apollo-1-mission.html https://www.space.com/apollo-9-nasa-50th-anniversary.html