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Apollo 1
One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module -
Apollo 4
The unmanned Saturn/Apollo 4 mission was the first all-up test of the three stage Saturn V rocket. It carried a payload of an Apollo Command and Service Module into Earth orbit. -
Apollo 5
Verify operation of Lunar Module ascent and descent propulsion systems. Evaluate Lunar Module staging. Evaluate S-IVB instrument unit performance. All mission objects achieved. -
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla., at 11:02:45 on October 11, 1968 from launch complex 34 on top of a Saturn IB. The spacecraft crew consisted of commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., command module pilot Donn F. Eisele, and Walter Cunningham as lunar module pilot. Apollo 7 carried a lunar module pilot, but no lunar module. -
Apollo 8
The Apollo 8 mission took 7 days and included 10 orbits around the Moon. -
Apollo 9
The primary objective of Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbital engineering test of the first crewed lunar module, or LM. Concurrent prime objectives included an overall checkout of launch vehicle and spacecraft systems, the crew, and procedures. -
Apollo 10
This was the second Apollo mission to orbit the Moon, and the first to travel to the Moon with the full Apollo spacecraft, consisting of the Command and Service Module. -
Apollo 11
Crewed Landing. The first manned spacecraft landing on the Moon was at 3:17 p.m. on July 20, 1969, when the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. -
Apollo 12
Apollo 12 was the second mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. On 19 November 1969. It was a crew landing. -
Apollo 13
Crewed Landing. An explosion of one of the oxygen tanks and resulting damage to other systems resulted in the mission being aborted before the planned lunar landing could take place. -
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 was the third mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. On 5 February 1971 two astronauts (Apollo 14 Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. and LM pilot Edgar D. Mitchell) landed near Fra Mauro crater on the Moon in the Lunar Module. -
Apollo 15
Apollo 15 was the fourth mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. -
Apollo 16
Apollo 16 was the fifth mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. On 21 April 1972. -
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 was the sixth and last Apollo mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface.
