-
Apollo 1
Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). The mission was to be the first crewed flight of Apollo, and was scheduled to launch Feb. 21, 1967. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module, or CM
Read more at:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html -
Apollo 7
The primary objectives for the Apollo 7 engineering test flight were simple: Demonstrate command and service module, or CSM, and crew performance; demonstrate crew, space vehicle and mission support facilities performance during a crewed CSM mission; and demonstrate CSM rendezvous capability.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo7.html -
Apollo 8
06 days, 03 hours
In lunar orbit 20 hours, with 10 orbits. First manned lunar orbital mission. Support facilities tested. Photographs taken of Earth and Moon. Live TV broadcasts.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html -
Apollo 9
10 days, 01 hour
First manned flight of all lunar hardware in Earth orbit. Schweickark performed 37 minutes EVA. Human reactions to space and weightlessness
tested in 152 orbits. First manned flight of lunar module.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo9.html -
Apollo 10
08 days, 03 minutes
Apollo 10 was the second Apollo mission to orbit the Moon. It was the first time the complete Apollo spacecraft had operated around the Moon and the second manned flight for the lunar module.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo10.html -
Apollo 11
08 days, 03 hours, 18 minutes
First manned lunar landing mission and lunar surface EVA. Landing site: Sea of Tranquility.
Landing Coordinates: 0.71 degrees North, 23.63 degrees East 1 EVA of 02 hours, 31 minutes. Flag and instruments deployed; unveiled plaque on the LM descent stage with inscription: "Here Men From Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon. July 1969 A.D. We Came In Peace For All Mankind.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html -
Apollo 12
10 days, 04 hours, 36 minutes
Landing site: Ocean of Storms.
3.04 degrees South, 23.42 degrees West Retrieved parts of the unmanned Surveyor 3, which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) deployed. Lunar surface stay-time, 31.5 hours; in lunar orbit 89 hours, with 45 orbits. LM descent stage impacted on Moon. 34kg (75 lbs) of material gathered.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo12.html -
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 was the third Apollo mission intended to land on the Moon. The craft was successfully launched toward the Moon, but the landing had to be aborted after an oxygen tank ruptured. The astronauts were James Lovell, John Swigett, and Fred Haise. It launched on April 11, 1970, and returned on April 17. NASA called it a succesful failure. It was one of the most famous Apollo missions.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo13.html -
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 was the 3rd Apollo mission to land on the moon after Apollo 13 failed due to a rupture in an oxygen tank. The astronauts on this flight were Alan Sheppard Jr., Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell. It launched on January 31st, 1971, landed on February 5th, and returned on February 9th.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo14.html -
Apollo 15
Apollo 15 was the 9th Apollo mission and the 4th to land on the moon. It was also the first mission to use the Lunar Rover. The astronauts on this mission were David Scott, Alfred Wordon, and James Irwin. It launched on July 26, 1971, it landed on July 30th, and returned on August 7th.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo15.html -
Apollo 16
Apollo 16 was the 5th Apollo mission to land on the moon and the first to land on the highlands area of the moon. The astronauts on this mission were John Young, Kenneth Mattingly Jr., and Charles Duke Jr. It launched on April 16th, 1972, landed on April 20th, and returned on April 27th.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo16.html -
Apollo 17
The last lunar landing mission. Landing site: Taurus-Littrow, highlands and valley area.. The first study of highlands area. There were three EVAs of 22 hours, and 4 minutes. Evans performed trans-Earth EVA lasting 1 hour and 6 minutes. Harrison H. Schmitt became the first scientist-astronaut to land ont he Moon. The sixth automated research station was set up on the Moon.
Read more at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html
