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mission apollo
The apollo program was the most expensive American scientific program ever
In december 1968 they brought astronauts to space
The apollo project was from 1963-1972
32 astronauts were part of the apollo mission -
APOLLO 1
APOLLO 1 On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in command module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight, the AS-204 mission.
Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee, died in this tragic accident.
A spark started the fire in the craft -
apollo 4
It was also called as 501
Launched November 9th, 1967
It landed the same day
The first full test of the three stage saturn rocket -
apollo 5
Also called As204
It was the first test flight of the lunar module
It orbited the earth with a period of 88.3 minutes.
Launched January 22 ,1968 -
apollo 6
Also called AS-502
Launched April 4th, 1968
Consisted of 3 stage Saturn -
apollo 8
Launched December 21, 1968
Crew: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders
It returned December 27, 1968 -
apollo 9
Crew: james mcdivitt, David scott,russell schweickart
Launched march 3rd 1969
Returned march 13 1969
The first crew mission with the lunar module -
apollo 10
Crew: thomas p,stafford, john w young and eugene a cernan
Launched may 18 1969
Returned may 26 1969
And second apollo mission to the moon -
apollo 11
APOLLO 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969
Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21
The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961 -
apollo 12
Crew: Charles Conrad, jr., Richard F. Gordan, Alan L. Bean
Launched November 14 1969
Returned november 24 1969
Landed on the moon november 19 1969
While on the moon the astronauts had experiments and took pictures -
apollo 13
APOLLO 13 Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. It was launched at the Kennedy space center. There was no backup crew. this was the crew...
James A. Lovell, Jr.
John L. Swigert, Jr.
Fred W. Haise, Jr. The Apollo 13 took place on April 11, 1970
