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project Apollo
the date project Apollo started and ended. -
Apollo 1
Tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 1. The exhaustive investigation of the fire and extensive reworking of the Apollo command modules postponed crewed launches until NASA officials cleared them for flight. -
Apollo 8
On Dec. 24 1968 the people in Apollo 8 became the first astronots to photograph the earth rising over the moon. -
Apollo 9
The point of Apollo 9 was to earth orbit engineering test of the first crewed lunar module -
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was launched from Cape Kennady. The first live color TV transmissions to Earth began three hours after launch when Apollo 10 was 3,570 miles from Earth and concluded when the spacecraft was 9,428 miles away. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 sent a spacecraft to land on the moon. The people in the people in the spacecraft were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldron. -
Apollo 12
Apollo 12 was launched 11:22 a.m. into a cloudy rain swept sky. Launch controllers lost telemetry contact at 36 seconds, and again at 52 seconds! -
Neil Armstrong
The first words Neil Armstrong said on the moon were "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind." When he had stepped on the moon. -
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 was supposed to land on Fra Mauro area but insted it circled the moon without landing. -
Apollo 15
Apollo 15 launched from Launch Complex 39 at Cape Canaveral at 9:34 a.m. only 187 milliseconds off schedule. The translunar injection, and hybrid transfer maneuvers were combined into a single "optimized TLI" engine burn. -
Apollo 16
Apollo 16 lifted off at 12:54 p.m. April 16, 1972, from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
