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United States Manned Space Flight
Apollo
1961-1972
Saturn V
NASA
Apollo Command and Service Module
Lunar Lander
Project Apollo was initiated to prepare the United Staes to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The Apollo 11 Lunar Lander settled on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969.
It would be followed by 5 additional successful journeys
to the moon by the United States. Photos: NASA
AS-204 {Apollo 1}
Grissom-White-Chaffee
January27, 1967
Lost on launch pad "plugs out" fire in January 1967
Apollo 7
Eisele-Schirra-Cunningham
October 11-22/1968
First crewed Earth orbital demonstration of Block II CSM, launched on Saturn IB. First live television broadcast from a crewed mission.
Ralph Morse / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty
Apollo 8
Borman-Lovell-Anders
December 21-27/1968
First crewed flight of Saturn V-First crewed flight to
Moon-CSM made 10 lunar orbits in 20 hours.
Apollo 9
McDivitt-Scott-Schweickart
March 3-13/1969
Second crewed flight of Saturn V-First crewed flight of CSM and LM in Earth orbit-demonstrated portable life support system to be used on the lunar surface.
Apollo 10
Cernan-Young-Stafford
May 18-26/1969
Dress rehearsal for first lunar landing; flew LM down to 50,000 feet from lunar surface.
Apollo 12
Conrad-Gordon-Bean
November 14-24/1969
Second landing, in Ocean of Storms near
Surveyor 3. Surface EVA time: 7:45 hr.
Apollo 13
Lovell-Mattingly-Haise
April 11-17/1970
Third landing attempt aborted in transit to the Moon, due to SM failure. Crew used LM as "lifeboat" to return to Earth. Mission labeled as a "successful failure"
Apollo 14
Roosa-Shephard-Mitchell
April January 31-February 9/1971
Third landing was on Fra Mauro located northeast
of the Ocean of Storms. Surface EVA time: 9:21 hr.
Apollo 15
Scott-Worden-Irwin
July 26-August 7/1971
First Extended LM and rover, landed in Hadley-Apennine located near the Sea of Showers/Rains.
Surface EVA time: 18:33 hr.
Apollo 16
Mattingly-Young-Duke
April 16-27/1972
Landed in Plain of Descartes. Rover on Moon. Surface EVA time: 20:14 hr.
Apollo 17
Schmitt-Cernan-Evans
December 7-19/1972
Only Saturn V night launch. Landed in Taurus–Littrow. Rover
on Moon. First geologist on the Moon. Apollo's last crewed
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