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Apollo
Project Summary
The United States was stunned by the death of Apollo (AS-204) astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee in a spacecraft fire during ground tests on January 27, 1967. However, the NASA teams recovered from this tragedy to mount a successful assault on the Moon that culminated with the first manned lunar landing of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. This fulfilled the goal set by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" by the end of the decade. Interrupted only by the near-fatal explosion aboard Apollo 13, five more Apollo lunar landers followed the "Eagle" to the lunar surface. Unfortunately, by the end of 1972, the American public and government had lost interest in the space program and three additional Apollo lunar landing missions were cancelled.
Missions Flown
# of Flt.
Date Spacecraft Name Crew Days Mission/Payload
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Manned Flight Details
02/26/66 Apollo 1 - - Suborbital test
07/05/66 Apollo 2 - - Suborbital test
08/25/66 Apollo 3 - - Suborbital test
01/27/67 Apollo (AS-204) 3 0 Ground test (fire)
11/09/67 Apollo 4 - - Saturn V test
01/22/68 Apollo 5 - - Orbital test
04/04/68 Apollo 6 - - Orbital test
10/11/68 Apollo 7 3 11 Earth orbit
12/21/68 Apollo 8 3 6 Lunar orbit
03/03/69 Apollo 9 3 10 Earth orbital LM test
05/18/69 Apollo 10 3 8 Lunar orbital LM test
07/16/69 Apollo 11 3 8 Lunar landing
11/14/69 Apollo 12 3 10 Lunar landing
04/11/70 Apollo 13 3 6 Lunar landing abort
01/31/71 Apollo 14 3 9 Lunar landing
07/26/71 Apollo 15 3 12 Lunar landing
04/16/72 Apollo 16 3 11 Lunar landing
12/07/72 Apollo 17 3 13 Lunar landing
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