NASA's program to land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth, fulfilling President John F. Kennedy's 1961 goal. It succeeded with Apollo 11 in 1969 and carried out six crewed lunar landings in total between 1969 and 1972.
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Mission TypeCrewed lunar landing program 1 Launch DateDate of Kennedy's speech committing the nation to the goal; the first crewed Apollo flight, Apollo 7, launched in 1968. End DateSplashdown of Apollo 17, the last crewed lunar mission. OutcomeSuccessful; six crewed lunar landings (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17), with Apollo 13's landing aborted after an in-flight explosion but its crew returned safely. 1 Mission Type
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George Mueller, Pioneers Introduced all-up testing for the Saturn V used throughout Project Apollo.
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Led development of the Apollo Guidance Computer's flight software.
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Apollo crews passed through the Van Allen belts on trajectories planned to limit exposure.
His lunar orbit rendezvous concept, published decades earlier, was the mission mode NASA engineers ultimately adopted for the Apollo Moon landings.
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1. A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA, The Apollo Program (nasa.gov/the-apollo-program)
Project Apollo's goals went beyond landing Americans on the moon and returning them safely to Earth.
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The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969.
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Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command and service module (CSM)
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Apollo program
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The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969.
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commanded Apollo 17
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the strategy eventually adopted by the engineers of the Apollo program
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The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program.
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The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program.
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The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
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The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
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The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
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Apollo program
Apollo 7 (Wikipedia)
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the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program
Apollo 9 (Wikipedia)
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Apollo 9 (March 3-13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program, which successfully tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon.
Apollo 12 (Wikipedia)
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Apollo 12 (November 14-24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon.
Apollo 14 (Wikipedia)
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Apollo 14 (January 31 - February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program operated by NASA, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands.
Apollo 15 (Wikipedia)
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Apollo 15 (July 26 - August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the Apollo program and the fourth Moon landing.
Apollo 16 (Wikipedia)
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Apollo 16 (April 16-27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon.
Apollo 17 (Wikipedia)
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Apollo 17 (December 7-19, 1972) was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon.
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The Apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the American Apollo program's goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end of the 1960s and returning them safely to Earth.
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The Apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the American Apollo program's goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end of the 1960s and returning them safely to Earth.
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