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Apollo Program

The Apollo program consisted of 11 NASA missions that landed the first humans on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. Key components included the Command Module that housed astronauts, the Lunar Module used to land on the Moon, and the Saturn rockets that launched the spacecraft. Apollo 11 was the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon in July 1969, with a total of 12 astronauts walking on the lunar surface over the course of the Apollo program.

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Apollo Program

The Apollo program consisted of 11 NASA missions that landed the first humans on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. Key components included the Command Module that housed astronauts, the Lunar Module used to land on the Moon, and the Saturn rockets that launched the spacecraft. Apollo 11 was the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon in July 1969, with a total of 12 astronauts walking on the lunar surface over the course of the Apollo program.

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The apollo program

Apollo was the NASA program that resulted in


American astronauts making a total of 11 flights
and walking to the Moon.
Apollo 7 and 9
 Were Earth orbiting missions to test the Command
and Lunar modules.

Apollo 7 Apollo 9
Apollo 8 and 10
 Tested various components while orbiting the Moon,
and returned photography of the lunar surface.

Apollo 8 Apollo 10
Apollos 11,12,14,15,16,17
 The six missions that landed on the Moon returned a
wealth of scientific data and 400 kilograms of lunar
samples.
Apollo 13
 Did not land on Moon due to a malfunction, but also
returned photographs.
The first apollo flight happened in 1968. The first moon
landing took place in 1969, and the last mission was in
1972. A total of 12 astronauts walked on the moon.
Apollo Command Module
 It was a capsule with a room for three astronauts. The
astronauts rode the Common module on the way to the
moon and back.
Lunar Module
 Was used for landing on the Moon. This spacecraft
carried astronauts from orbit around the Moon and to
the Moon’s surface then back into the orbit. It could
carry two astronauts.
Saturn I
 It was as tall as a 22-story building. This rocket has two
stages.
Saturn V
 These three-stage rocket sent the Apollo spacecraft to
the moon. It was as tall as a 36-story building.
Apollo 8
 The first manned mission to the Moon. It circled around
the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968. The crew was Frank
Borman, Bill Anders, and Jim Lovell.
Apollo 11
 The first Moon landing occurred in July 20, 1969. The
crew of apollo 11 was Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins,
and Buzz Aldrin.
Apollo Flight 7
 Date: Oct 11-12, 1968
 Mission: Tested the Common Module
 Crew: Schirra, Eisele, Cunningham
Apollo Flight 8
 Date: Dec. 21-27, 1968
 Mission: First to orbit the Moon
 Crew: Borman, Lovell, Anders
Apollo Flight 9
 Date: March 3-13, 1969
 Mission: Tested the Lunar Module
 Crew: McDivitt, Scott, Schweickart
Apollo Flight 10
 Date: May 18-26, 1969
 Mission: Tested the Lunar Module around the Moon
 Crew: Ceman, Young, Stafford
Apollo Flight 11
 Date: July 16-24, 1969
 Mission: First to land on the Moon
 Crew: Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
Apollo Flight 12
 Date: Nov. 14-24, 1969
 Mission: Landed on the Moon
 Crew: Conrad, Bean, Gordon
Apollo Flight 13
 Date: April 11-17, 1970
 Mission: was supposed to land on the moon but had a
malfunction
 Crew: Lovell, Swigert, Haise
Apollo Flight 14
 Date: Jan. 31- Feb 9, 1971
 Mission: Landed on the Moon
 Crew: Shepard, Mitchell, Roosa
Apollo Flight 15
 Date: July 26-Aug 7, 1971
 Mission: Landed on the Moon
 Crew: Scott, Irwin, Worden
Apollo Flight 16
 Date: April 16-27, 1972
 Mission: Landed on the Moon
 Crew: Young, Duke, Mattingly

Apollo Flight 17
 Date: Dec. 7-19, 1972
 Mission: Landed on the Moon
 Crew: Cerman, Schmitt, Evans
Lunar Rover Vehicle

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