- Apollo 11: The Moon Landing | National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 11 was one of 15 Apollo missions that took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s Learn more about the missions that paved the way for the Moon landing, and the missions where Americans returned to the Moon after
- Apollo – Mythopedia
Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympians and the Greek god of prophecy, healing, art, and culture He embodied the Greek ideal of masculine beauty
- Apollo 1 - National Air and Space Museum
During a preflight test for what was to be the first crewed Apollo mission, a fire claimed the lives of three U S astronauts; Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee After the disaster, the mission was officially designated Apollo 1
- Apollo program - National Air and Space Museum
Many are familiar with Apollo 11, the mission that landed humans on the Moon for the first time It was part of the larger Apollo program There were several missions during the Apollo program from 1961 to 1972 Humans landed on the moon during six missions, Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17
- Apollo 13 - National Air and Space Museum
When Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, it was intended to be the third Apollo mission to land on the Moon Unfortunately, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks crippled the spacecraft during flight and the crew were forced to orbit the Moon and return to Earth without landing
- Apollo (Roman) – Mythopedia
Apollo was the Roman god who inspired prophecy, poetry, music, and medicine Incorporated directly from the Greeks after a plague devastated Rome, he was both the bringer of and guardian against pestilence
- Apollo 8 - National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back While the crew did not land on the Moon's surface, the flight was an important prelude to a lunar landing, testing the flight trajectory and operations getting there and back
- Apollo 10 - National Air and Space Museum
The Apollo 10 mission, which lifted off on May 18th, 1969, was a complete staging of the Apollo 11 mission without actually landing on the Moon The liftoff marked the fourth crewed Apollo launch in the short space of seven months
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