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Launch of AS-506 space vehicle on July 16, 1969, at pad 39A for mission Apollo 11 to land the first men on the Moon. The Apollo program was a United States human spaceflight program carried out from 1961 to 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [1]
One important rock found during the Apollo Program is dubbed the Genesis Rock, retrieved by astronauts David Scott and James Irwin during the Apollo 15 mission. [131] This anorthosite rock is composed almost exclusively of the calcium-rich feldspar mineral anorthite, and is believed to be representative of the highland crust. [132]
Apollo missions 8 and 10–17 were the nine crewed missions to the Moon. Apollo 4–6 and AS-201 and AS-202 were uncrewed, while AS-203 is considered a test flight. The Apollo program included three other crewed missions: Apollo 1 (AS-204) did not launch and its crew died in a ground-based capsule fire, while Apollo 7 and Apollo 9 were low ...
Canceled Apollo missions – The Apollo program had three more missions lined up until Apollo 20, but the missions beyond Apollo 17, the sixth and final landing mission, were canceled due to budget constraints, change in technical direction and hardware delays.
Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental and near-fatal space missions decades after the event.. Launched in 1970, what was meant to be the third moon landing became a desperate fight for ...
First mission to explore two planets in a single mission (Mercury and Venus). First photograph of Venus from space. First use of solar wind for spacecraft orientation. USA (NASA) Mariner 10 [34] 29 March 1974: First flyby of Mercury. USA (NASA) Mariner 10 [34] 21 Sept. 1974 First spacecraft to flyby the same planet multiple times . USA (NASA)
Pages in category "Apollo program missions" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The landing marked the US's first return to the lunar surface in over 50 years, since Apollo 17. The Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lunar lander, shown here before launch, is 14 feet tall and 5 feet ...