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  2. Apollo - Wikipedia

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    The name Apollo—unlike the related older name Paean—is generally not found in the Linear B (Mycenean Greek) texts, although there is a possible attestation in the lacunose form ]pe-rjo-[(Linear B: ] 𐀟𐁊-[) on the KN E 842 tablet, [8] [9] [10] though it has also been suggested that the name might actually read "Hyperion" ([u]-pe-rjo-[ne ...

  3. List of Apollo missions - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Apollo (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    NASA report JSC-03600 Apollo/Skylab ASTP and Shuttle Orbiter Major End Items, Final Report, March 1978; NASA report listing dispositions of all rockets and spacecraft used in the Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyez Test Project and early shuttle missions, as of 1978. Apollo D-2 Proposal by General Electric, Encyclopedia Astronautica

  5. Apollo program - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 16 landed in the Descartes Highlands on April 20, 1972. The crew was commanded by John Young, with Ken Mattingly and Charles Duke. Young and Duke spent just under three days on the surface, with a total of over 20 hours EVA. [121] Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo program, landing in the Taurus–Littrow region in

  6. List of NASA missions - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles. This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. [1]

  7. List of Apollo astronauts - Wikipedia

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    Edward G. Givens Jr. – from Group 5; was on the support crew of Apollo 7, but died in a car crash near Houston, Texas on June 6, 1967. Joe H. Engle – from Group 5; was originally named as Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot, but lost his slot to Schmitt. After Apollo, he flew in the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests, then commanded STS-2 ...

  8. List of crewed spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle was the first crewed spacecraft to land on the Moon (July 20, 1969).. This is a list of all crewed spacecraft types that have flown into space, including sub-orbital flights above 80 km, space stations that have been visited by at least one crew, and spacecraft currently planned to operate with crews in the future. [1]

  9. Twelve Olympians - Wikipedia

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    The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial".