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  2. UFO sightings in outer space - Wikipedia

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    Unidentified flying objects have been reported by astronauts while in space. These sightings have been claimed as evidence for extraterrestrial life by ufologists.. Some of the alleged sightings never occurred: science fiction writer Otto Binder perpetuated a hoax claiming Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong had encountered UFOs during the Apollo mission. [1]

  3. Canceled Apollo missions - Wikipedia

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    Slayton's intention for the Apollo 19 crew was the original (prior to cancellation) Apollo 16 backup crew: [5] [16] Fred Haise (CDR) William R. Pogue (CMP) Gerald P. Carr (LMP) For Apollo 20 there is even more uncertainty. Based on normal crew rotation, the crew would likely have been: [5] Stuart Roosa (CDR) (replacing Pete Conrad, already CDR ...

  4. List of spacecraft intentionally crashed into ...

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    Deep Impact at Comet 9P/Tempel 1 Dart Impact at Dimorphos Mars 2020 Skycrane descend stage crash smoke plume in the distance. This is a list of uncrewed spacecraft which have been intentionally destroyed at their objects of study, typically by hard landings or crash landings at the end of their respective missions and/or functionality.

  5. Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings - Wikipedia

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    Like Apollo 8, Apollo 10 orbited the Moon but did not land. A list of sightings of Apollo 10 were reported in "Apollo 10 Optical Tracking" by Sky & Telescope magazine, July 1969, pp. 62–63. [17] During the Apollo 10 mission The Corralitos Observatory was linked with the CBS news network. Images of the spacecraft going to the Moon were ...

  6. Apollo (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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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. The expendable (single-use) spacecraft consisted of a combined command and service module (CSM) and an Apollo Lunar Module (LM).

  7. List of Apollo missions - Wikipedia

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    First, Apollo 20 was cut to make a Saturn V available to launch the Skylab space station whole instead of building it on-orbit using multiple Saturn IB launches. [45] Eight months later, Apollo 18 and 19 were also cut to further economize, and because of fears of increased chance of failure with a large number of lunar flights. [46] [47]

  8. List of fictional astronauts (Project Apollo era) - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 20 Unnamed CSM/LM: February 1975 Apollo 19 astronauts on a mission to the Aitken Basin; Apollo 20 recovery mission. Apollo 18 mission to Schröter's Valley in the Ocean of Storms is part of back-story. [130] Apollo 19: Jeremiah "Jerry" Finch Backup crew: Gary Sprine Flek Davis Cud Wilson (backup to Finch) Gentlemen of Space (2003), novel ...

  9. Apollo program - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to orbit another celestial body, and Apollo 11 was the first crewed spacecraft to land humans on one. Overall, the Apollo program returned 842 pounds (382 kg) of lunar rocks and soil to Earth, greatly contributing to the understanding of the Moon's composition and geological history.