| Line 2: |
Line 2: |
| | | | |
| | Beginning with Apollo 15, a small electric car was used to transport the astronauts across the surface of the moon. A total of twelve men walked on the moon, but after Apollo 17 in 1972, the program came to an end. The Saturn 5 booster constructed for Apollo 18 carried Skylab, America's first space station, into orbit. | | Beginning with Apollo 15, a small electric car was used to transport the astronauts across the surface of the moon. A total of twelve men walked on the moon, but after Apollo 17 in 1972, the program came to an end. The Saturn 5 booster constructed for Apollo 18 carried Skylab, America's first space station, into orbit. |
| | + | |
| | + | {| class="wikitable" |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Project Apollo Designation |
| | + | | Mission |
| | + | | Mission Start Date |
| | + | | Mission End Date |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | SA-1 |
| | + | | The first test flight of the Saturn 1 rocket. |
| | + | | October 27th, 1961 |
| | + | | October 27th, 1961 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | SA-2 |
| | + | | The second test flight of the Saturn 1 rocket. |
| | + | | April 25th, 1962 |
| | + | | April 25th, 1962 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | SA-3 |
| | + | | The third test flight of the Saturn 1 rocket. |
| | + | | November 16th, 1962 |
| | + | | November 16th, 1962 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | SA-4 |
| | + | | The fourth test flight of the Saturn 1 rocket. |
| | + | | March 28th, 1963 |
| | + | | March 28th, 1963 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | QTV |
| | + | | The first test flight of the Apollo Little Joe 2 rocket. |
| | + | | August 28th, 1963 |
| | + | | August 28th, 1963 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Pad Abort Test 1 |
| | + | | The first abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | November 7th, 1963 |
| | + | | November 7th, 1963 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | SA-5 |
| | + | | The first test flight of the Block 2 Saturn 1 rocket. |
| | + | | January 29th, 1964 |
| | + | | April 30, 1966 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-001 |
| | + | | The second abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | May 13th, 1964 |
| | + | | May 13th, 1964 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-101 |
| | + | | The first test flight of the Saturn rocket together with the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | May 28th, 1964 |
| | + | | June 2nd, 1964 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-102 |
| | + | | The second test flight of the Saturn rocket together with the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | September 18th, 1964 |
| | + | | September 22nd, 1964 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-002 |
| | + | | The third abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | December 8th, 1964 |
| | + | | December 8th, 1964 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-103 |
| | + | | Launch of the Pegasus A satellite. |
| | + | | February 16th, 1965 |
| | + | | September 17th, 1978 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-003 |
| | + | | The fourth abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | May 19th, 1965 |
| | + | | May 19th, 1965 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-104 |
| | + | | Launch of the Pegasus B satellite. |
| | + | | May 25th, 1965 |
| | + | | November 3rd, 1979 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Pad Abort Test 2 |
| | + | | The fifth abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | June 29th, 1965 |
| | + | | June 29th, 1965 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-105 |
| | + | | Launch of the Pegasus C satellite. |
| | + | | July 30th, 1965 |
| | + | | August 4th, 1969 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | A-004 |
| | + | | The sixth abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. |
| | + | | January 20th, 1966 |
| | + | | January 20th, 1966 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | AS-201 |
| | + | | The first test flight of the Saturn 1B rocket. |
| | + | | February 26th, 1966 |
| | + | | February 26th, 1966 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | AS-203 |
| | + | | The second test flight of the Saturn 1B rocket. |
| | + | | July 5th, 1966 |
| | + | | July 5th, 1966 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | AS-202 |
| | + | | The third test flight of the Saturn 1B rocket. |
| | + | | August 25th, 1966 |
| | + | | August 25th, 1966 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 1 |
| | + | | Apollo program training exercise. (Failure.) |
| | + | | Destroyed on launch pad on January 27th, 1967 |
| | + | | Destroyed on launch pad on January 27th, 1967 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 4 |
| | + | | First test flight of the Saturn 5 rocket. |
| | + | | November 9th, 1967 |
| | + | | November 9th, 1967 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 5 |
| | + | | First test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module. |
| | + | | January 22nd, 1968 |
| | + | | January 23rd, 1968 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 6 |
| | + | | Second test flight of the Saturn 5 rocket. |
| | + | | April 4th, 1968 |
| | + | | April 4th, 1968 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 7 |
| | + | | First 3 man American space mission. |
| | + | | October 11th, 1968 |
| | + | | October 21nd, 1968 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 8 |
| | + | | First human orbit around the moon. |
| | + | | December 21st, 1968 |
| | + | | December 27th, 1968 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 9 |
| | + | | First manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module |
| | + | | March 3rd, 1969 |
| | + | | March 13th, 1969 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 10 |
| | + | | Second manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module |
| | + | | May 18th, 1969 |
| | + | | May 26th, 1969 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 11 |
| | + | | First manned moon landing. |
| | + | | July 16th, 1969 |
| | + | | July 24th, 1969 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 12 |
| | + | | Second manned moon landing. |
| | + | | November 14th, 1969 |
| | + | | November 24th, 1969 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 13 |
| | + | | Third manned moon landing. (Failure.) |
| | + | | April 11th, 1970 |
| | + | | April 17th, 1970 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 14 |
| | + | | Third manned moon landing. |
| | + | | January 31st, 1971 |
| | + | | February 9th, 1971 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 15 |
| | + | | Fourth manned moon landing |
| | + | | July 26th, 1971 |
| | + | | August 7th, 1971 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 16 |
| | + | | Fifth manned moon landing |
| | + | | April 16, 1972 |
| | + | | April 27th, 1972 |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | Apollo 17 |
| | + | | Sixth manned moon landing |
| | + | | December 17th, 1972 |
| | + | | December 19th, 1972 |
| | + | |} |
| | | | |
| | == Hoax? == | | == Hoax? == |