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− | + | '''Project Apollo''' began when [[United States]] President [[John F. Kennedy]] proposed that America put a man on the [[Moon]] by the end of the 1960s. In 1969 his dream came true with [[Apollo 11]] when [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first man on the moon. The aborted mission [[Apollo 13]] almost resulted in the death of the crewmembers. Only extraordinary measures by the flight team on the ground and in the spacecraft prevented it from becoming a tragedy. Three astronauts, Grissom, White and Chaffee, had been killed two years earlier in a fire on Apollo 1 while the rocket was on the launch pad. | |
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. |
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Project Apollo began when United States President John F. Kennedy proposed that America put a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. In 1969 his dream came true with Apollo 11 when Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon. The aborted mission Apollo 13 almost resulted in the death of the crewmembers. Only extraordinary measures by the flight team on the ground and in the spacecraft prevented it from becoming a tragedy. Three astronauts, Grissom, White and Chaffee, had been killed two years earlier in a fire on Apollo 1 while the rocket was on the launch pad.
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.
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 |
Conspiracy Theories
There has been speculation that the Apollo moon landing missions never took place, and that it was all staged for the benefit of the public. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave,though it appears it does. Also there appears to be no stars in the sky as would be expected in space. NASA has thoroughly debunked these conspiracy theories.[1]