1960 – 1972 Planning: 1960 – 1966 Missions: 1966 – 1972 Project Apollo 1960 – 1972 Planning: 1960 – 1966 Missions: 1966 – 1972
Apollo Capsule Command Module 3 Astronauts Bell Shaped
3D Model
Apollo 1 Launch Simulation January 27, 1967 Multiple Delays 100% Oxygen Environment Fire Gus Grissom Edward White Roger Chaffee Many Changes
Apollo 2 & 3
Saturn Rockets
Rockets Over Time
Apollo 4, 5, and 6 Unmanned 1967 – 1968 Equipment Testing
Apollo 7 October 11 – 22, 1968 Wally Schirra Walt Cunningham Donn Eisele First live televised mission.
Apollo 8 December 21 – 27, 1968 Frank Borman James Lovell William Anders Orbited the moon 10 times in 20 hours
Apollo 9 March 3 – 13, 1969 James McDivitt David Scott Russell Schweickart Lunar Module – test of life support
Apollo 10 May 18 – 26, 1969 Thomas Stafford John Young Eugene Cernan Lunar Module flew to 50,000 ft above the surface of the Moon.
Apollo 11 July 16 – 24, 1969 Neil Armstrong Michael Collins Buzz Aldrin Landed on the Moon Surface EVA for 2 hr, 31 min
After Apollo 11 Brought back 47.51 pounds of materials. Quarantine 3 weeks
Apollo 12 November 14 – 24, 1969 C. “Pete” Conrad Richard Gordon Alan Bean Second landing on the Moon, collected 75.62 pounds. Surface EVA: 7hr, 45 min
Apollo 13 April 11 – 17, 1970 James Lovell Jack Swigert Fred Haise Failed attempt to land on Moon.
Apollo 14 Jan 31 – Feb 9, 1971 Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa Edgar Mitchell Third Moon Landing 9hr, 21 min surface EVA, 94.35 pounds of materials returned
Apollo 15 July 26 – Aug 7, 1971 David Scott Alfred Worden James Irwin Extended EVA: Lunar Module and Rover, 18 hr and 33 min Returned 169.10 pounds of materials
Apollo 16 April 16 – 27, 1972 John Young Charles Duke Ken Mattingly 71 hours on the lunar surface, 3 EVAs. Returned 207.89 pounds of lunar materials.
Apollo 17 December 7 – 19, 1972 Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans Harrison Schmitt Last manned landing on the Moon. Returned 243.40 pounds of lunar material.
The most famous of the Moon rocks recovered, the Genesis Rock, returned from Apollo 15. Ferroan Anorthosite Moon rock, returned from Apollo 16.