Apollo Missions at Universe Guide

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Apollo

Apollo was the name given to the missions by N.A.S.A. to get a man on the moon. The first missions ( 7 - 10 ) didn't actually set a man on the moon, they were dry runs. The first mission to land on the moon was 11 by Neil A. Armstrong. Apollo 13 had to be aborted due to a problem with the oxygen tank. If you want to know more about this, watch the film 'Apollo 13' starring Tom Hanks cast as James Lovell. Since Apollo 17, there has been no attempt to get to the moon as we've been, there done that. Only in the past year has the United States decided to put a person on another celestrial body. They plan to put a permanent base on the moon with an intention of moving to Mars afterwards. Its a shame its taken this long for a President since J.F. Kennedy to push for a dream of space exploration.

Mission Name

Date

Captain

Crew Members

Duration

Apollo 7	October 11th 1968	Walter M. Schirra Jr.	Donn F. Eisele R. Walter Cunningham	10 days, 20 hours
Apollo 8	December 21st 1968	Frank Borman	James A. Lovell Jr. William A. Anders	6 days, 3 hours
Apollo 9	March 3rd, 1969	James A. McDivitt	David R. Scott Russell L. Schweickart	10 days, 1 hour
Apollo 10	May 18th, 1969	Thomas P. Stafford	John W. Young Eugene A. Cerman	8 days, 3 minutes
Apollo 11	July 16th, 1969	Neil A. Armstrong	Michael Collins Edwin -Buzz- Aldrin	8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes
Apollo 12	November 14th, 1969	Charles Conrad Jr,	Richard F. Gordon Alan L. Bean	10 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes
Apollo 13	April 11th, 1970	James A. Lovell Jr.	John L. Swigert Jr. Fred W. Haise Jr.	5 days, 22.9 hours
Apollo 14	January 31st, 1971	Alan B. Shepard Jr.	Stuart A. Roosa Edgar D. Mitchell	9 days
Apollo 15	July 26th, 1971	David R. Scott	Alfred M. Worden James B. Irwin	12 days, 17 hours, 12 minutes
Apollo 16	April 16th, 1972	John W. Young	Thomas K. Mattingly II Charles M. Duke Jr.	11days, 1 hour, 51 minutes
Apollo 17	December 7th, 1972	Eugene A. Cerman	Ronald E. Evans Harrison H. Schmitt	12 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes

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