Mission

Mission Dates

Crew

Apollo 1

Canceled

Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee

Notes: Scheduled to be the first Apollo manned mission. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the Command Module during a preflight test. Apollo 1 would have launched on February 21, 1967.

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Apollo 7

October 11-22, 1968

Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham

Notes: The first manned earth-orbit test of the Apollo command and service modules.

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Apollo 8

Dec. 21-27, 1968

Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., William Anders

Notes: First manned flight around the moon.. On Christmas Eve, the crew made 10 orbits of the moon.

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Apollo 9

Mar. 3 -13, 1969

James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, Russell L. Schweickart

Notes: The entire Apollo spacecraft was tested in earth orbit.

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Apollo 10

May 18-26, 1969

Thomas Stafford, Eugene A. Cernan, John W. Young

Notes: Manned lunar orbiter. The Lunar Module, carrying Cernan & Stafford, was separated from the Command and Service Module and descended to within 50,000 feet of the surface.

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Apollo 11

July 16-24, 1969

Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins

Notes: First manned lunar landing, Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis). On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin collected 21.7 kilograms of soil and rock samples. Collins staffed the Command Module.

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Apollo 12

Nov. 14-24, 1969

Charles Conrad Jr., Alan L. Bean, Richard F. Gordon, Jr.

Notes: Manned lunar landing, November 19, 1969, Oceanus Procellarum. This was the landing site for Surveyor 3. Conrad and Bean brought 34.4 kilograms of surface samples as well as pieces of Surveyor 3, including the camera.. First use of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP), an automated research station.

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Apollo 13

April 11-17, 1970

James A. Lovell, Jr., Fred W. Haise, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr.

Notes: Meant to be a lunar landing, the mission was aborted when an explosion destroyed the power and propulsion systems of the Command Service Module. The crew made it safely home, using the Lunar Module as a lifeboat. Subject of the 1995 Tom Hanks film, "Apollo 13," based on the book by Commander Jim Lovell.

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Apollo 14

Jan. 31 - Feb. 8, 1971

Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Stuart A. Roosa

Notes: Manned lunar landing, February 5, 1971, Fra Mauro highlands. Shepard and Mitchell collected 42.9 kilograms of lunar samples and used a handheld cart to transport rocks and equipment. Shepard played golf.

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Apollo 15

July 26 - Aug. 7, 1971

David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, Alfred M. Worden

Notes: Manned lunar landing, July 30, 1971, Hadley-Apennine. Scott and Irwin collected 76.8 kilograms of samples. The Lunar Roving Vehicle was first used on this mission, allowing the astronauts to travel several kilometers from the landing site. This command service module was the first to carry orbital sensors and release a subsatellite into lunar orbit. Worden performed the first deep spacewalk, retrieving film from the service module.

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Apollo 16

Apr. 16-27, 1972

John W. Young, Charles M. Duke, Jr., Thomas K. Mattingly II

Notes: Manned lunar landing, April 21, 1972, Descartes Crater. Young and Duke deployed instruments, drove the lunar rover, and collected 94.7 kilograms of samples during a 71-hour surface stay, the longest yet.

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Apollo 17

Dec. 7-19, 1972

Eugene A. Cernan, Harrison H. Schmitt, and Ronald B. Evans

Notes: The last manned lunar landing (to date), December 12, 1972, Taurus-Littrow. Cernan and Schmitt collected 110.5 kg of samples. The astronauts covered 30.5 kilometers in the lunar rover during a 75-hour stay. Cernan became the last man (to date) to walk the lunar surface.