| Apollo Test
Flights and missions |
| Mission |
Astronauts |
Launch
Landing 1
Landing 2 |
Highlights |
Apollo 7
|
Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham |
10/11/1968
10/22/1968 |
First manned Apollo mission to fly. Made 163
orbits of earth. |
| Apollo 8 |
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell, Jr.
William A. Anders |
12/21/1968
12/27/1968 |
First occupied launch of Saturn V. Looped
around moon on Christmas Eve. |
| Apollo 9 |
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell R. Schweikart |
3/03/1969
3/13/1969 |
First manned test of Lunar Module. Made 151
orbits of Earth. |
| Apollo 10 |
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan |
5/18/1969
5/26/1969 |
Orbited moon. Lunar Module dropped to within 9
miles of Lunar surface. |
| Apollo 11 |
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin |
7/16/1969
7/20/1969
7/24/1969 |
First Lunar landing. Landed on moon with less
than 30 seconds of fuel remaining. Took core samples. Planted
American flag. |
| Apollo 12 |
Charles "Pete" Conrad
Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
Alan L. Bean |
11/14/1969
11/19/1969
11/24/1969 |
Struck by lightning during launch. Landed near,
and returned parts of, old Surveyor 3 probe. |
| Apollo 13 |
James A. Lovell, Jr.
Fred W. Haise, Jr.
John L. Sweigert. Jr. |
4/11/1970
4/17/1970 |
OK, Houston, we've had a problem here. O2
tank blew up; Used LM as a lifeboat which got them safely
around moon and home. |
Apollo 14
|
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa |
1/31/1971
2/03/1971
2/09/1971 |
Extensive scientific experiments. Astronauts
almost got lost when lunar landscape became disorienting. |
| Apollo 15 |
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden |
7/26/1971
7/30/1971
8/07/1971 |
First use of Lunar Rover. Astronauts rode over
27 kilometers. First Apollo space walk. |
| Apollo 16 |
John W. Young
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Charles M. Duke, Jr. |
4/16/1972
4/20/1972
4/27/1972 |
Malfunction almost scrubbed landing. Stayed 3
days, got Lunar Rover up to almost 18 kph. |
| Apollo 17 |
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt |
12/07/1972
12/11/1972
12/19/1972 |
Last men on the moon (so far). |
