Apollo was the name of the U.S. space program whose mission was to land men on the surface of the moon and return them safely back to Earth.
They accomplished this using the Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo Command and Service Module, and the Apollo Lunar Module.
The launch vehicle used on all the Apollo moon landing missions was the Saturn V
No. The USSR was the first to launch any kind of space craft with the launch of "Sputnik 1" in 1957. The US was the first to send a man to the moon in 1969 with the Apollo 11 mission
The astronauts stayed in the command module during launch and reentyry to earth. As it has a tiles that prevent the craft from over heating during reentry.
"Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, at 13:13 CST" -- Wikipedia
Three-person craft actually. Though only 2 landed on the moon.
Apollo 7 launched from the Air Force Station's launch pad LC-34 (this was the only Apollo mission that did not launch from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39-A)
Apollo 1 was supposed to launch on February 21, 1967.
The rocket to launch Apollo 13 was the Saturn 5 rocket.
It was Apollo 7 in 1967.
Apollo 12 was launched in December 1969.
Apollo 15 was launched in July 1971.
when it was ready.