Among other things, Apollo 8 proved that the things that were said by astronauts on board the spacecraft could have implications back on Earth. NASA was actually sued over the Apollo 8 mission because the crew read from The Bible while in orbit around the moon. This angered activist groups who sued over a government agency participating in prayer, violating the separation of church and state. From this mission forward NASA and the Apollo crew were much more aware of the size of their audience and were more careful in what they said over the air.
Apollo 11 landed there in 1969, but other Apollo missions orbited it before that. Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to the moon, and the astronauts participating orbited the moon but did not land on it.
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There were six moon landings and two trips to the moon. Apollo 8 and 10.
Apollo missions 8, 10 and 13 all orbited the moon, without landing. Apollo missions 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 did land on the moon. So there were 9 missions to the moon, of those, 6 landed.
Even though Apollo one burned up killing the three astronauts, in all there were a total of 11 Eleven manned Apollo moon missions. They were Apollo 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 , 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Apollo 13, Apollo 1, Apollo 8, Apollo 10 and maybe some other ones. But missions Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 weren't planned to go to the moon. They were just preparing for Apollo 11.
Apollo 11 landed there in 1969, but other Apollo missions orbited it before that. Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to the moon, and the astronauts participating orbited the moon but did not land on it.
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There were six moon landings and two trips to the moon. Apollo 8 and 10.
Apollo missions 8, 10 and 13 all orbited the moon, without landing. Apollo missions 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 did land on the moon. So there were 9 missions to the moon, of those, 6 landed.
The space mission leading to Apollo 11 were Apollo7, 8, 9, and Apollo10.
Even though Apollo one burned up killing the three astronauts, in all there were a total of 11 Eleven manned Apollo moon missions. They were Apollo 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 , 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
The Saturn 5 was used from Apollo 8 to Apollo 17, so there were ten Apollo missions with the Saturn .
6 Apollo missions landed on the moon. An earlier Apollo mission (Apollo 8) had gone to the moon and orbited it, but did not land.
Overall there were 9 flights to the Moon, Apollo's 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17. Of which 6 landed, Apollo's 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17. And 2 which just orbited, Apollo's 8 & 10. And 1 which just swung by, (didn't slow down to enter orbit), Apollo 13.
There were 18 Apollo missions. # AS-201 # AS-202 # AS-203 # AS-204 (Failure) # Apollo 4 # Apollo 5 # Apollo 6 # Apollo 7 # Apollo 8 # Apollo 9 # Apollo 10 # Apollo 11 # Apollo 12 # Apollo 13 (Partial success) # Apollo 14 # Apollo 15 # Apollo 16 # Apollo 17
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first and second persons to ever walk on the surface of the moon. See the related link for more information.