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Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program. Alan Shepard commanded the mission, Stuart Roosa acted as the Command Module Pilot, and Edgar Mitchell acted as the Lunar module pilot. Only Shepard and Mitchell actually walked on the moon, however; Roosa remained in orbit performing experiments and taking pictures of the moon.
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How many space Apollo missions have there been?
There were a total of 19 Apollo missions: Apollo-1A : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 2 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 3 : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 1 : Manned orbital mission, cancelled due to fatal accident. Apollo - 4 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 5 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 6 : Unmanned orbital fligth Apollo - 7 : Manned orbital mission Apollo - 8 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo - 9 : Manned orbital mission Apollo -10 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo- 11 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 12 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 13 : Lunar Landing mission, aborted due to accident Apollo- 14 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 15 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 16 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 17 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo -18 : Space rendevous mission with Soviet Soyuz spacecraft (Apollo-Soyuz)
Was the Apollo 11 mission the last one to the moon?
No. Following Apollo 11 were six more manned Apollo Missions; Apollo 12, Apollo13 (did not land on moon), Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. (Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were canceled.) However there have been numerous unmanned, robotic, moon missions since then by several different countries.
Which Apollo mission was launched on November 14 1969?
Apollo 12, the second moon landing mission, launched on November 17th 1969 (it landed on the moon on November 19).
What is Apollo 12?
Apollo 12 was launched 4 months after Apollo 11, on November 14, 1969. It is a 6-manned flight mission headed by Charles Conrad and Alan Bean. The mission ended successfully on November 24.
How many Apollo launches were there?
Apollo 1 did not launch as there was a fire killing 3 astronauts. Apollo 2 and 3 did not use the full Apollo name and actually happened before Apollo 1. Apollo 4, 5 and 6 were unmanned launches. Apollo 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 were manned launches.
How many Apollos are there?
There were 15 manned Apollo spacecrafts flown and 6 unmanned. 2 more lie as museum pieces. One at Johnson Space Center in Houston and the other one at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Apollo 1 burned on the launchpan killing the crew. Apollo 2-6 were unmanned, testing both the launch vehicle and the spacecrafts themselves. Apollo 7 and Apollo 9 were manned earth orbital missions. Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 were lunar missions, 6 of which landed. Skylab 2, 3, & 4 were long duration earth orbital missions. Apollo Soyuz Test Project, the first joint mission with the Soviets, was the last Apollo mission.
Where was Saturn V rocket launched?
There were 13 Saturn V rockets launched from either Pad 39A or Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Apollo 10 was the only mission to launch from Pad 39B. All the other misssions launched from Pad 39A. SA-501 - Apollo 4 - November 9, 1967 - (unmanned test flight) SA-502 - Apollo 6 - April 4, 1968 - (unmanned test) SA-503 - Apollo 8 - December 21, 1968 - (first manned flight to the moon) SA-504 - Apollo 9 - March 3, 1969 - (first manned test of the lunar module in earth orbit.) SA-505 - Apollo 10 - (tested the lunar module in lunar orbit) SA-506 - Apollo 11 - (the first manned lunar landing) SA-507 - Apollo 12 - (landed on the moon near Surveyor 3) SA-508 - Apollo 13 - (oxygen tank in service module exploded on its way to the moon) SA-509 - Apollo 14 - (landed near Cone Crater) SA-510 - Apollo 15 - (landed in the Hadley Appenine region of the moon. first mission to carry a Rover) SA-511 - Apollo 16 - (landed in the Descarte Highlands in search of lunar volcanic activity. found none.) SA-512 - Apollo 17 - December 7, 1972 - the last manned lunar landing SA-513 - Skylab 1 - May 14, 1973 - (unmanned orbital workshop. Skylab 1 was launched unmanned, it was later inhabited by 3 crews.)
When did Apollo 17 leave the moon?
Apollo 17 left the moon on December 14, 1972. It was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program and remains the most recent manned moon landing to date.
When was the latest moon landing?
The last manned mission occured in December of 1972.
How many manned flights were part of the Apollo space program?
There were a total of 15 manned flights as part of the Apollo space program. These flights included 6 missions that landed on the Moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17) and 9 missions that orbited the Earth and Moon but did not land.
What year was each Apollo launched?
Apollo 1: Never launched - lost (with its crew of three) in launch pad accident Apollo 2: 1966 Apollo 3: 1966 Apollo 4: 1967 Apollo 5: 1968 Apollo 6: 1968 Apollo 7: 1968 (first manned mission of Apollo series) Apollo 8: 1968 (first manned voyage to Moon - no landing) Apollo 9: 1969 Apollo 10: 1969 (second manned voyage to Moon - no landing) Apollo 11: 1969 (Man first lands on the Moon) Apollo 12: 1969 Apollo 13: 1970 (mission aborted due to equipment failure) Apollo 14: 1971 Apollo 15: 1971 Apollo 16: 1972 Apollo 17: 1972
What was Apollo mission 14 launch date?
The Apollo mission 14 launch date was January 31, 1971.
