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
Three-person craft actually. Though only 2 landed on the moon.
The rocket to launch Apollo 13 was the Saturn 5 rocket.
"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
Astronauts stayed inside the Apollo Command Module during launch and reentry. This module was attached to the Saturn V rocket during launch and detached for reentry to bring the astronauts safely back to Earth.
The Apollo mission 14 launch date was January 31, 1971.
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.
Apollo 12 was launched in December 1969.
Apollo 15 was launched in July 1971.
The Apollo 11 Command Module had a mass of about 12,800 kilograms (28,200 pounds) at launch.