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What is the difference between the Mercury Gemini and Apollo missions?
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Did the Apollo missions landed humans on Mercury?
No Apollo missions landed people on the moon.
What was purpose of mercury Gemini and Apollo missions?
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Why use Apollo as a name for rockets?
In fact the rockets were called Saturn, Apollo was the name of the missions. NASA used "classical" names to name their programmes from 1958 until the Space Shuttle missions started. The first manned missions were Mercury (the messenger of the Gods), the intermediate missions between Mercury and Apollo were called Gemini - named after the astrological sign of the twins as the Gemini missions had two astronauts per flight. Apollo was named by Abe Silverstein after the God of light and archery.
How many mercury Apollos were there?
In the Mercury progam there were 20 unmanned launches; of these four carried monkeys (2 rhesus macaque and 2 chimpanzees); and 6 manned missions. Further missions wre planned, but were cancelled in favour of the Gemini program.In the Apollo program there were 6 unmanned missions; and 12 manned mission, of these 6 missions landed on the moon.In addition the four skylab missions used Apollo equipment; as did the Apollo-Soyuz mission. However these were not considered to be part of the Apollo program.
Which Apollo missions were manned?
1,7-17 were manned apollo missions
Did the Apollo missions landed humans on Mercury?
No Apollo missions landed people on the moon.
What was purpose of mercury Gemini and Apollo missions?
nothin
Why use Apollo as a name for rockets?
In fact the rockets were called Saturn, Apollo was the name of the missions. NASA used "classical" names to name their programmes from 1958 until the Space Shuttle missions started. The first manned missions were Mercury (the messenger of the Gods), the intermediate missions between Mercury and Apollo were called Gemini - named after the astrological sign of the twins as the Gemini missions had two astronauts per flight. Apollo was named by Abe Silverstein after the God of light and archery.
What was the name of the two missions before Apollo?
Are you maybe referring to the Mercury and Gemini programs?
How many mercury Apollos were there?
In the Mercury progam there were 20 unmanned launches; of these four carried monkeys (2 rhesus macaque and 2 chimpanzees); and 6 manned missions. Further missions wre planned, but were cancelled in favour of the Gemini program.In the Apollo program there were 6 unmanned missions; and 12 manned mission, of these 6 missions landed on the moon.In addition the four skylab missions used Apollo equipment; as did the Apollo-Soyuz mission. However these were not considered to be part of the Apollo program.
What is name of the other 2 missions before Apollo 11?
The question is not clear. is it Apollo 9 and 10. Or are you referring to the Mercury and Gemini mission.
When was the year the Apollo landed on the moon?
Six Apollo missions landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972
Which Apollo missions were manned?
1,7-17 were manned apollo missions
What was the spacecraft programme between mercury and Apollo?
Gemini
What is the name of all the missions that landed on the moon?
they were Apollo missions (such as; Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 13, etc.).
When does Apollo launch?
The six Apollo moon landing missions launched between July, 1969, and December, 1972.
What was the purpose of the Gemini missions?
The Gemini missions were designed to bridge the gap between the small Mercury mission and the much larger and more demanding Apollo moon missions. Gemini developed orbital rendezvous, navigation, guidance and docking techniques alongside testing various parts and components to be fitted to the future Apollo spacecraft. Gemini 12 was the last Gemini flight in 1966.
