It was called the Apollo mission.
The US space program that put astronauts on the moon was called the Apollo program.
The Mercury program started in 1961. There had been a total of six flight during this project. The last flight was on 1963. Astronauts aimed to go to space to make observations.
The space program was Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program.
Apollo Program
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The Apollo missions each carried three astronauts.
The program that took astronauts to the moon was Apollo. It was not a space station.
Gemini
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Live and work in space
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Space Shuttle Columbia's maiden flight (also the maiden flight of the program) was STS-1 on April 12, 1981 with astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen at the controls.