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Soft landings were made in the Pacific Ocean when Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft returned home. The term "splashdown" was applied to the end of the ride. Surf the link to our friends at Wikipedia and check out the maps while snagging a few particulars.
The name Apollo was given by N.A.S.A , it was their third manned spacecraft, Mercury was one manned craft, Gemini is named after the constalation Gemini , Twins as it was two man craft . Apollo would be three manned and they aimed to land on the moon, mind you this was way back in 1960.
The Apollo is important as it was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
Apollo XI was the first Apollo spacecraft to land on the moon.
Apollo 13 never did land on the moon, as there was a explosion in the spacecraft.
Soft landings were made in the Pacific Ocean when Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft returned home. The term "splashdown" was applied to the end of the ride. Surf the link to our friends at Wikipedia and check out the maps while snagging a few particulars.
The name Apollo was given by N.A.S.A , it was their third manned spacecraft, Mercury was one manned craft, Gemini is named after the constalation Gemini , Twins as it was two man craft . Apollo would be three manned and they aimed to land on the moon, mind you this was way back in 1960.
The Apollo is important as it was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
Apollo XI was the first Apollo spacecraft to land on the moon.
Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
Apollo 13 never did land on the moon, as there was a explosion in the spacecraft.
Yes. Apollo 11 was the first Apollo mission to successfully land on the moon, but it was not the first ever US spacecraft to land on the moon, though it was the first spacecraft to successfully carry people to the moon.
No, Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, but it did not land.
The Eagle in Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the moon on 20/7/1969.
The apollo project spacecraft mostly landed on the sea of tranquillity, which is visible from Earth at night
Apollo 11