This was the Apollo space program, which achieved it's goal in 1969 by putting a man on the moon.
The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable system that goes only into Earth orbit and returns. The Apollo vehicle was not reusable and left Earth orbit to visit the moon. The Apollo was launched entirely with liquid fuel rockets. The Space Shuttle is launched with a combination of solid and liquid fuel rockets.
Apollo 1 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program, launched in February 21, 1967. It never reached space.The first Apollo mission to actually reach space was the Apollo 7 mission.
Apollo 2 launched from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The space program was Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program.
Apollo 17 was launched, from the Kennedy Space Center
kennedy space center
From Wikipedia:"Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The mission was launched on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19. As of 2008, it remains the most recent manned Moon landing"
There were a total of 11 space mission in the Apollo program. From Apollo 7 to Apollo 17.
Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable system that goes only into Earth orbit and returns. The Apollo vehicle was not reusable and left Earth orbit to visit the moon. The Apollo was launched entirely with liquid fuel rockets. The Space Shuttle is launched with a combination of solid and liquid fuel rockets.
Apollo 11 was launched in 1969.