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The mission was named Apollo 13 because it was the 13th mission in the Apollo program lineup. The number 13 was traditionally considered unlucky, but NASA continued the mission numbering sequence as planned.
The Apollo missions were named more or less in order. After Apollo 1 was destroyed in a fire there were no other manned missions until Apollo 7. As such, starting at Apollo 7, the missions were named in order. Apollo 11 was 4th mission after Apollo 7.
The Apollo mission was a series of spaceflights undertaken by NASA, with each mission being designated with a number. For example, the first successful manned mission to land on the moon was Apollo 11.
Apollo 13 was the name of the mission that landed the first men on the moon.
The Apollo 13 mission used the Apollo spacecraft, specifically the Apollo Command Module named "Odyssey" and the Lunar Module named "Aquarius." These craft were used for various purposes during the mission, such as orbiting the Moon and returning the astronauts safely to Earth.
Apollo 11 was named after the Apollo program, which aimed to land a person on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. The number 11 designates that it was the eleventh mission in the Apollo program's series of lunar missions.
If this is in regrds to the NASA Apollo program for landing astronauts on the moon, then the answer would generally be the American taxpayers. However, there was no mission named Apollo A. Mission names were numbered rather than lettered (eg. Apollo 11, Apollo 17, etc.).
The command module was called Columbia and the lunar module was named Eagle.
There are quite a few memorable missions,but the two that are mainly remembered are Apollo 11(the moon landing),and the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission that turned into a life and death rescue mission(as seen in the movie named "Apollo 13")
The lunar module used during the Apollo 14 mission was named "Antares".
It was an aptly named program, as they used both Apollo and Soyuz vehicles. Apollo on the American side, and Soyuz on the Soviet side.
There was no mission named Apollo 6. After the fire killed the crew of Apollo 1, the next manned mission was Apollo 7. All missions between 1 and 7 were hardware test flights and used a different naming convention.