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Is Apollo a rocket?
Apollo is the name of the NASA program whose mission was to send men to the moon. The rocket used to launch the Apollo crewmembers into space was called the Saturn V.
What was the name of the first rocket ever launched?
Depends on what rocket, if it's a NASA rocket, i dont know my knowledge of it is weak, i thought it was the Apollo 11, if it's a toy rocket, probally in the 1800's
What is an Apollo rocket?
An Apollo rocket is, most likely, a colloquial reference to the Saturn V rocket used by NASA during the Apollo program to the Moon. For more information on the Saturn V rocket, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V
What was Neil Armstrong's rocket called Apollo?
The rocket wasn't called "Apollo". The specific NASA project to put a man on the moon was called "The Apollo Project" - Armstrong did not name it, it was called that before he got involved with it. He did have the privilege of naming the lunar landing vehicle, though, which was called "Eagle".
Is Apollo 1 an actual rocket?
Apollo 1 was the name of the first mission of NASA's Apollo program. The mission ended when the command module and the crew were destroyed in a fire during a routine test weeks before launch.
What does the Apollo 11 look like?
it is the largest rocket that NASA has ever built. it stood 138 feet tall. and the only rocket that NASA has built to send humans to another world!
Who was the father of the Apollo space project?
Abe Silverstein as chairman of the Silverstein Committee was in charge of organizing NASA, hired the initial engineers and scientists, was NASA's first director of space flight programs, planned Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and the Centaur rocket, was responsible for NASA adopting the liquid hydrogen rocket engine which is still in use today, and named Mercury and Apollo.
What was the name of the rocket used to launch Apollo 13?
The rocket to launch Apollo 13 was the Saturn 5 rocket.
What were Neil Armstrong achievements at NASA?
He was an X-15 (a rocket-powered plane) pilot for NASA, and as part of the Apollo Program, he became the first man to walk on the moon, during his Apollo 11 mission.
What is name of rocket?
Apollo 11
What was the name of the rocket that carried the Apollo astronauts into space?
The rocket chosen for the Apollo mission was the Saturn 5.
What was the name of the rocketer that took Apollo 11?
The rocket that was used for Apollo 11 was the Saturn five rocket.
