The first time they lost contact was because they went to the dark side of the Moon. The second time was the usual reentry time, but Apollo 13's lasted the longest of all.
The astronauts were sent to a place to be in qurantene for about 21 days.
The astronauts of Apollo 13 , had to use the lunar module to return to the earth after the spacecraft had exploded.
The program's name was Apollo, and accomplished the first manned landing on the Moon with Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969.
Only one - Apollo 13, the third mission, which had to be aborted. The astronauts were returned safely.
As an agency of the US federal government, NASA itself has never left the Earth's surface. But six pairs of astronauts landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972, on missions that were part of the Apollo program, which was administered by NASA.
NASA -- Deke Slayton
The astronauts were sent to a place to be in qurantene for about 21 days.
181 NASA astronauts were involved in Scouting, and 39 are Eagle Scouts
NASA swings Apollo 13 around the Moon to return it to Earth.
The astronauts of Apollo 13 , had to use the lunar module to return to the earth after the spacecraft had exploded.
The Omega watch, Speedmaster, is used by the astronauts of the Apollo 11 during its mission to the moon.
The program's name was Apollo, and accomplished the first manned landing on the Moon with Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the NASA Apollo 11 mission, July 20, 1969.
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.).
They are three of the original NASA "Mercury 7" astronauts. Virgil "Gus" Grissom was also on the Apollo program and died in the Apollo 1 fire.
Only one - Apollo 13, the third mission, which had to be aborted. The astronauts were returned safely.
As an agency of the US federal government, NASA itself has never left the Earth's surface. But six pairs of astronauts landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972, on missions that were part of the Apollo program, which was administered by NASA.