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Apollo is not an acronym. The Apollo program was named after the Greek god of light and music by NASA manager Abe Silverstein, who later said that "I was naming the spacecraft like I'd name my baby."

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What were the names of all the Apollo lunar modules?

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Of the Apollo space missions 11 through 17 which ones landed on the moon?

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