On each of the Apollo Moon landing missions, one astronaut stayed orbiting the Moon in the Command Module whilst the other two crew members landed in the Lunar Module.
The two spacecraft needed separate call signs, otherwise when Mission Control called from Earth they wouldn't know which of the craft was being referred to.
On Apollo 17, the Lunar Module - flown by Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt - was called "Challenger" and the Command Module - flown by Ronald Evans - was called "America".
Apollo 11 had two named spacecraft; the Lunar Module was called the Eagle, the Command and Service Module was called Columbia.
The name of the US spacecraft that first landed on the moon was Apollo 11.
The primary spacecraft for the Apollo 13 mission was called "Odyssey."
Apollo 8 went around the moon, but Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it was called Eagle
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Apollo is the name of the American spacecraft and Soyuz is the name of the Russian spacecraft.
Apollo 17
The Apollo spacecraft.
Apollo 11 had two named spacecraft; the Lunar Module was called the Eagle, the Command and Service Module was called Columbia.
APOLLO
The name of the US spacecraft that first landed on the moon was Apollo 11.
Gemini IX and Apollo 17.
Apollo 11 was the spacecraft
Apollo was the name of the entire lunar landing program, not the specific name of a spacecraft.
It is a mission name.
The primary spacecraft for the Apollo 13 mission was called "Odyssey."
Soyuz.