It ended because the program had no money left. Public interest had declined after the initial moon landings and the government was thus no longer so keen on funding it.
The Gemini space program officially ended in 1966. Gemini was an intermediate space program conducted by NASA between the Mercury and Apollo programs, focusing on testing the capabilities necessary for the Apollo missions to the moon.
It ended in December 1972 after Apollo 17.
The Apollo missions were ended by NASA due to budget constraints and shifting priorities. The final mission was Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA shifted its focus to the development of the Space Shuttle program after the Apollo missions.
From Wikipedia:"Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The mission was launched on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19. As of 2008, it remains the most recent manned Moon landing"
The United States did not stop sending people into space after the Apollo program was cancelled. People were sent into space using the then new Space Shuttle program, which was cancelled in 2011. Now Americans are sent to space using commercial spaceflight from companies like SpaceX, VentureStar, and Ad Astra.
The Gemini space program officially ended in 1966. Gemini was an intermediate space program conducted by NASA between the Mercury and Apollo programs, focusing on testing the capabilities necessary for the Apollo missions to the moon.
It ended in December 1972 after Apollo 17.
The space program was Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program.
The Apollo missions were ended by NASA due to budget constraints and shifting priorities. The final mission was Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA shifted its focus to the development of the Space Shuttle program after the Apollo missions.
From Wikipedia:"Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The mission was launched on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19. As of 2008, it remains the most recent manned Moon landing"
The United States did not stop sending people into space after the Apollo program was cancelled. People were sent into space using the then new Space Shuttle program, which was cancelled in 2011. Now Americans are sent to space using commercial spaceflight from companies like SpaceX, VentureStar, and Ad Astra.
The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable system that goes only into Earth orbit and returns. The Apollo vehicle was not reusable and left Earth orbit to visit the moon. The Apollo was launched entirely with liquid fuel rockets. The Space Shuttle is launched with a combination of solid and liquid fuel rockets.
The Apollo Space Program was conceived in the early 1960s during the Eisenhower presidency. The Apollo program didn't really get going until the year 1963.
The American Apollo program officially ended in 1972. The final mission, Apollo 17, was launched in December of that year. Although there were plans for additional missions, they were ultimately canceled due to budget constraints and shifting priorities in space exploration. The program successfully landed astronauts on the Moon six times between 1969 and 1972.
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That was known as the Apollo space program.
The space program launched by JFK was called the Apollo program. It aimed to land astronauts on the moon and bring them safely back to Earth. The most famous mission of the Apollo program was Apollo 11 in 1969, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.