The command module was covered by a white escape system before take-off; that was jettisoned shortly after launch to reveal the silver module.
No, Apollo missions used capsules launched atop Saturn V rockets to reach the Moon. Space shuttles were a different type of spacecraft used by NASA for various missions such as deploying satellites and building the International Space Station.
The Apollo capsule landings were planned to "splash down" in an ocean for recovery by an aircraft carrier standing by. The space shuttle landings more closely resemble a commercial aircraft landing. The space shuttle safely touches down on a runway.
The Apollo space missions are numbered from Apollo 7 to 17.
It is called a splashdown when a spacecraft lands on the sea. This method was commonly used for returning space capsules from missions like the Apollo program.
The Apollo 13 spacecraft did not land on solid ground; it completed a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970. The splashdown location was near American Samoa.
No, Apollo missions used capsules launched atop Saturn V rockets to reach the Moon. Space shuttles were a different type of spacecraft used by NASA for various missions such as deploying satellites and building the International Space Station.
The Apollo capsule landings were planned to "splash down" in an ocean for recovery by an aircraft carrier standing by. The space shuttle landings more closely resemble a commercial aircraft landing. The space shuttle safely touches down on a runway.
The Apollo space missions are numbered from Apollo 7 to 17.
It is called a splashdown when a spacecraft lands on the sea. This method was commonly used for returning space capsules from missions like the Apollo program.
The Apollo 13 spacecraft did not land on solid ground; it completed a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970. The splashdown location was near American Samoa.
No Space Shuttles landed on the moon. Apollo capsules with lunar landing module went to the moon. The Apollos stayed in lunar orbit while the landing modules descended to the moon and then returned to the Apollo capsule. The capsules then returned to earth. Apollos 8 and 10 went into lunar orbit but returned without landing by design. The first Apollo mission to reach the moon, and land, was Apollo 11. Apollos 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 also landed on the moon and returned. Apollo 13 had an emergency, flew around the moon, and returned safely to earth.
The "Apolo" space capsules.
There was no space shuttle on Apollo 11
Apollo 11 went into space in 1969.
Apollo-Soyuz, to use up remaining lunar-capable gear, such as the Apollo 18 capsule. And then there was Skylab, which used non- lunar capable rockets and capsules. Finally, there came the Space Shuttle.
It was N.A.s.A that sent Apollo 11 into space.
fundamentally all things that fly into space are spacecrafts. There are two tipes of manned spacecrafts: spaceplanes and capsules . Apollo, Gemini, Mercury were capsules, also soyuz. Space Shuttle orbiter and Sovietic Buran Shuttle are a kind of spaceplanes. can be defined space shuttle also anything that can easily carry cargo or astronauts to space: the Space Shuttle stack is able to carry about 25 metric tons, that make it a unique blend of cargo and human transport skills, essential to the Space Station to be built