The name for the early spaceflight programs were chosen by the NASA managers in charge. Abe Silverstein is credited with naming Apollo, after the Greek god of light and music, mainly because he thought of it as bringing the "light of knowledge" to man.
The USSR space program was more straightforward in their Moon probes, naming them Luna (Lunik).
NASA has made all the Apollo information available.
USA's NASA's Project Apollo was designed to send people to the Moon and bring them back alive.
Yes, he was the first person to walk on the moon, after traveling on the Apollo 11. So, yes, he is an American astronaut, therefore he works for NASA.
He did not use a space shuttle. A space shuttle has never been to the moon and is now incapable of such a journey. He was aboard Apollo 11, the initial propulsion unit was a Saturn 5B rocket. The actual landing vehicle was called Eagle.
There were 6 Apollo missions which successfully landed astronauts on the moon. Between July 1969 and December 1972. See related link. Apollo 13 (April 1970) had a malfunction and was unable to land on the moon. See related link.
spaceships that went to the moon
Well, a lot of spaceships were named for Apollo. (Apollo 13, 11, etc.)
No, there is overwhelming evidence, including moon rocks brought back during the Apollo missions, that confirm NASA's successful missions to the moon. Multiple countries and independent organizations have also tracked and verified the Apollo missions.
The NASA missions which landed humans on the moon were called the Apollo Moon missions.
The Apollo Program
He flew the X-15 for NACA, and later, with NASA, he flew Gemini 8 and Apollo 11.
the NASA Apollo 13 mission to the Moon
Sending robot spaceships to the moon was known as the Surveyor program. They sent seven robotic spaceships to the surface of the moon from June 1968 to January 1968. The primary purpose was to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings on the moon.
As the moon is a baren place, they found moon rocks.
NASA has made all the Apollo information available.
Yes they were. Since the Apollo missions, man has not yet set foot on the moon.
The first program to send people to the moon was the Apollo program launched by NASA in the United States. The Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the first humans on the moon on July 20, 1969.