Apollo Moon Missions

Apollo 8 was the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon. Launched in December 1968, it provided critical data to support future missions and demonstrated that humans could travel to the Moon and back safely. The crew of Apollo 8 also famously broadcasted a live television transmission from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve.

The terrain on the moon is characterized by vast plains called maria, which are large, dark, basaltic plains formed from ancient volcanic activity. There are also rugged highlands with mountains, craters, and valleys created by impacts from asteroids and comets. Overall, the moon's surface is dusty, rocky, and devoid of liquid water.

The Saturn V rocket had five rocket engines in its first stage, called the F-1 engines. These engines were responsible for providing the necessary thrust to lift the rocket off the ground and into space.

Apollo 12 landed on the Moon's Ocean of Storms, which is situated on the southwestern region of the moon's visible side. The landing site was chosen for its relatively flat and smooth terrain, making it an ideal location for a safe landing.

Of the several dozen (unmanned) lunar missions conducted by the USSR, less than a dozen reached the lunar surface. Of these, there were several notable successes. * The Russian spacecraft Luna 9 made the first "soft landing" on the Moon on January 31,1966. * Luna 13 soft-landed and studied the Moon surface on December 21, 1966. * Luna 15, a sample return attempt, crashed on the Moon a week before the US Apollo 11 landing on July 20, 1969. * Luna 16 managed to safely land on September 12, 1970, and returned lunar samples to Earth. (as did Luna 20 in 1972, and Luna 24 in 1976) * Luna 21 landed January 8, 1973 and deployed the first automated lunar rover. (The lunar rock samples returned by separate rockets to Earth were of a much smaller mass and site distribution than those collected by the six manned US missions completed from 1969 to 1972.) (see related link for a comprehensive list)

Apollo 14, Edgar Dean Mitchell, D.Sc. was the 6th man on the moon.

Yes. 12 American astronauts landed and walked on the moon. They were:

Neil Armstrong.

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Charles Conrad.

Alan Bean.

Alan Shepard

Edgar Mitchell.

David Scott.

James Irwin.

John Young.

Charles Duke.

Eugene Cernan.

Harrison Schmidt.

The Apollo missions brought back a total of 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of rocks and soil samples from the Moon.

The first president to walk on the moon was Richard Nixon. He was not an astronaut, but he did speak to the Apollo 11 crew while they were on the moon in 1969.

A. Salaries for civilian Astronaut Candidates are based on the Federal Government's General Schedule pay scale for grades GS-12 through GS-13. Each person's grade is determined according to his/her academic achievements and experience. Currently, a GS-12 starts at $65,140 per year and a GS-13 can earn up to $100,701 per year.

Military Astronaut Candidates are assigned to the Johnson Space Center and remain in an active duty status for pay, benefits, leave, and other similar military matters. An entry level NASA astronaut gets paid $60, 743 - $71, 780 an year.

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin retired from the United States Air Force on March 1, 1972 after a decorated career as an astronaut.

Niel Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

Pete Conrad

Alan Bean

Alan Shepard

Edgar Mitchell

David Scott

James Irwin

John W. Young

Charles Duke

Eugene Cernan

Harrison Schmitt

The Saturn IV rocket was proposed but never built; there were two proposed first stages, so no speed can be given.

The Saturn V rocket was composed of three stages:

The first stage fired for 2.5 minutes and reached a speed of 6164 mph (9921 km/h).

The second stage fired for 6 minutes and reached a speed of 15,647 mph (25,182 km/h - 7.00 km/s).

The final stage burn depended on the mission, but for Apollo 11, the burn was nearly 6 minutes reached a speed of 25,053 mph (40,320 km/h; 11.2 km/s) - close to the escape velocity of Earth.

The Apollo 10 mission in May 1969 was crewed by Commander Thomas Stafford, Command Module Pilot John Young, and Lunar Module Pilot Eugene Cernan. They performed a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, flying to lunar orbit and getting within 8.4 nautical miles of the lunar surface.

There is substantial evidence, including photos, videos, and rock samples brought back from the moon, that support the fact that the moon landings were real. The technology used at the time was capable of achieving such a feat, and multiple countries and independent organizations have confirmed the authenticity of the missions. Some claims suggesting the moon landings were faked have been debunked by experts in various fields.

The lunar lander is the spacecraft designed to land on the moon's surface. It is used to transport astronauts from the lunar orbit to the moon's surface and back to the orbiting spacecraft. The lunar lander played a crucial role in the Apollo missions that landed humans on the moon.

The first time man walked on the surface of the moon was on July 20, 1969. The first time man orbited the moon was the Apollo 8 mission, which occured December 21 - 27, 1968.

Apollo 1 did not burst into flames. However, a cabin fire during a pre-launch test killed all three astronauts on board: Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee in 1967. Seven astronauts died in another space shuttle disaster, the Challenger explosion in 1986.

Yes, the existence of the moon can be confirmed through observations made with telescopes and even with the naked eye. Its gravitational influence on Earth, causing tides, and various spacecraft missions that have flown to and orbited the moon also provide evidence of its existence.

Escape velocity from Earth is approximately 11.2 km/s, which is the speed a rocket needs to surpass Earth's gravitational force and leave its orbit.

None of the Apollo missions burned up in the atmosphere. All returned safely to Earth.

None, although Apollo 13 experienced an explosion in the command module but that was in space, outside the Earth's atmosphere halfway between the Earth and the Moon.

The Apollo rockets had different speeds depending on the phase of the mission. During liftoff, the Saturn V rocket reached speeds of around 6,000 miles per hour (9,600 km/h). Once in space, the Apollo Command Module traveled at a speed of about 24,500 miles per hour (39,400 km/h) on its way to the Moon.

The Apollo program consisted of a total of 17 missions, out of which 6 of them landed humans on the Moon successfully. These missions were Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

Total mission duration: 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes.

Of that, Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours 36 minutes on the surface.

Of that, they spent 2 hours 31 minutes outside the LM on EVA.

It took Apollo about 3 days to get there and 3 to get back. It depends on how long they stayed on the moon as to how long the total trip was.