Apollo Moon Missions

The Apollo Moon Missions took several steps in getting to the Moon. After launch, the craft adopted an initial Earth orbit with an altitude of 99 Nautical miles. The second step, tranlunar injection, carried the craft to the vicinity of the Moon where it was captured into Lunar orbit at an average altitude of 60.3 Nautical miles above the Moon's surface. Of course while orbiting the Moon, the craft could be considered to have been effectively orbiting the Earth at the average altitude of the Moon, about 240,000 miles. The figures are for Apollo 11 and are from Rocky, who has a "flashbulb memory" of watching Neil Armstrong step onto the Moon

Around 400,000 people were involved in the Apollo program, including astronauts, engineers, scientists, and support staff. Hundreds of contractors and organizations contributed to the missions to the moon.

Alan Shepard was a Naval aviator and test pilot before becoming an astronaut. He was selected as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts by NASA and became the first American to travel to space on May 5, 1961, on the Freedom 7 mission.

There were 9 Apollo missions by NASA that travelled to the Moon between 1968 and 1972. The first landing was on July 20, 1969 and there were 5 more missions that explored the lunar surface. A total of 24 astronauts went to the Moon (3 of them twice) but only 12 actually walked on the lunar surface.

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No, two of the three crew members of Apollo 11 have passed away. Neil Armstrong, the mission commander, died in 2012 and Michael Collins, the command module pilot, passed away in 2021. Buzz Aldrin, the lunar module pilot, is still alive as of 2021.

The Lunar Module (LM) that first landed on the moon was named Eagle. It was part of the Apollo 11 mission, which successfully landed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

The moon missions were given the name Apollo.

The Apollo program was initiated in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy with the goal of landing astronauts on the Moon. The first crewed Apollo mission was launched in 1968, and it culminated in the historic Moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969.

The second American-manned space program was Project Gemini. It ran from 1961 to 1966 and aimed to develop space travel techniques necessary for the Apollo missions to the Moon. Gemini spacecraft carried two astronauts and conducted various maneuvers and experiments in space.

The command module of the Apollo 11 mission was named "Columbia."

The first manned space mission to land on the Moon was Apollo 11, on July 20, 1969. The mission was led by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon.

First craft to the Moon (flyby): Russia's Luna 1, January 1959 First craft to the Moon and crash: Russia's Luna 2, September 1959 First craft to the Moon and land: Russia's Luna 3, October 1959 First manned mission circling the Moon: USA's Apollo 8, December 1968 First manned mission on the Moon: USA's Apollo 11, July 1969

AS-204 was to be the first manned flight of a command and service module (CSM) to Earth orbit, launched on a Saturn 1B. CM-012, the Apollo 1 command module, was a Block I design built for spaceflight but never intended for a trip to the moon since it lacked the needed docking equipment.

It's likely only the Franklin Mint and NASA know how many were struck. From the article in the related links:

An unknown number of medallions, minted by The Franklin Mint, were given to the crew to fly to the Moon and back. As no landing occurred, Lovell returned all the coins to the Mint. The sterling silver medallions were later melted down and added to non-flown metal to strike the Mint's limited edition set "Project Apollo: Man's Greatest Adventure" commemorating all the lunar flights.

There was of course a scientific imperitive (and a great deal was learned about the solar system, and many technological advances were made) but the main reason was political. The Russians had the first satellite and the first man in space, so the US had to beat them to the moon.For the communist system to be seen as technologically superior was unthinkable.

There has never been a black person on the moon. The moon landings were conducted by the United States' NASA program, and no black astronauts were part of those missions.

It depends on what you mean but "gone to the moon."

All manned lunar missions had three astronauts on board.

Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders were the first men to visit the moon on Apollo 8. The orbited the moon and returned without landing.

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11 actually landed in the Lunar Module. Armstrong and Aldrin were the first men to step onto the moon -- Collins stayed in the Apollo Command Module orbiting the moon.

One. Shepard flew into space twice: Mercury 3, America's first manned space mission, and Apollo 14, the third moon landing. Mercury 3 was a sub-orbital flight lasting 15 minutes. Apollo 14 made one full orbit of the earth before TLI (trans-lunar injection), the refiring of the third stage rocket, that send the CSM (command and service modules) to the moon. TLI occurred halfway through what would have been the second orbit.

Apollo 11 carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins, as well as scientific equipment, a lunar module (Eagle) for landing on the Moon, and a command module for returning to Earth. The mission successfully landed the first humans on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

When the Apollo 12 lunar module landed on the moon, it caused the moon to vibrate like a bell. These vibrations lasted for about an hour, and they provided valuable scientific data that helped researchers understand more about the moon's composition and structure.

The flag on the moon stays up because it is supported by a rod that is attached on top. The lack of wind on the moon means that the flag doesn't flutter, giving the impression that it's "waving" in the vacuum of space.

It depends on the exact interpretation of the words in the question.

15 such flights have been made

Three-man Apollo 8 crew

Three-man Apollo 10 crew

Three-man Apollo 13 crew

Six individual flights by command module pilots on Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17

However, Jim Lovell counts for two of those (Apollos 8 and 13), while John Young and Eugene Cernan of Apollo 10 both later landed on Apollos 16 and 17 respectively.

Thus 15 such flights have been made by 14 astronauts, of whom two landed on the moon on later missions. Thus there are two possible answers:

14 people have made a trip to the moon which did not involve their landing on it.

12 people have made a trip to the moon without ever landing on it.

On July 24, the astronauts returned home and were immediately put in quarantine. The splashdown point was 13°19′N 169°9′W / 13.317, -169.15, 2,660 km (1,440 nm) east of Wake Island, or 380 km (210 nm) south of Johnston Atoll, and 24 km (15 mi) from the recovery ship, USS Hornet. After recovery by helicopter approximately one hour after splashdown,[1] the astronauts were placed in a trailer that had been designed as a quarantine facility.

On the Apollo lunar missions, the Lunar Module (a separate vehicle) left the Apollo spacecraft orbiting the moon and landed. The upper half of the Lunar Module had a rocket engine capable of launching it back into orbit where it again joined the Apollo spacecraft. The crew then reentered the Apollo for their return to Earth.

Apollo 17 launched on December 7, 1972. It was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program and the last time astronauts walked on the moon.