Apollo Moon Missions

The Russians (in those days, the USSR) did have plans to land a man on the moon, but the failure of the N1 launcher rocket caused the project to be abandoned in the 1970s. So no Russian has ever walked on the moon.

Three LRVs were driven on the Moon, one on Apollo 15 by astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin, one on Apollo 16 by John Young and Charles Duke, and one on Apollo 17 by Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.

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"Rocket Man" is originally sung by Elton John.

The lunar rover came to the moon onboard the LM (lunar module) it was stowed in a small compartment and deployed thusly...

quoth the wiki

"Deployment of the LRV from the LM quad 1 by the astronauts was achieved with a system of pulleys and braked reels using ropes and cloth tapes. The rover was folded and stored in quad 1 with the underside of the chassis facing out. One astronaut would climb the egress ladder on the LM and release the rover, which would then be slowly tilted out by the second astronaut on the ground through the use of reels and tapes. As the rover was let down from the bay most of the deployment was automatic. The rear wheels folded out and locked in place and when they touched the ground the front of the rover could be unfolded, the wheels deployed, and the entire frame let down to the surface by pulleys. The rover components locked into place upon opening. Cabling, pins and tripods would then be removed and the seats and footrests raised. After switching on all the electronics the vehicle was ready to back away from the LM."

The United States was the first country to land on the moon, with the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface.

The Mars rover can travel at a maximum speed of about 0.1 mph (0.16 km/h) on flat, hard terrain. However, its average speed is much slower due to the challenging Martian terrain and the need to navigate obstacles.

Yes, astronauts from the United States successfully landed on the moon six times between 1969 and 1972 as part of the Apollo missions.

Apollo 9 was a manned space mission conducted by NASA in March 1969. It was the third crewed mission in the Apollo program and focused on testing the lunar module in Earth orbit for the first time. The mission was crucial in preparing for the eventual moon landing by testing the docking and rendezvous procedures needed for future lunar missions.

Neil Armstrong

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

Charles "Pete" Conrad

Alan Bean

Alan Shepard

Edwin Mitchell

Dave Scott

Jim Irwin

John Young

Charlie Duke

Eugene Cernan

Harrison "Jack" Schmitt

All of the men who landed on the moon are still living with the exception of three:

Pete Conrad, Commander of Apollo12, who died on 8th July 1999 from a motorcycle accident at the age of 69.

Alan Shepard, Commander of Apollo 14, who died on 21st July 1998 from cancer.

James Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 15, who died on 8th August 1991 from a heart attack.

Still living are:

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11

Alan Bean, Apollo 12

Ed Mitchell, Apollo 14

Dave Scott, Apollo 15

John Young and Charlie Duke, Apollo 16

Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17.

The last man on the moon was Gene Cernan on December 18, 1972.

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The moon landing hoax theory gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s, fueled by conspiracy theorists who believed that the Apollo moon landings were staged by NASA to deceive the public. One of the most prominent advocates of this theory was Bill Kaysing, a former US Navy officer and technical writer, who self-published a book in 1976 titled "We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle."

Yes, footprints on the moon will likely stay there for a very long time due to the lack of atmosphere and weather to erode them. However, they can be disturbed by the occasional moonquakes or impacts from meteoroids.

No Apollo rocket crashed. The Apollo 1 crew were killed during a test on the launch pad. The Apollo 13 mission had to return without making a moon landing due to an explosion in the service module which critically damaged the oxygen tanks needed to power the craft. All on that mission were returned safely to earth.

The program was named after the the Greek God of Light and Archery by NASA manager Abe Silverstein, who later said that "I was naming the spacecraft like I'd name my baby.

Glad he wasn't my father.

The first three astronauts to walk on the moon were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin were the first to walk on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, while Collins stayed in orbit around the moon aboard the Command Module.

As of now, a total of 45 successful moon landing missions have been conducted by various space agencies around the world. These missions have used different types of rockets, such as the Saturn V, Delta II, and Falcon 9, to travel to the moon and conduct scientific research.

No Russian has ever reached the moon. The Soviet Union was the first to send a spacecraft, Luna 2, to impact the moon in 1959. In 1969, American astronauts from the Apollo 11 mission became the first humans to walk on the moon.

After the Apollo 1 tragedy, Patricia White withdrew from the public eye and chose to lead a private life. She experienced immense grief and struggled to come to terms with the loss of her husband Edward White in the tragic accident. She focused on raising their two children and honoring Edward's memory.

A total of 12 men have walked on the moon.

The U.S. flag planted on the moon during the Apollo missions was made of nylon. It had a special rod along the top edge to help it unfurl and hold its shape in the airless environment of the moon. The flag's distinctive appearance in photographs is due to the lack of atmosphere on the moon, which prevented it from waving or rippling.

The crew module of the spacecraft typically returns to Earth, as it carries astronauts or payload. The crew module is designed to safely re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and land either on land or at sea.

Apollo 10 did not land on the moon, but practised some of the techniques used for the descent to the moon. The astronauts did joke about continuing down to the surface! The next mission, Apollo 11, was the first moon landing and also saw the first men to walk on the moon.

Although Apollo 10 could, in theory, have landed on the moon, it would have been a one-way trip for Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan. Snoopy's ascent stage didn't have enough fuel to return to orbit so they would have been stranded on the moon. Had they tried to take off, they would have crashed back onto the surface.

This wasn't done to keep the astronauts from being tempted to beat Apollo 11 to the surface; they were far too disciplined and well trained for that. The lunar module was still overweight, and a full fuel load would have made it too heavy. So while the engineers worked on making Apollo 11's Eagle light enough to land and take off again, it was a simple matter to compensate for Snoopy's excess weight by simply leaving its propellant tanks partly empty. Without a landing, it wouldn't be needed anyway.

Yuri Gagarin of the USSR and Alan Shepard of the US, though his was a sub-orbital flight. John Glen was the first US astronaut to match Gagarin and orbit the Earth.