Apollo Moon Missions

The Apollo program made several key discoveries, including the first manned missions to land on the Moon, collecting lunar samples, studying the Moon's geology, and gaining insights into the origin and history of both the Moon and Earth. The program also advanced our understanding of space travel, technology, and human capabilities in space.

The Apollo program began to be seriously considered as soon as Russian Yuri Gagarin had become the first man to enter space in 1961. His flight provided the impetus for the US to fast track its space program particularly because this was the time of the Cold War between the US and USSR. The goal was to be the first to land on the moon. While the Russians had scored a number of space firsts, the US was determined to not let this one slip past. There were also a number of scientific studies performed, including geological studies. The last Apollo mission, Apollo 17 was primarily a geological mission and included geologist Harrison Schmitt in the landing crew.

The first manned flight to the moon, that did not include a landing, was in December 1968 and the first manned landing was on July 20 1969 when Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11 became the first human to walk on the moon and indeed on any place other than earth.

There is no evidence to suggest that the Apollo moon landings were faked. Multiple lines of evidence, such as photographs, rock samples, and independent observations, confirm that the missions did take place. Conspiracy theories suggesting the landings were faked have been debunked by experts in various fields.

The first two men to set foot on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin. This was the first Apollo Mission on July 21, 1969. Michael Collins was the third guy in that mission, but because he was the Command Module Pilot and didn't actually set foot on the lunar surface. The third person to walk on the moon was Pete Conrad (Alan Bean was the fourth). This was on the second Apollo Mission on November 19, 1969.

The first vehicle driven on the moon by man was the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), also known as the "Moon buggy." It was used during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 and allowed astronauts to explore the lunar surface in a more efficient manner.

woman are not scared maybe there are women who are affaid going to space because they feel intimedadted but there are more men in space than girls maybe they want to do something else we have equal rights to the men and we could do things better we are the same and feel natural playing football with men or basketball e.c.t that's all

The first manned landing on the moon was made by the Apollo 11 lander called the 'Eagle' - as in the famous words "the Eagle has landed." Subsequent Apollo missions used landers with other names. These were:

Intrepid (Apollo 12)

Antares (Apollo 14)

Falcon (Apollo 15)

Orion (Apollo 16)

Challenger (Apollo 17)

Apollo 12: November 14th to 24th, 1969.

Apollo 13: April 11th to 17th, 1970

Apollo 14: January 31st to February 9th, 1971.

Apollo 15: July 26th to August 7th, 1971.

Apollo 16: April 16th to 27th, 1972.

Many people don't know, but the first footage of a man on the moon ( Neil Armstrong) was taken by the camera on the side of the lunar module Eagle. This was able to be deployed by Armstrong just before exiting. After that, Armstrong photographed Aldrin, the second man on the moon with a hand-held camera. There were also five other missions where the same methods were used to photograph a total of twelve astronauts on the moon's surface.

Charles "Pete" Conrad was the third man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission in November 1969. He was the commander of the mission and spent a total of about eight hours on the lunar surface.

The Apollo program was a series of missions by NASA in the 1960s and 1970s that aimed to land humans on the moon and bring them back safely to Earth. Apollo 11 achieved this goal on July 20, 1969, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. A total of 12 astronauts landed on the moon during the Apollo program, with the final mission, Apollo 17, taking place in 1972.

Apollo 1 really brought home the danger inherent to space travel. Prior to the A1 fire NASA had grown almost complacent i ntheir safety methods. Apollo 1 showed them that, regardless how inocuous a test may seem, spce travel is dangerous.

12 men in total have walked on the moon and all were from the US.

The first three men to walk on the moon were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, who were part of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the lunar surface, followed by Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module.

Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was a famous astronaut. His Mercury 3 flight on May 5, 1961 made him the first American in space. He became the 5th man to walk on the moon on February 5, 1971, during the Apollo 14 mission (January 31, 1971 - February 9, 1971).

842 pounds (382 kg) combined total from all Apollo missions.

Apollo 13 went around the moon but did not land as planned due to an earlier explosion which ruptured the oxygen tanks. It was safer and used less fuel to continue around the moon than to do an immediate u- turn.

Three astronauts died in the Apollo 1 fire; Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.

The Apollo mission included the command module (Columbia) and the lunar module (Eagle). In total carrying three people.

The lunar module (Eagle) carried two people.

Apollo 13 was a failure in the sense that the mission did not land on the moon or achieve any of its mission goals. It was successful because it showed how people can work together to bring about a successful outcome to a situation that looked impossible. The feat of bringing home a crew of three in a spacecraft that was largely disabled through the rupture of its oxygen tanks and damaged electrical systems was a worldwide effort by various technical people, and created universal concern for the astronauts wellbeing.

There were 15 manned Apollo spacecrafts flown and 6 unmanned. 2 more lie as museum pieces. One at Johnson Space Center in Houston and the other one at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Apollo 1 burned on the launchpan killing the crew.

Apollo 2-6 were unmanned, testing both the launch vehicle and the spacecrafts themselves.

Apollo 7 and Apollo 9 were manned earth orbital missions.

Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 were lunar missions, 6 of which landed.

Skylab 2, 3, & 4 were long duration earth orbital missions.

Apollo Soyuz Test Project, the first joint mission with the Soviets, was the last Apollo mission.

The three astronauts on Apollo 11 were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two humans to walk on the moon, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module.