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1. www.britannica.com › science › Apollo-space-programApollo | History, Missions, Significance, & Facts | Britannica

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   6 days ago · Apollo, Moon-landing project conducted by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the 1960s and ’70s. The project reached its goal with the July 1969 landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Learn more about the history of the Apollo program in this article.

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     Apollo 7—October 11–22, 1968. The first crewed Apollo space...

2. www.si.edu › brief-history-apollo-programA Brief History of the Apollo Program | Smithsonian Institution

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   • Apollo 1. This was the designation that the crew wanted to use for the first test flight (originally called AS-204) of the Apollo command and service modules (CSM).
   • Apollo 2 and 3. No flights had these designations.
   • Apollo 4. Nov. 9, 1967: First test flight for the Saturn V launch vehicle. The Apollo 4 spacecraft completed three orbits of Earth and tested its heatshield to the approximate velocity it would experience during return to Earth’s atmosphere.
   • Apollo 5. Jan. 22–23, 1968: An unmanned test flight of the lunar module (LM) that would later carry astronauts to the moon’s surface.

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   How did the Apollo mission work?

   • The Apollo mission consisted of a Command Module (CM) and a Lunar Module (LM). The CM and LM would separate after lunar orbit insertion. One crew member would stay in the CM, which would orbit the Moon, while the other two astronauts would take the LM down to the lunar surface.

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   What was the first uncrewed Apollo mission?

   • Apollo 5 and 6 were also uncrewed flights. There was no Apollo 2 or 3. The first crewed Apollo space mission was Apollo 7. The three astronauts on Apollo 7 were Walter Schirra, Jr., Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham. They spent 10 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes, and 3 seconds in space.

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   How long did the first Apollo mission last?

   • The rocket had several problems, but the spacecraft carried out its mission. Oct. 11–22, 1968: The first Apollo mission to carry astronauts. It was a low-Earth orbit test of the CSM with Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham. The mission lasted for 11 days, and was the first American mission to be broadcast live on TV.

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   Who was the first Apollo Pilot?

   • Deke Slayton, the grounded Mercury astronaut who became director of flight crew operations for the Gemini and Apollo programs, selected the first Apollo crew in January 1966, with Grissom as Command Pilot, White as Senior Pilot, and rookie Donn F. Eisele as Pilot.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Apollo_programApollo program - Wikipedia

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   The Apollo program has been described as the greatest technological achievement in human history. Apollo stimulated many areas of technology, leading to over 1,800 spinoff products as of 2015, including advances in the development of cordless power tools, fireproof materials , heart monitors , solar panels , digital imaging , and the use of ...

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   • Duration: 1961–1972
   • First flight: SA-1, October 27, 1961

5. www.nasa.gov › the-apollo-programThe Apollo Program - NASA

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   Mar 12, 2024 · Apollo was a three-part spacecraft: the command module (CM), the crew’s quarters and flight control section; the service module (SM) for the propulsion and spacecraft support systems (when together, the two modules are called CSM); and the lunar module (LM), to take two of the crew to the lunar surface, support them on the Moon, and return ...

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7. www.space.com › apollo-program-overviewThe Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon

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   Jun 25, 2020 · The Apollo program was the name of NASA's project to land humans on the moon in the 1960s and early 1970s. With the success of Apollo 11 in 1969, which put astronauts on the lunar surface for the ...

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   Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis The Apollo Spacecraft Chronology, Vol. I - IV Catalog of Apollo Experiment Operations An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program On the Moon with Apollo 16: A Guidebook to the Descartes ...