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1 day ago · The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men [2] on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.
3 days ago · Beginning with Apollo 15, astronauts drove a lunar rover on the Moon. Apollo 17, the final flight of the program, took place in December 1972. In total, 12 American astronauts walked on the Moon during the six successful lunar landing missions of the Apollo program.
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1 day ago · Apollo 8 was the first crewed mission to enter orbit in December 1968, and it was followed by Apollo 10 in May 1969. Six missions landed humans on the Moon, beginning with Apollo 11 in July 1969, during which Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.
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5 days ago · Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person on the moon. More than half a billion people watched Armstrong take his first step on the moon on TV, according to NASA. At 10:56 p.m. on July 20 ...
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5 days ago · Yet, just ten years after Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, ... According to Hans Mark, NASA deputy administrator when the first shuttle missions began, “the Shuttle opened the door for a vast ...
4 days ago · They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Now, more than 50 years on, the race to put people back on the lunar surface is heating up once again. A number of private companies are scheduled to send scientific craft to the Moon in 2024.
1 day ago · Apollo 9 →. Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. [1] [2] [3] These three astronauts — Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...
