Apollo Space Capsule

The apollo program was conceived during the eisenhower administration in early 1960 as a follow up to project mercury.
Apollo space capsule. The apollo command module capsules are on display at various sites throughout the u s. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon. While the mercury capsule could support only one astronaut on a limited earth orbital mission apollo would carry three. The expendable spacecraft consisted of a combined command and service module and an apollo lunar module.
Commander neil armstrong and lunar module pilot buzz aldrin formed the american crew that landed the apollo lunar module eagle on july 20 1969 at 20 17 utc. Two additional components complemented the spacecraft stack for space vehicle assembly. A spacecraft lm adapter designed to shield the lm from the aerodynamic stress of launch and to. Block 2 spacecraft block 2 command modules included many improvements over the earlier models.
The apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the american apollo program s goal of landing astronauts on the moon by the end of the 1960s and returning them safely to earth. The tragedy resulted in the loss of astronauts grissom white and chaffee. The list below gives the locations of these displays and impacts. The cm 012 capsule better known as apollo 1 was destroyed in a fire while conducting tests on the launch pad.