Apollo Space

Learn more about the history of the apollo program in this article.
Apollo space. Apollo 7 the first crewed space mission was launched on this day in 1968 on this day in 1968 first manned apollo mission apollo 7 was launched by nasa with astronauts wally schirra donn eisele and walt cunningham aboard. Six of the missions apollos 11 12 14 15 16 and 17 achieved this goal. After a cabin fire had killed the crew of apollo 1 nasa had not sent astronauts to space. The apollo program also known as project apollo was the third united states human spaceflight program carried out by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa which succeeded in landing the first humans on the moon from 1969 to 1972.
In this clip from our apollo reflections project ron discusses his nasa career and how that inspired his art. In the apollo program astronauts walked on the moon and returned safely home. 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. One among them apollo 7 was the first apollo mission with a human crew on board that went into space.
Astronauts mcdivitt schweickart and scott conducted the first manned test of the lunar module lm 3 and the apollo space suits. The apollo program was designed to land humans on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Apollo s goals the national effort that enabled astronaut neil armstrong to speak those words as he stepped onto the lunar surface fulfilled a dream as old as humanity. A spacecraft lm adapter designed to shield the lm from the aerodynamic stress of launch and to.
Project apollo s goals went beyond landing americans on the moon and returning them safely to earth. National aeronautics and space administration nasa in the 1960s and 70s. The expendable spacecraft consisted of a combined command and service module and an apollo lunar module. Two additional components complemented the spacecraft stack for space vehicle assembly.
The highly successful mission returned to earth on march 13 1969. These photos were taken at the michigan space and science center. During his nasa career ron suited up members of the apollo 8 apollo 11 including buzz aldrin apollo 15 crews as well as skylab and astp crews. Apollos 7 and 9 were earth orbiting missions to test the command and lunar modules and did not return lunar data.
The project reached its goal with the july 1969 landing of apollo 11 on the moon. Apollo 9 as 504 was launched to earth orbit on march 3 1969. Apollo moon landing project conducted by the u s.