- Apollo – Mythopedia
Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympians and the Greek god of prophecy, healing, art, and culture He embodied the Greek ideal of masculine beauty
- Apollo (Roman) – Mythopedia
Apollo was the Roman god who inspired prophecy, poetry, music, and medicine Incorporated directly from the Greeks after a plague devastated Rome, he was both the bringer of and guardian against pestilence
- Apollo 11 Timeline - National Air and Space Museum
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, in a landing configuration, was photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Module Columbia July 20, 196917:44 UTC1:44 pm ET The lunar module with Armstrong and Aldrin aboard was undocked from the command module At 101:36 GET, the descent to the surface of the Moon began
- Apollo 12 - National Air and Space Museum
Just a few short months after Apollo 11 made history as the first crewed landing on the Moon, Apollo 12 touched down on the lunar surface
- Apollo program - National Air and Space Museum
Many are familiar with Apollo 11, the mission that landed humans on the Moon for the first time It was part of the larger Apollo program There were several missions during the Apollo program from 1961 to 1972 Humans landed on the moon during six missions, Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17
- Apollo 16 - National Air and Space Museum
Landing in the previously unexplored Descartes Highlands, Apollo 16 was the fifth mission to land people on the Moon Astronauts collected samples, took photographs and conducted experiments that included the first use of an ultraviolet camera on the Moon
- Apollo 8 - National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back While the crew did not land on the Moon's surface, the flight was an important prelude to a lunar landing, testing the flight trajectory and operations getting there and back
- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - National Air and Space Museum
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the famous “Handshake in Space ” ASTP was the first American-Soviet space flight, docking the last American Apollo spacecraft with the then-Soviet Soyuz spacecraft This joint effort between the two major world players was based on an agreement signed in 1972, and it set a precedent for future joint efforts, such as the Shuttle-Mir Program and the
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