- 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 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 (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 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 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 11 and the World - National Air and Space Museum
When the Apollo 11 spacecraft lifted off on July 16, 1969, for the Moon, it signaled a climactic instance in human history Reaching the Moon on July 20, its Lunar Module—with astronauts Neil A Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin aboard—landed on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited overhead in the Apollo 11 command module Armstrong soon set foot on the surface, telling millions on
- Apollo 7 - National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 7 was the first test of the command and service module with a crew The crew orbited the Earth 163 times and spent 10 days and 20 hours in space This mission was the first opportunity to test the first of the new Block II spacecraft (CSM 101) in orbit The only significant difficulty in the mission was the fact that all three astronauts developed severe head colds
- 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
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