- 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: The Moon Landing - National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 11 was one of 15 Apollo missions that took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s Learn more about the missions that paved the way for the Moon landing, and the missions where Americans returned to the Moon after
- 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 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 1 - National Air and Space Museum
During a preflight test for what was to be the first crewed Apollo mission, a fire claimed the lives of three U S astronauts; Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee After the disaster, the mission was officially designated Apollo 1
- 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
- Ten Scientific Discoveries from the Apollo Missions
The Apollo Program was a monumental moment in human history – landing the first human beings on the surface of the Moon However, the Apollo missions contributed more than putting humans on the Moon, it also produced a lot of new scientific data and discoveries which expanded our knowledge of both the Moon itself and our Solar System
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