- Apollo – Mythopedia
Apollo was a powerful Greek god and one of the Twelve Olympians He served as the divine patron of prophecy, healing, art, and culture, as well as the embodiment of masculine beauty Apollo belonged to the second generation of Olympians, along with his twin sister Artemis, goddess of the wild and hunting
- Apollo 11 Timeline - National Air and Space Museum
From launch to landing, Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins were on a three day journey to the Moon One thing that was not widely publicized during the Apollo program was that the astronauts carried music with them into space According to most accounts, the astronauts of Gemini and Apollo listened mainly to adult contemporary and country music
- Apollo (Roman) - Mythopedia
Apollo and his lyre are the subject of this colorful fresco adorning a Roman house in Pompeii Carole Raddato CC BY-SA 2 0 Apollo usually carried a lyre, his favorite musical instrument, and was often portrayed as a beardless youth Described as “shining” and “the sun,” he was sometimes depicted with rays of light emanating from his body
- Apollo 13 - National Air and Space Museum
When Apollo 13 launched on April 11th, 1970 it was intended to be the third Apollo mission to land on the Moon Unfortunately, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks seriously damaged the spacecraft during flight and the crew were forced to fly by the Moon, using its gravity to send the spacecraft back to Earth without carrying out a lunar
- Buzz Aldrin - National Air and Space Museum
Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are (left to right) Neil Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot Apollo 11 splashed down at 11:49 a m (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the U S S Hornet
- Apolo 11 - National Air and Space Museum
La tripulación del Apollo 11 En la foto de izquierda a derecha están Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins y Buzz Aldrin Viaje a la Luna El 16 de julio 1969, la nave espacial Apolo 11 despegó desde el histórico Pad 39A en el Centro Espacial Kennedy
- Lunar Roving Vehicle | National Air and Space Museum
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was a battery powered "dune buggy" taken to the moon on Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17 The LRV was stowed on the descent stage of the Lunar Module and deployed upon arrival at the lunar surface The LRV was operated with a spacecraft "stick," rather than a steering wheel
- Hyacinthus - Mythopedia
But Hyacinthus was killed prematurely when Apollo accidentally struck him with a discus; in his grief, Apollo turned the blood that flowed from the boy’s body into the hyacinth flower Though Hyacinthus is best known from the myth in which he was accidentally killed by Apollo, he probably existed as a local Laconian god or hero long before
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