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 * Category 2 – Apollo **
 * Surveyor || JPL Past ||
 * Apollo PROGRAM || NASA Past ||

JPL PAST Missions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past_missions.cfm NASA PAST Missions [|http://www.nasa.][|gov/missions/past/index.html] Appollo 8 was the first aircraft to take man to the vicinity of the moon. The trip took 7 days when they orbited the moon 10 times. Apollo 9 was launched March 03, 1969; 11:00:00 am. Apollo 10 was launched at 11:49:00 a.m., May 18, 1969, to figure out how to land on the moon without actually landing. Multiple Choice: What happened to Apollo 1 and 2? A. They went to Saturn B. They blew up C.They burned in the sun

There were 12 apollo missions in all. Apollo 1 and 2 were unsuccessful, so instead of skipping to 3, 3 being an unlucky number they skipped to seven.

One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 The crew of Apollo 1 was Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee These men were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. This mission was scheduled to be launched on 21 February.

The first mission to land on the moon was Apollo 11. The spacecraft took off on July 16, 1964, and it landed on the moon on July 24, 1964.

Apollo 13 did not land on the moon, because of a malfuncion. There were six Apollo missions that did land on the moon. The missions were Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17