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The 12
Apollo missions that involved astronauts are described below.
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Apollo
1 - Ended in tragedy January 27, 1967.
Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White, Roger B. Chaffee were killed
in a command module fire on the launch pad during a launch simulation
at the Kennedy Space Center. The
mission would have been the first manned Apollo mission.
The tragedy prompted NASA to suspend Saturn 1B launches for almost
a year and led to a major redesign of the Apollo Command Module.
No
missions or flights were ever designated Apollo 2 and 3
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Apollo
7 - October 11-12, 1968
Crew: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham
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Apollo
8 - December 21-27, 1968
Crew: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., William A. Anders
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Apollo
9 - March 3-13, 1969
Crew: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, Russell L. Schweickart
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Apollo
10 - May 18-26, 1969
Crew: Eugene A. Cernan, John W. Young, Thomas P. Stafford
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Apollo
11 - July 16-24, 1969
Crew: Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
First
manned lunar landing mission and lunar surface EVA.
"HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE HERE. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED."
- July 20, 1969.
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Apollo
12 - November 14-24, 1969
Crew: Charles Conrad, Jr., Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Alan L. Bean
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Apollo
13 - April 11-17, 1970
Crew: James A. Lovell, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr. Fred W. Haise,
Jr
Third
lunar landing attempt. Mission aborted after rupture of service
module oxygen tank. Classed as "successful failure"
because of experience in rescuing crew.
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Apollo
14 - January 31 - Febraury 9, 1971
Crew: Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, Edgar D. Mitchell
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Apollo
15 - July 26-August 7, 1971
Crew: David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, Alfred M. Worden
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Apollo
16 - April 16-27, 1972
Crew: John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II, Charles M. Duke, Jr.
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Apollo
17 - December 7-19, 1972
Crew: Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald B. Evans, Harrison H. Schmitt
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