Project Apollo was NASA's program to land astronauts on the Moon, launched by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 with the goal of achieving lunar landing before the decade was out. The first unmanned missions tested the Command, Lunar, and Service modules. The first manned mission, Apollo 1, ended in tragedy when a flash fire killed the crew during a launch rehearsal test. Apollo 7 was the first successful manned Earth-orbital mission. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed the first astronauts on the Moon - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, achieving Kennedy's goal. Over the course of five more successful lunar landings, Apollo brought back 382 kilograms of lunar samples to better understand the Moon. The

1. Project ApolloBy: Ericka Doke

2. HistoryJohn F. Kennedy who was the president at that time was encouraging space travelHis goal was to send astronauts to the moon by the end of the decadeThis was only three weeks after Alan Shepard was the first American in space!What a huge goal Kennedy had for NASA

3. Goals/ObjectivesEstablished technologyHaving an established program of exploring the moonCapability of man in a space environmentTo have the upper hand in space technology

4. First Missions Were unmannedBasic goals were to test out the modules: Command, Lunar and Serria The Saturn V-rocket was also tested out

5. Apollo 1January 27, 1967Problems occurredDuring the ‘dress rehearsal’ Virgil Gossom (hmmm), Edward White and Roger Chaffee were getting ready to be the first men in the Apollo flightWhen they were running the test a flash fire started and the crew got trapped

6. Apollo 7First manned missionWalter Schirra, DonnEiseleand Walt CunninghamWalter Schirra was the Commander

7. Apollo 7Launched on October 11, 1968Had a perfect launch“She’s riding like a dream” –Walter Schirra5 minutes after that they made the first elliptical orbit around Earth

8. Apollo 7Orbited Earth 163 timesLasted 10 days and 20 hoursGoal was to check the service module to set the future lunar mission

9. Problems with Apollo 7The lunar module adapter panels didn’t deploy all the wayNoisy fansSome of the windows fogged due to improperly cured sealantThe chargers for the batteries did not fully charge themMany other little inconvenient problems

10. Apollo 8Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. and William AndersFirst manned orbit of the moonGoals were to make sure the crew and facilities were operating smoothly and take pictures of the assumed Apollo landing siteLasted 6 days, and 3 hours

11. Apollo 10Eugene Cernan, John Young, and Thomas StaffordLaunched on May 18, 1969Goals were to check how things operated in the lunar gravitation fieldLasted 8 daysSo Close!

12. Apollo 11Neil Armstrong (Commander), Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, and Michael CollinsLaunched on July 16, 1969Goal was to perform an manned lunar landing

13. Apollo 11Landed on July 24, 1969 on the Sea of Traquility“The Eagle has landed…”Buzz Aldrin was originally supposed to be the first man on the moon

14. Apollo 11 Before they docked to get out, Buzz was told that it wouldn’t be him, but Neil would be the first one on the moonWouldn’t you like to just hurt Neil if you were Buzz?“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”- Neil ArmstrongThey had finally earned a lead in space exploration

15. Apollo 12Charles Conrad Jr., Richard Gordon Jr., and Alan BeanLaunched on November, 14, 1969Landed on moon (Ocean of Storms)Lasted 10 days and 4 hoursDidn’t have any objectives but they did two lunar walks and brought parts of the Surveyor 3 back

16. Apollo 13James Lovell Jr., Fred Haise Jr., and John Swigert Jr.Originally Ken Mattingly was supposed to go but he got the measles so Swigert went instead

17. Apollo 13“Houston, we have a problem.”The oxygen was being released into spaceHad to live in the lunar moduleContinued to orbit the moon and use its pull to shoot them back to Earth

18. Apollo 13Other problems were carbon dioxide, water and power.Mattingly helped start the Command ModuleGot back safely“Successful Failure”

19. Apollo 14Alan Shepard Jr., Stuart Rossa and Edgar MitchellLanded on Fra Mauro on the moonStayed on the moon for about a day and 10 hours. First time moon rocks were brought back

20. Apollo 15David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred WordenLaunched on July 26, 1971Landed on August 7, 1971Hadley-Apennine area near Apennine Mts.Lasted 12 days and 17 hours

21. Apollo 16John Young, Thomas Mattingly II and Charles DukeLaunched on April 16, 1972Landed on April 27, 1972 on the Descartes HighlandsCollected lunar samples

22. Apollo 17Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison SchmittLaunched on December 7, 1972Lasted 12 days and 13 hoursLanded on Taurus-Littrow HighlandsObjectives were to be able to see where rocks that were younger and older than the ones already taken back

23. What did/does the future hold?Apollo-SoyuzAmericans and Soviets unitedInternational spaceflight and rescueFuture international crewsSpace ShuttleReusable booster and orbiterChallenger, Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis and ColumbiaMars?NASA plans to go to Mars, but its not known when this will actually happen

24. CitationsPicturesNASA - Image of the the Day - Gallery. (n.d.). NASA - Home. Retrieved May 29, 2011, from http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html InformationNASA - Apollo Missions. (n.d.). NASA - Home. Retrieved May 29, 2011, from http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html