The document summarizes key events of NASA's Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon between 1967 and 1972. It outlines the objectives of the Apollo program which were to establish lunar landing technology, achieve spaceflight preeminence for the US, and conduct scientific exploration of the Moon. It then briefly describes the Apollo 1 fire that killed 3 astronauts during a launch rehearsal in 1967. Next it discusses the successful Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in 1969 and the "successful failure" of Apollo 13 when an oxygen tank exploded forcing the crew to abort the lunar landing. Finally, it notes Apollo missions 14 through 17 landed in different regions of the Moon before government funding for the program ended.