Project Apollo
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Project Apollo, was the third NASA human spaceflight program which succeeded in preparing and landing the first humans on the Moon from 1968 to 1972. A total of 15 crewed missions were launched as part of the program, of which nine were lunar missions and six of these have successfully sent 24 people on the Moon, of which 12 have landed on its surface. As of 2022, it is the only human spaceflight program that has successfully sent astronauts beyond LEO, a feat that will soon be changed by NASA's Artemis Program and the Chinese Lunar Exploration Project in the near future.
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- The "Go to Object" button will take you to the LEM descent stage of Apollo 11. See the Table below on how to visit the other missions of this program
- The 3D representation of the actual landing sites are available as separate addons: Tranquility Base, Statio Cognitum, Fra Mauro, Hadley-Apennine, Descartes Highlands, and Taurus-Littrow
- In the Present Day, only the LEM descent stages, LRVs and ALSEP instruments can be visited. Refer to the Table below in order to see specific missions play out in real time
- Includes rough EVA representations of the 12 astronauts that walked onto the surface of the Moon
- There are no flown missions officially designated Apollo 1, 2 and 3 even in real life
A full stack of the two components of an Apollo spacecraft in lunar orbit
An Apollo CSM in lunar orbit
An Apollo LEM on the lunar surface
A Lunar Roving Vehicle, used during Apollo 15 to 17
Portrait of every single astronaut that walked on the lunar surface
Portrait of every single astronaut that only stayed in lunar orbit/flyby
| Project Apollo (1967-1975) |
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| Mission | Start | End | |
| Apollo 4 | - | 1967-Nov-9 | |
| First uncrewed test flight of the Apollo CSM | |||
| Apollo 5 | - | 1968-Jan-22 | 1968-Jan-24 |
| Uncrewed test flight of the Apollo LEM | |||
| Apollo 6 | - | 1968-Apr-4 | |
| Second uncrewed test flight of the Apollo CSM | |||
| Apollo 7 | - | 1968-Oct-11 | 1968-Oct-22 |
| First crewed Apollo mission in LEO | |||
| Apollo 8 | - | 1968-Dec-21 | 1968-Dec-27 |
| First crewed spaceflight in lunar orbit | |||
| Apollo 9 | Gumdrop CSM | 1969-Mar-3 | 1969-Mar-13 |
| Spider LEM | |||
| Dress rehearsal test flight in LEO | |||
| Apollo 10 | Charlie Brown CSM | 1969-May-18 | 1969-May-26 |
| Snoopy LEM | |||
| Dress rehearsal test flight in lunar orbit | |||
| Apollo 11 | Columbia CSM | 1969-Jul-16 | 1969-Jul-24 |
| Eagle LEM | |||
| Landed on Tranquility Base | |||
| Apollo 12 | Yankee Clipper CSM | 1969-Nov-14 | 1969-Nov-24 |
| Intrepid LEM | |||
| Landed on Statio Cognitum near Surveyor 3 | |||
| Apollo 13 | Odyssey CSM | 1970-Apr-11 | 1970-Apr-17 |
| Aquarius LEM | |||
| Mission aborted after in-flight explosion | |||
| Apollo 14 | Kitty Hawk CSM | 1971-Jan-31 | 1971-Feb-9 |
| Antares LEM | |||
| Landed on Fra Mauro, original site for Apollo 13 | |||
| Apollo 15 | Endeavour CSM | 1971-Jul-26 | 1971-Aug-7 |
| Falcon LEM | |||
| Landed on Hadley-Apennine | |||
| Apollo 16 | Casper CSM | 1972-Apr-16 | 1972-Apr-27 |
| Orion LEM | |||
| Landed on Descartes Highlands | |||
| Apollo 17 | America CSM | 1972-Dec-7 | 1972-Dec-16 |
| Challenger LEM | |||
| Landed on Taurus-Littrow | |||
| Skylab 2 | - | 1973-May-28 | 1973-Jun-22 |
| Skylab (Expedition 1), 28 days | |||
| Skylab 3 | - | 1973-Jul-28 | 1973-Sept-25 |
| Skylab (Expedition 2), 59 days | |||
| Skylab 4 | - | 1973-Nov-16 | 1974-Feb-8 |
| Skylab (Expedition 3), 84 days | |||
| Apollo 18 | - | 1975-Jul-15 | 1975-Jul-24 |
| Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) | |||
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