Apollo Missions

Apollo 1 (AS-204): Disaster On Pad 34 (February 1967)

During a preflight test for what was to be the first manned Apollo mission, a fire claimed the lives of three U.S. astronauts.

Apollo 7 (AS-205): First manned test flight of the CSM (October 1968)

The crew orbited the Earth 163 times and spent 10 days and 20 hours in space.

Apollo 8 (AS-503): Man Around The Moon (December 1968)

Apollo 8 was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back. The first pictures taken by humans of the Earth from deep space and first live TV coverage of the lunar surface also occurred on this mission.

Apollo 9 (AS-504): Manned Test of Lunar Hardware in Earth Orbit (March 1969)

Apollo 10 (AS-505): Man's Nearest Lunar Approach (May 1969)

This mission was the second to orbit the Moon and the first to travel to the Moon with the entire Apollo spacecraft configuration.

Apollo 11 (AS-506): Lunar Landing Mission (July 1969)

Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth with the first samples from another planetary body.

Apollo 12 (AS-507): Beyond Apollo 11 (November 1969)

Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon.

Apollo 13 (AS-508): "Houston, we've had a problem" (April 1970)

Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on the Moon. An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks crippled the spacecraft during flight and the crew were forced to orbit the Moon and return to the Earth without landing.

Apollo 14 (AS-509): The Third Manned Lunar Landing (January 1971)

Apollo 14 landed in the Fra Mauro region, the intended landing site of the aborted Apollo 13 mission. They collected samples, took photographs, and the nearby Cone crater. One of the more famous moments came at the end of the second EVA when Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard hit 2 golf balls on the Moon.

Apollo 15 (AS-510): Exploration of Hadley-Apennine Region (July 1971)

Apollo 15 was the fourth mission to land men on the Moon. This mission was the first flight of the Lunar Roving Vehicle which astronauts used to explore the geology of the Hadley Rille/Apennine region.

Apollo 16 (AS-511): Landing in the Descartes highlands (April 1972)

Apollo 16 was the fifth mission to land men on the moon and return them to Earth. It was also the second flight of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Apollo 16 landed in a highlands area, a region not yet explored on the Moon. Astronauts collected samples, took photographs and conducted experiments that included the first use of an ultraviolet camera/spectrograph on the Moon.

Apollo 17 (AS-512): The Last Manned Lunar Landing (December 1972)

Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission to land men on the Moon. It carried the only trained geologist to walk on the lunar surface. Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, still holds the distinction of being the last man to walk on the Moon, as no humans have visited the Moon since December 14, 1972.

All pictures and information are from: http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/apollo.htm