Apollo program

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NASA human spaceflight program lunar exploration program

The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apollo lunar landing missions	2
Apollo crewed lunar missions	1
Apollo lunar missions	1
Apollo missions	1
Apollo program (launch vehicle development)	1
United States Apollo lunar program	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA human spaceflight program ⓘ lunar exploration program ⓘ
announcedBy	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
announcementDate	1961-05-25 ⓘ
announcementEvent	Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs ⓘ
Apollo13IncidentDate	1970-04-13 ⓘ
astronautFatalities	3 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1972-12-19 ⓘ
era	Space Race ⓘ
estimatedCostComment	approximately $25.4 billion in 1973 dollars ⓘ
estimatedCostUSD	25400000000 ⓘ
firstCrewedFlight	Apollo 7 ⓘ
firstCrewedFlightDate	1968-10-11 ⓘ
firstLunarLandingDate	1969-07-20 ⓘ
firstLunarLandingMission	Apollo 11 ⓘ
firstMannedLunarOrbitDate	1968-12-24 ⓘ
firstMannedLunarOrbitMission	Apollo 8 ⓘ
followedBy	Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ Skylab program ⓘ
lastLunarLandingDate	1972-12-11 ⓘ
lastLunarLandingMission	Apollo 17 ⓘ
launchVehicle	Saturn I ⓘ Saturn I ⓘ surface form: Saturn IB Saturn V ⓘ
legacy	advanced rocket and spacecraft technology ⓘ demonstrated human capability to travel to and land on the Moon ⓘ influenced later human spaceflight programs ⓘ
lunarLandingMission	Apollo 11 ⓘ Apollo 12 ⓘ Apollo 14 ⓘ Apollo 15 ⓘ Apollo 16 ⓘ Apollo 17 ⓘ
managedBy	Johnson Space Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
missionAccident	Apollo 1 cabin fire ⓘ
missionAccidentDate	1967-01-27 ⓘ
missionFailure	Apollo 1 ⓘ
notableAccident	Apollo 13 oxygen tank explosion ⓘ
notableMission	Apollo 11 ⓘ Apollo 13 ⓘ Apollo 17 ⓘ Apollo 8 ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
precededBy	Gemini program ⓘ surface form: Project Gemini Mercury program ⓘ surface form: Project Mercury
primaryGoal	land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth ⓘ
scientificOutcome	deployed experiments on the lunar surface ⓘ returned lunar rock and soil samples ⓘ
spacecraftType	Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ Apollo command and service module ⓘ
startDate	1961-05-25 ⓘ
totalCrewedMissions	11 ⓘ
totalLunarLandingMissions	6 ⓘ
totalMissions	17 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johnson Space Center → associatedWithProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Launch Control Center → associatedWithProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Rocket Park → associatedWithProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

From the Earth to the Moon → basedOn → Apollo program ⓘ

LC-39B → builtForProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Vehicle Assembly Building → constructedFor → Apollo program ⓘ

Saturn V → developedUnderProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A → firstUsedForProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Gemini program → followedBy → Apollo program ⓘ

Mercury program → followedBy → Apollo program ⓘ

Moon → hasExplorationProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Kepler (lunar crater) → imagedBy → Apollo program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo missions

Rockwell International → majorNASAProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

NASA → notableProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → originallyBuiltFor → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 1 → partOf → Apollo program ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Apollo lunar program

Apollo astronauts → partOf → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo command and service module → partOf → Apollo program ⓘ

Edward White → partOf → Apollo program ⓘ

Buzz Aldrin → participantIn → Apollo program ⓘ

Ken Mattingly → participatedIn → Apollo program ⓘ

Gemini 12 → pavedWayFor → Apollo program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo lunar landing missions

NASA Space Shuttle program → precededBy → Apollo program ⓘ

Artemis program → predecessor → Apollo program ⓘ

Skylab program → predecessor → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 1 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 11 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 12 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 14 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 15 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 16 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 17 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 7 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo 8 → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo Lunar Module → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Saturn I → program → Apollo program ⓘ

Wernher von Braun → project → Apollo program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo program (launch vehicle development)

Gemini 5 → relatedProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Gemini 4 → relatedTo → Apollo program ⓘ

Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs → relatedToProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Space Race → significantEvent → Apollo program ⓘ

LC-39B → supportedProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Stennis Space Center → supportsProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Vehicle Assembly Building → usedDuringProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Apollo Lunar Module → usedFor → Apollo program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo crewed lunar missions

Apollo command and service module → usedFor → Apollo program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo lunar missions

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A → usedFor → Apollo program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo lunar landing missions

Kennedy Space Center → usedForProgram → Apollo program ⓘ

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → usedForProgram → Apollo program ⓘ