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 ⓘ

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

Saturn V → usedInProgram → Apollo program ⓘ