Apollo program

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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.

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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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this entity surface form: Apollo program missions
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this entity surface form: Apollo lunar missions
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Apollo 4 program Apollo program
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this entity surface form: Apollo missions
Wally Schirra spaceProgram Apollo program
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this entity surface form: NASA Apollo program
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subject surface form: Launch Pad 39A
Launch pads 39A and 39B usedForProgram Apollo program
subject surface form: Launch Pad 39B
Saturn V S-II second stage program Apollo program
Launch Complex 39 primaryPadFor Apollo program
this entity surface form: Apollo lunar missions
Saturn IB partOfProgram Apollo program
John Logsdon hasWrittenOn Apollo program
Columbia program Apollo program
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NASA and SpaceX program Apollo program
subject surface form: NASA
Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module program Apollo program
ASTP program Apollo program
ASTP program Apollo program
subject surface form: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) program Apollo program
subject surface form: ALSEP
David R. Scott commanded Apollo 15 participantIn Apollo program
subject surface form: David R. Scott
Gene Kranz participatedIn Apollo program
LRV-2 program Apollo program
Endeavour program Apollo program
Lunar Roving Vehicle usedInProgram Apollo program
subsatellite PFS-1 program Apollo program
subject surface form: PFS-1
Genesis Rock associatedProgram Apollo program
George M. Low workedOn Apollo program