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Bookmark or Share- Ten Scientific Discoveries from the Apollo MissionsThe Apollo Program was a monumental moment in human history – landing the first human beings on the surface of the Moon. However, the Apollo missions contributed more than putting humans on the Moon, it also produced a lot of new scientific data and discoveries which expanded our knowledge of both the Moon itself and our Solar System.
- Apollo 4 - National Air and Space MuseumWhat Happened to Apollo 2 and 3? Apollo 4 took place just nine months after the Apollo 1 tragedy. After astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives during a preflight test originally known as the Apollo-Saturn 204 (AS-204) mission, NASA's Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Dr. George E. Mueller, announced that the mission would be known as Apollo 1, and ...
- Apollo 5 - National Air and Space MuseumThe Apollo 5 mission's primary objective was to test the Apollo lunar module, which was a two-stage vehicle designed to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. The upper ascent stage consisted of a pressurized crew compartment, equipment areas, and an ascent rocket engine.
- Apollo 11: The Moon Landing - National Air and Space MuseumTelling the story of the the Apollo 11 lunar landing includes some of the unique pieces of memorabilia created to mark that human achievement. In addition to the pins, patches, buttons, medals, matchbooks, sweatshirts, and commemorative plates the Smithsonian holds in the national collection, there's this unique ladies handbag.
- Apollo program - National Air and Space MuseumMany are familiar with Apollo 11, the mission that landed humans on the Moon for the first time. It was part of the larger Apollo program. There were several missions during the Apollo program from 1961 to 1972.
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