The Apollo Missions

There were a total of 17 Apollo missions between January 1967 and December of 1972 and of those 17, the first six were unmanned. The balance of the space program, all manned by a crew of 3 astronauts, was as follows:

  • Apollo 7 – October 11 to 12, 1968. Flight designed to test the entire spacecraft in earth orbit.
    • Cost Of The Apollo Space Program
  • Apollo 8 – December 21 to 27, 1968. The first mission to orbit the moon. This 6 day flight tested the support capabilities of the Apollo systems.
  • Apollo 9 – March 2 to 13, 1969. Manned flight test of the Lunar Module while in earth orbit.
  • Apollo 10 – May 18 to 26, 1969. Dress rehearsal for the manned moon landing. Lunar Module was taken to within 50,000 ft. of the lunar surface.
  • Apollo 11 – July 16 – 24, 1969. First manned lunar landing. Lunar Module spends 21 hours on the Sea of Tranquility. For over two hours, the two astronauts are the first humans to walk on the surface of the moon (extra-vehicle activity or EVA). 44 lbs. of moon rocks are brought back for study.
  • Apollo 12 – November 14 to 24, 1969. Spending nearly eight hours outside the Lunar Module in two EVAs, the two astronauts collect 76 lbs. of rock samples.
  • Apollo 13 – April 11 to 17, 1970. Mission was aborted following an oxygen tank explosion en route to the moon.
  • Apollo 14 – January 31 to February 9, 1971. Astronauts deploy Lunar Surface Experiments Package and other instruments in two moon walks. 94 lbs. of rocks collected.
    • Cost Of The Apollo Space Program
  • Apollo 15 – July 26 to August 7, 1971. The Lunar Roving Vehicle, an electric-powered, 4-wheel drive car was used for the first time in three EVAs. 169 lbs. of lunar material was gathered.
  • Apollo 16 – April 16 to 27, 1972. First landing in the lunar highlands where surface experiments were deployed. Astronauts spend twenty hours on lunar surface in three EVAs. Lunar Roving Vehicle used for the second time gathering 213 lbs of rock.
  • Apollo 17 – December 7 to 19, 1972. Three EVAs of 22 hours. Astronauts drive Lunar Rover Vehicle 19 miles collecting 243 lbs. of lunar samples. This was the last and longest mission at 12 days, 14 hours.
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