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    The document summarizes the Apollo missions from Apollo 1 to Apollo-Soyuz, providing the dates, crew members, and key comments for each mission. Apollo 1 resulted in the deaths of its crew during a launch pad test. Apollo 7 validated the Apollo hardware in low Earth orbit. Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the Moon and take pictures of Earth from deep space. Apollo 9 tested the lunar module in Earth orbit in preparation for Moon landings.

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    APOLLO

    MISSIONS
    Prepared/Compiled by:

    ROMEL R. NACINO
    APOLLO 1
    Date: January 27, 1967
    Crew: • Gus Grissom • Ed White
    • Roger Chaffee
    • Comments:
    The crew died in their spacecraft during a test three
    weeks before they would have flown in space.
    APOLLO 7
    Date: October 11-22, 1968
    Crew: • Wally Schirra • Walter Cunningham
    • Donn F. Eisele
    • Comments:
    This was the first Apollo mission in space following
    Apollo 1 launchpad fire. It was an 11-day mission to
    validate Apollo hardware in low Earth orbit.
    APOLLO 8
    Date: December 21-27, 1968
    Crew: • Frank Borman • Jim Lovell
    • Bill Anders
    • Comments:
    First space mission to orbit the Moon. The first
    picture of Earth taken from deep space.
    APOLLO 9
    Date: March 3-13, 1969
    Crew: • James A. McDivitt • Russel L. Schweickhart
    • David R. Scott
    • Comments:
    First test of the lunar module in space. Apollo 9 was
    an Earth orbital mission. Apollo type rendezvous and
    docking was tested after a 6-hour. 13-mile separation.
    APOLLO 10
    Date: May 18-26, 1969
    Crew: • Tom Stafford • John Young
    • Gene Cernan
    • Comments:
    Trial rehearsal of Moon landing. The LM was taken
    to the Moon and separated from the Command Module,
    but it did not land on the Moon. The LM was tested in
    lunar orbit.
    APOLLO 11
    Date: July 16-24, 1969
    Crew: • Neil Armstrong • Buzz Aldrin
    • Mike Collins
    • Comments:
    The Lunar Module, Eagle, landed the first man, Neil
    Armstrong, on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and
    established the first manned Moon base.
    APOLLO 12
    Date: November 14-24, 1969
    Crew: • Peter Conrad • Dick Gordon
    • Al Bean
    • Comments:
    Landing was very accurate (only 535 ft. from
    Surveyor III). The crew conducted 2 Moon walks and put
    up both a geophysical station and a nuclear power station.
    APOLLO 13
    Date: April 11-17, 1970
    Crew: • Jim Lovell • Jack Swigert
    • Fred Haise
    • Comments:
    This was the first abort in deep space (200 000 miles
    from Earth). The Lunar Module was used as a lifeboat to
    return the crew safely.
    APOLLO 14
    Date: January 31-February 9, 1971
    Crew: • Alan Shepard • Stuart A. Roosa
    • Edgar D. Mitchell
    • Comments:
    This was the mission to land on the Moon, landing in
    the Fra Mauro region. Al Shepard hit 2 golf balls on the
    Moon. Lunar specimens (43 kg. or 95 lb.) were collected.
    APOLLO 15
    Date: July 26-August 7, 1971
    Crew: • Dave Scott • Alfred M. Worden
    • James B. Irwin
    • Comments:
    During their record time on the Moon (66 hours 54
    minutes), the crew placed a sub-satellite in lunar orbit and
    were the first to use the lunar rover.
    APOLLO 16
    Date: April 16-27, 1972
    Crew: • John Young • Thomas K. Mattingly II
    • Charles M. Duke
    • Comments:
    Highest landing on the Moon (elevated 25 688 ft.);
    lunar rover land speed record of 11.2 miles covered. The
    crew returned 97 kg. (213 lb.) of lunar samples.
    APOLLO 17
    Date: December 7-19, 1972
    Crew: • Gene Cernan • Ronald E. Evans
    • Harrison H. Schmitt
    • Comments:
    This, the last of the Apollo flights, was the first time
    an Apollo flight was launched at night. A record of 75
    hours was set for time spent on the Moon, and 114 kg.
    (250 lb.) of lunar samples were returned.
    APOLLO-SOYUZ MISSION
    Date: July 15-24, 1975
    Crew: • Tom Stafford • Dick Slayton
    • Vance Brand
    • Comments:
    First international space rendezvous. This was the
    first coordinated launch of 2 spacecraft from different
    countries.

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