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Twelve astronauts later flew unused Apollo command modules in the Apollo Applications Program's Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. Of the 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon, two went on to command a Skylab mission, one commanded Apollo–Soyuz, one flew as commander for Approach and Landing Tests of the Space Shuttle , and two commanded ...
The Astronaut's Son (2018), novel Apollo 18: 1974 (September – November) Israeli astronaut Stein, assigned to command Apollo 18, dies of apparent heart attack two days before scheduled launch. Vietnam veteran Lunden, previously assigned to command the mission, reclaims his spot after Stein's death. Apollo 18 launches on November 18, 1974. [166]
One important rock found during the Apollo Program is dubbed the Genesis Rock, retrieved by astronauts David Scott and James Irwin during the Apollo 15 mission. [131] This anorthosite rock is composed almost exclusively of the calcium-rich feldspar mineral anorthite , and is believed to be representative of the highland crust. [ 132 ]
Category for NASA astronauts who took part in the successful or non-successful Apollo missions (1967-1972) See also: Category:People who have walked on the Moon (currently exclusive to the Apollo program)
Launch of AS-506 space vehicle on July 16, 1969, at pad 39A for mission Apollo 11 to land the first men on the Moon. The Apollo program was a United States human spaceflight program carried out from 1961 to 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [1]
English: The Astronaut Van @ the Apollo-Saturn V Museum at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This specially outfitted van was used to transport fully suited Apollo crews to the launch pad. The astronauts carried small ventilators that controlled the temperatures of their suits until they connected to the command module's life support system.
NASA Astronaut Group 7 was a group of seven astronauts accepted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on August 14, 1969. It was the last group to be selected during the Project Apollo era, and the first since the Mercury Seven in which all members were active-duty military personnel, and all made flights into space.
The Apollo vehicle also relied on astronaut piloting to a much greater extent than did the Soyuz machine." [7] The American astronauts had a very low opinion for the Soyuz spacecraft as it was a craft that was designed to be controlled from the ground. This was in contrast with the Apollo module that was meant to be flown from the capsule.