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Apollo Mission Summaries
THE MANNED FLIGHTS
Saturn 1B
11 - 22 October 1968
Walter M Schirra Jr
Donn F Eisele
R Walter Cunningham
10 days, 20 hours
163 Earth orbits. First manned CSM operations in
lunar landing programme. First live TV from manned
spacecraft
Saturn V
21 - 27 December 1968
Frank Borman
James A Lovell Jr
William A Anders
6 days, 3 hours
First occupied launch of Saturn V. In lunar orbit 20 hours, with 10 orbits. First
manned lunar orbital mission. Support facilities
tested. Photographs taken of Earth and Moon
Live TV broadcasts
Apollo 9 (Gumdrop and Spider)
Saturn V
3 - 13 March 1969
James A McDivitt
David R Scott
Russell L Schweickart
10 days, 1 hour
First manned flight of all lunar hardware in
Earth orbit. Schweickark performed 37 minutes
EVA. Human reactions to space and weightlessness
tested in 152 orbits. First manned flight of
lunar module
Apollo 10 (Charlie Brown and Snoopy)
Saturn V
18 - 26 May 1969
Eugene A Cernan
John W Young
Thomas P Stafford
8 days, 3 minutes
Dress rehearsal for Moon landing. First manned
CSM/LM operations in cislunar and lunar environ-
ment; simulation of first lunar landing profile.
In lunar orbit 61.6 hours, with 31 orbits. LM
taken to within 15,243 m of lunar
surface. First live colour TV from space. LM
ascent stage jettisoned in orbit
Apollo 11 (Columbia and Eagle)
Saturn V
16 - 24 July 1969
Neil A Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E Aldrin, Jr.
08 days, 03 hours, 18 minutes
First manned lunar landing mission and lunar
surface EVA. "HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE HERE.
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED" - 20 July 1969
Landing site: Sea of Tranquility
Landing Coordinates: 0.71 degrees North, 23.63 degrees East
1 EVA of 2 hours, 31 minutes. Flag and in-
struments deployed; unveiled plaque on the
LM descent stage with inscription: "Here Men
From Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon.
July 1969 A.D. We Came In Peace For All
Mankind" Lunar surface stay time 21.6 hours;
59.5 hours in lunar orbit, with 30 orbits. LM
ascent stage left in lunar orbit. 20kgs
of material gathered
Apollo 12 (Yankee Clipper and Intrepid)
Saturn V
14 - 24 November 1969
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F Gordon Jr
Alan L Bean
10 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes
Landing site: Ocean of Storms
3.04 degrees South, 23.42 degrees West
Retrieved parts of the unmanned Surveyor 3, which had
landed on the Moon in April 1967. Apollo Lunar Surface
Experiments Package (ALSEP) deployed. Lunar
surface stay-time, 31.5 hours; in lunar orbit
89 hours, with 45 orbits. LM descent stage
impacted on Moon. 34kg of material
gathered
Apollo 13 (Odyssey and Aquarius)
Saturn V
11 - 17 April 1970
James A Lovell Jr
John L Swigert Jr
Fred W Haise Jr
5 days, 22.9 hours
Third lunar landing attempt. Mission aborted
after rupture of service module oxygen tank.
Classed as "successful failure" because of
experience in rescuing crew. Spent upper stage
successfully impacted on the Moon
Apollo 14 (Kitty Hawk and Antares)
Saturn V
31 January - 9 February 1971
Alan B Shepard, Jr
Stuart A Roosa
Edgar D Mitchell
9 days
Landing site: Fra Mauro
Landing Coordinates: 3.65 degrees south, 17.48 degrees West
ALSEP and other instruments deployed. Lunar surface
stay-time, 33.5 hours; 67 hours in lunar orbit, with 34
orbits. 2 EVAs of 09 hours, 25 minutes. Third
stage impacted on Moon. 42 kg of
materials gathered, using hand cart for first
time to transport rocks
Apollo 15 (Endeavor and Falcon)
Saturn V
26 July - 7 August 1971 1971
David R Scott
James B Irwin
Alfred M Worden
12 days, 17 hours, 12 minutes
Landing site: Hadley-Apennine region near
Apennine Mountains
Landing Coordinates: 26.08 degrees North, 3.66 degrees East
3 EVAs of 10 hours, 36 minutes
Worden performed 38 minutes EVA on
way back to Earth. First to carry orbital
sensors in service module of CSM. ALSEP de-
ployed. Scientific payload landed on Moon
doubled. Improved spacesuits gave increased
mobility and stay-time. Lunar surface stay-
time, 66.9 hours. Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV),
electric-powered, 4-wheel drive car, traversed
total 27.9 km. In lunar orbit 145 hours,
with 74 orbits. Small sub-satellite left in
lunar orbit for first time. 6.6 kgs of
material gathered
Apollo 16 (Casper and Orion)
Saturn V
16 - 27 April 1972
John W Young
Thomas K Mattingly II
Charles M Duke Jr
11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes
Landing site: Descartes Highlands
Landing Coordinates: 8.97 degrees South, 15.51 degrees East
First study of highlands area. Selected surface experiments
deployed, ultraviolet camera/spectrograph used
for first time on Moon, and LRV used for second
time (travelling at 18 km/h). Lunar surface stay-time, 71 hours; in
lunar orbit 126 hours, with 64 orbits. Mattingly
performed 1 hour in-flight EVA. 95.8 kg
of lunar samples collected
Apollo 17 (America and Challenger)
Saturn V
7 - 19 December 1972
Eugene A Cernan
Ronald B Evans
Harrison H Schmitt
12 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes
Last lunar landing mission. Landing site:
Taurus-Littrow, highlands and valley area
Landing Coordinates: 20.16 degrees North, 30.77 degrees East
3 EVAs of 22 hours, 04 minutes. Evans performed
trans-Earth EVA lasting 01 hour 06 minutes
First scientist-astronaut to land on Moon,
Schmitt. Sixth automated research station set
up. LRV traverse total 30.5 km. Lunar surface
stay-time, 75 hours. In lunar orbit 17 hours.
110.4 kg of material gathered
Apollo 18 (Apollo & Soyuz)
15 - 24 July 1975
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K 'Deke' Slayton
136 orbits; duration 217 hours, 30 minutes
