Apollo 8 was reclassified from its original assignment as a D-type mission, a test of the complete CSM/LM spacecraft in Earth orbit, to a "C-prime" mission which would fly humans to the Moon. Once complete, it obviated the need for the E-type objective of a medium Earth orbital test.

NASA ultimately changed from an unpiloted, Earth-orbiting mission to a crewed flight around the Moon. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were the first crew to fly atop the powerful Saturn V booster, ultimately spending 20 hours orbiting the Moon.

Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last, Apollo 17, in December 1972. In these six spaceflights, twelve people walked on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin (pictured) walked on the Moon with Neil Armstrong, on Apollo 11, July 20–21, 1969.

Apollo 11 was the first mission to land and walk on the Moon. The three astronauts on Apollo 11 were Neil Armstrong , Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin each spent a total of 2 hours and 32 minutes on the surface of the Moon.

2024年10月31日 · The final Apollo mission to the Moon took place in December 1972. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt collected a record amount of lunar samples over three moonwalks.

2025年1月28日 · Beginning with Apollo 15, astronauts drove a lunar rover on the Moon. Apollo 17, the final flight of the program, took place in December 1972. In total, 12 American astronauts walked on the Moon during the six successful lunar landing missions of the Apollo program.

The Apollo missions were any of various spaceflights that were part of the Apollo space program, conducted by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the 1960s and ’70s, which landed the first humans on the Moon.

The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. Six of the missions (Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17) achieved this goal. Apollos 7 and 9 were Earth orbiting missions to test the Command and …

Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the Command Module.

2020年6月25日 · Beginning in 1961, the Apollo program consisted of 11 total spaceflights; four of those tested equipment, and six of the other seven flights landed people on the moon, according to NASA. The...