Mission Summary
| Designation | Date | Crew | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS-201 | Feb. 26, 1966 | None | First flight of Saturn IB and Block I CSM; suborbital to Atlantic ocean; qualified heat shield to orbital reentry speed |
| AS-203 | July 5, 1966 | None | No spacecraft; observations of liquid hydrogen fuel behavior in orbit, to support design of S-IVB restart capability |
| AS-202 | Aug. 25, 1966 | None | Suborbital flight of CSM to Pacific ocean. |
| Apollo 4 | Nov. 9, 1967 | None | First flight of Saturn V; Earth orbital CSM flight; demonstrated S-IVB restart; qualified CM heat shield to lunar reentry speed |
| Apollo 5 | Jan. 22-23, 1968 | None | First Earth orbital flight of LM, launched on Saturn IB; demonstrated ascent and descent propulsion; man-rated the LM |
| Apollo 6 | April 4, 1968 | None | Attempted demonstration of trans-lunar injection and direct-return abort with SM engine; three engine failures prevented S-IVB restart. Flight controllers used SM engine to repeat Apollo 4's flight profile. Man-rated the Saturn V. |
| Apollo 7 | Oct. 11-22, 1968 | Wally Schirra Walt Cunningham Donn Eisele |
Earth orbital demonstration of Block II CSM, launched on Saturn IB. First live television publicly broadcast from a manned mission |
| Apollo 8 | Dec. 21-27, 1968 | Frank Borman James Lovell William Anders |
First manned flight to Moon; CSM made 10 lunar orbits in 20 hours. |
| Apollo 9 | Mar, 3-13, 1969 | James McDivitt David Scott Russell Schweickart |
Earth orbital demonstration of CSM, LM, and Portable Life Support System used on the lunar surface |
| Apollo 10 | May 18–26, 1969 | Thomas Stafford John Young Eugene Cernan |
Dress rehearsal for first lunar landing; flew LM down to 50,000 feet (15 km) from lunar surface |
| Apollo 11 | July 16–24, 1969 | Neil Armstrong Michael Collins Buzz Aldrin |
First manned landing, in Sea of Tranquility. Surface EVA time: 2:31 hr. Samples returned: 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) |
| Apollo 12 | Nov. 14-24, 1969 | C. Peter Conrad Richard Gordon Alan Bean |
Second landing, in Ocean of Storms near Surveyor 3 . Surface EVA time: 7:45 hr. Samples returned: 75.7 pounds (34.3 kg) |
| Apollo 13 | April 11–17, 1970 | James Lovell Jack Swigert Fred Haise |
Third landing attempt aborted near the Moon, due to SM failure. Crew used LM as "life boat" to return to Earth. |
| Apollo 14 | Jan 31-Feb. 9, 1971 | Alan Shephard Stuart Roosa Edgar Mitchell |
Third landing, in Fra Mauro. Surface EVA time: 9:22 hr. Samples returned: 93.2 pounds (42.3 kg). |
| Apollo 15 | July 26-Aug. 7, 1971 | David Scott Alfred Worden James Irwin |
First Extended LM and rover, landed in Hadley-Apennine. Surface EVA time:18:34 hr. Samples returned: 170.4 pounds (77.3 kg). |
| Apollo 16 | April 16–27, 1972 | John Young T. Kenneth Mattingly Charles Duke |
Landed in Plain of Descartes. Surface EVA time: 20:14 hr. Samples returned: 211.0 pounds (95.7 kg). |
| Apollo 17 | Dec. 7-17, 1972 | Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans Harrison Schmitt |
Landed in Taurus-Littrow. First geologist on the Moon. Surface EVA time: 22:04 hr. Samples returned: 243.6 pounds (110.5 kg). |
Source for surface times and sample amounts: NASA: Apollo by the Numbers, Extravehicular Activity
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