The Apollo space missions lasted from 1961 to 1972. The most famous of these missions was Apollo 11, which successfully landed humans on the Moon in 1969.
The Apollo space missions are numbered from Apollo 7 to 17.
There was no space shuttle on Apollo 11
Apollo 11 launched into space on July 16, 1969.
NASA, the United States' space agency, sent Apollo 11 into space on July 16, 1969.
The Apollo space missions lasted from 1961 to 1972. The most famous of these missions was Apollo 11, which successfully landed humans on the Moon in 1969.
The Apollo space missions are numbered from Apollo 7 to 17.
Apollo 9 was launched on March 3, 1969 and returned to earth 10 days later.
On Apollo 11, about eight days.
There was no space shuttle on Apollo 11
Apollo 11 launched into space on July 16, 1969.
NASA, the United States' space agency, sent Apollo 11 into space on July 16, 1969.
The Apollo missions, not the Space Shuttle, traveled from Earth to the Moon. In 1969, Apollo 11 took about three days to travel from Earth to the Moon.
The Apollo missions were sent into space by NASA, the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program.
The Apollo 13 astronauts were not on the space shuttle.
Apollo 13 did not use a Space Shuttle. Apollo 13 was in April, 1970. The Space Shuttle was not invented until the '80s. Apollo 13 was launched by Saturn V.
The Space Shuttle program was named after the Apollo program to honor the Apollo missions that landed astronauts on the Moon. The name Apollo also had historical significance and symbolized the United States' commitment to space exploration.