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  1. Apollo program - National Air and Space Museum

    Dec 9, 2022 · Many are familiar with Apollo 11, the mission that landed humans on the Moon for the first time. It was part of the larger Apollo program. There were several missions during the Apollo …

  2. The Apollo Missions - National Air and Space Museum

    There were several missions during the Apollo program from 1961 to 1972. Humans landed on the moon during six missions, Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

  3. Tools and Technology from the Apollo Program

    With such an unparalleled mission at hand, astronauts from the Apollo Program had to use specialized tools and technology made for space.

  4. Ten Scientific Discoveries from the Apollo Missions

    Nov 12, 2021 · The Apollo Program was a monumental moment in human history – landing the first human beings on the surface of the Moon. However, the Apollo missions contributed more than …

  5. Apollo 50 Video Library | National Air and Space Museum

    The Spirit of Apollo This special night at Washington National Cathedral celebrated the iconic Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast from space with astronaut Jim Lovell and other special guests. Apollo 50 …

  6. Apollo Astronaut Life - National Air and Space Museum

    Some of these Apollo foods—the cereal and brownie cubes, for example—may be eaten without preparation. The others must have hot or cold water added through the nozzle at the end of the …

  7. Apollo 11: The Moon Landing - National Air and Space Museum

    Apollo 11 was one of 15 Apollo missions that took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Learn more about the missions that paved the way for the Moon landing, and the missions where Americans …

  8. Apollo Guidance Computer and the First Silicon Chips

    Oct 14, 2015 · As the Apollo program took form in the early 1960s, NASA engineers always kept the safety of their astronauts at the fore in light of the enormous risks they knew were inherent in the …

  9. Gemini program - National Air and Space Museum

    Nov 19, 2021 · Project Gemini took place between the Mercury program, which was the United States' first human spaceflight program, and the Apollo program, which put the first human on the Moon. …

  10. What Was the Space Race? - National Air and Space Museum

    Aug 23, 2023 · The Apollo program saw many triumphs, such as the success of the Saturn V rocket, and quickly put the United States on path to the Moon. On July 21, 1969, as millions around the world …