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== Mission summary == {{Main list|List of Apollo missions}} {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" |- ! Designation !! width=120px|Date !! width=60px|{{Abbr|LV|Launch Vehicle Serial Number}} !! {{Abbr|CSM|Commmand and Service Module Serial Number}} !! {{Abbr|LM|Lunar Module Serial Number}} !! width=130px|Crew !! Summary |- | [[AS-201]] || Feb 26, 1966 || AS-201 || CSM-009 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || First flight of Saturn IB and Block I CSM; suborbital to Atlantic Ocean; qualified heat shield to orbital reentry speed. |- | [[AS-203]] || Jul 5, 1966 || AS-203 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || No spacecraft; observations of liquid hydrogen fuel behavior in orbit to support design of S-IVB restart capability. |- | [[AS-202]] || Aug 25, 1966 || AS-202 || CSM-011 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || Suborbital flight of CSM to Pacific Ocean. |- | [[Apollo 1]] || Feb 21, 1967 || SA-204 || CSM-012 || {{sdash}} || [[Gus Grissom]]<br />[[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]]<br />[[Roger B. Chaffee]] || Not flown. All crew members died in a fire during a launch pad test on January 27, 1967. |- | [[Apollo 4]] || Nov 9, 1967 || SA-501 || CSM-017 || LTA-10R || {{sdash}} || First test flight of Saturn V, placed a CSM in a high Earth orbit; demonstrated S-IVB restart; qualified CM heat shield to lunar reentry speed. |- | [[Apollo 5]] || Jan 22β23, 1968 || SA-204 || {{sdash}} || LM-1 || {{sdash}} || Earth orbital flight test of LM, launched on Saturn IB; demonstrated ascent and descent propulsion; human-rated the LM. No crew. |- | [[Apollo 6]] || Apr 4, 1968 || SA-502 || CM-020<br />SM-014 || LTA-2R || {{sdash}} || Uncrewed, second flight of Saturn V, attempted demonstration of trans-lunar injection, and direct-return abort using SM engine; three engine failures, including failure of S-IVB restart. Flight controllers used SM engine to repeat Apollo 4's flight profile. Human-rated the Saturn V. |- | [[Apollo 7]] || Oct 11β22, 1968 || SA-205 || CSM-101 || {{sdash}} || [[Wally Schirra]]<br />[[Walter Cunningham|Walt Cunningham]]<br />[[Donn F. Eisele|Donn Eisele]] || First crewed Earth orbital demonstration of Block II CSM, launched on Saturn IB. First live television broadcast from a crewed mission. |- | [[Apollo 8]] || Dec 21β27, 1968 || SA-503 || CSM-103 || LTA-B || [[Frank Borman]]<br />[[Jim Lovell|James Lovell]]<br />[[William Anders]] || First crewed flight of Saturn V; First crewed flight to Moon; CSM made 10 lunar orbits in 20 hours. |- | [[Apollo 9]] || Mar 3β13, 1969 || SA-504 || CSM-104<br />''Gumdrop'' || LM-3<br />''Spider'' || [[James McDivitt]]<br /> [[David Scott]]<br />[[Rusty Schweickart|Russell Schweickart]] || Second crewed flight of Saturn V; First crewed flight of CSM and LM in Earth orbit; demonstrated portable life support system to be used on the lunar surface. |- | [[Apollo 10]] || May 18β26, 1969 || SA-505 || CSM-106<br />''[[Charlie Brown]]'' || LM-4<br />''[[Lunar Module Snoopy|Snoopy]]'' || [[Thomas P. Stafford|Thomas Stafford]]<br />[[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]]<br />[[Gene Cernan|Eugene Cernan]] || Dress rehearsal for first lunar landing; flew LM down to {{cvt|50000|ft|km mi}} from lunar surface. |- | [[Apollo 11]] || Jul 16β24, 1969 || SA-506 || CSM-107<br />''[[Command module Columbia|Columbia]]'' || LM-5 ''[[Lunar Module Eagle|Eagle]]'' || [[Neil Armstrong]]<br />[[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]]<br />[[Buzz Aldrin]] || First landing, in [[Tranquility Base]], [[Mare Tranquillitatis|Sea of Tranquility]]. Surface EVA time: 2h 31m. Samples returned: {{cvt|47.51|lb}}. |- | [[Apollo 12]] || Nov 14β24, 1969 || SA-507 || CSM-108<br />''Yankee Clipper'' || LM-6<br />''Intrepid'' || [[Pete Conrad]]<br />[[Richard F. Gordon Jr.|Richard Gordon]]<br />[[Alan Bean]] || Second landing, in [[Oceanus Procellarum|Ocean of Storms]] near [[Surveyor 3]]. Surface EVA time: 7h 45m. Samples returned: {{cvt|75.62|lb}}. |- | [[Apollo 13]] || Apr 11β17, 1970 || SA-508 || CSM-109<br />''Odyssey'' || LM-7<br />''Aquarius'' || James Lovell<br />[[Jack Swigert]]<br />[[Fred Haise]] || Third landing attempt aborted in transit to the Moon, due to SM failure. Crew used LM as "lifeboat" to return to Earth. Mission called a "successful failure".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo13.html |title=Apollo 13 |publisher=NASA |location=US |date=July 9, 2009 |access-date=November 7, 2019}}</ref> |- | [[Apollo 14]] || Jan 31 β Feb 9, 1971 || SA-509 || CSM-110<br />''Kitty Hawk'' || LM-8<br />''Antares'' || [[Alan Shepard]]<br />[[Stuart Roosa]]<br />[[Edgar Mitchell]] || Third landing, in [[Fra Mauro formation]]. Surface EVA time: 9h 21m. Samples returned: {{cvt|94.35|lb}}. |- | [[Apollo 15]] || Jul 26 β Aug 7, 1971 || SA-510 || CSM-112<br />''Endeavour''|| LM-10<br />''Falcon'' || David Scott<br />[[Alfred Worden]]<br />[[James Irwin]] || Fourth landing, in [[Hadley-Apennine]]. First extended mission, used [[Lunar Roving Vehicle|Rover]] on Moon. Surface EVA time: 18h 33m. Samples returned: {{cvt|169.10|lb}}. |- | [[Apollo 16]] || Apr 16β27, 1972 || SA-511 || CSM-113<br />''Casper'' || LM-11<br />''Orion'' || John Young<br />[[Ken Mattingly]]<br />[[Charles Duke]] || Fifth landing, in [[Descartes Highlands|Plain of Descartes]]. Second extended mission, used Rover on Moon. Surface EVA time: 20h 14m. Samples returned: {{cvt|207.89|lb}}. |- | [[Apollo 17]] || Dec 7β19, 1972 || SA-512 || CSM-114<br />''America'' || LM-12<br />''Challenger'' || Eugene Cernan<br />[[Ronald Evans (astronaut)|Ronald Evans]]<br />[[Harrison Schmitt]] || Only Saturn V night launch. Sixth landing, in [[TaurusβLittrow]]. Third extended mission, used Rover on Moon. First geologist on the Moon. Apollo's last crewed Moon landing. Surface EVA time: 22h 2m. Samples returned: {{cvt|243.40|lb}}. |} Source: ''Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference'' (Orloff 2004).<ref name="Orloff-EVA">{{Cite web|title=Extravehicular Activity|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-30_Extravehicular_Activity.htm|access-date=2023-02-12|website=history.nasa.gov}}</ref>
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