The Apollo program included a large number of uncrewed test missions and 11 crewed missions. The 11 crewed missions include two Earth orbiting missions, two lunar orbiting missions, a lunar swingby and six Moon landing missions.
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. Lunar surface experiments included soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields and solar wind experiments.
Apollos 7, which tested the Command Module, and 9, which tested both the Command Module and Lunar Module, were Earth orbiting missions. Apollos 8 and 10 tested various components while orbiting the Moon, and returned photography of the lunar surface. Apollo 13 did not land on the lunar surface due to a malfunction, but during the brief orbit around the Moon, the crew was able to collect photographs.
After the last lunar landing, total funding for the Apollo program was about $19,408,134,000. The budget allocation was 34 percent of the NASA budget.
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| | APOLLO 7 |
| Mission Apollo VII
Crew: Walter Schirra, Jr. Donn Eisele, Walt Cunningham
Lift Off Saturn 1B Oct. 11, 1968 11:02 a.m. EDT KSC, Florida, Complex 34
Splash-down Oct. 22, 1968 7:11 p.m. EDT Atlantic Ocean
Duration 10 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes  
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| | APOLLO 8 |
| | Mission Apollo VIII
Crew: Frank Borman
James Lovell, Jr.
William Anders
Lift Off Saturn V Dec. 21, 1968 7:51 a.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39-A
Splash-down Dec. 27, 1968 10:51 a.m. EST Pacific Ocean
Duration 6 days, 3 hours, 0 min., 42 seconds  
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| | APOLLO 9 |
| | Mission Apollo IX
Crew: James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweickart
Lift Off Saturn V March 3, 1969 11:00 a.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39-A
Splash-down March 13, 1969 12:00 p.m. EST Atlantic Ocean
Duration 10 days, 1 hour  
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| | APOLLO 10 |
| | Mission Apollo X
Crew Eugene Cernan
John Young
Thomas Stafford
Lift Off Saturn V May 18, 1969 12:49 a.m. EDT KSC, Florida Complex 39-B
Splash-down May 26, 1969 12:52 p.m. EDT Pacific Ocean
Duration 8 days, 0 hours, 3 min., 23 seconds  
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| | APOLLO 11 |
| | The purpose of the Apollo 11 mission was to land men on the lunar surface and to return them safely to Earth. The crew was Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot.
After launch, the spacecraft was inserted into lunar orbit about 76 hours into the mission. After a rest period, Armstrong and Aldrin entered the Lunar Module preparing for descent to the lunar surface. The two spacecraft were undocked at about 100 hours, when the Command and Service Modules separated from the Lunar Module. The spacecraft landed in the Sea of Tranquillity at 4:18 p.m. EDT. Afterwards, they ate their first meal on the Moon and decided to begin the surface operations earlier than planned.
A Lunar Module camera provided live television coverage of Armstrong setting foot on the lunar surface at 10:56 p.m. EDT. Just as he stepped off the Lunar Module Neil Armstrong proclaimed, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Aldrin emerged soon after, setting foot on the lunar surface at 11:16 p.m. EDT. Aldrin evaluated his ability to operate and move about and was able to move about rapidly and with confidence. Forty-seven pounds of lunar surface material were collected to be returned for analysis. The surface exploration was concluded in 2½ hours, when the crew re-entered the lunar module.
After lunar ascent, the Lunar Module docked with the Command and Service Modules at 128 hours. The crew transferred into the Command and Service Modules, the ascent stage was jettisoned and they prepared for trans-Earth injection. Only one midcourse correction was required, and passive thermal control was used for most of trans-Earth coast. Bad weather made it necessary to move the splashdown point 346 kilometers (215 miles) downrange. Atmospheric entry phase was normal, and the command module landed in the Pacific Ocean at 195¼ hours. The landing coordinates, as determined from the onboard computer, were 13 degrees 30 minutes north latitude and -169 degrees 15 minutes east longitude.
With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. Mission Apollo XI
Crew: Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
Lift Off Saturn V July 16, 1969 9:32 a.m. EDT KSC, Florida Complex 39-A
Lunar Landing July 20, 1969 4:18 p.m. EDT Sea of Tranquillity Lunar Lift Off July 21, 1969
1:54 p.m. EDT
Splash-down July 24, 1969 12:50 p.m. EDT Pacific Ocean
Duration 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes  
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| | APOLLO 12 |
| | Mission Apollo XII
Crew: Charles Conrad, Jr.
Richard Gordon, Jr.
Alan Bean
Lift Off Saturn V Nov. 14, 1969 11:22 a.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39-A Lunar Landing Nov. 19, 1969 1:54 p.m. EST Ocean of Storms Lunar Lift Off Nov. 20, 1969
9:25 p.m. EST
Splash-down Nov. 24, 1969 3:58 p.m. EST Pacific Ocean
Duration 10 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes  
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| | APOLLO 13 |
| | Mission Apollo XIII
Crew James Lovell Jr.
John Swigert Jr.
Fred Haise Jr.
Lift Off Saturn V April 11,1970 2:13 p.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39-A
Tank Rupture April 13,1970 9:08 p.m. EST Lunar Landing ABORTED
Splash-down April 17,1970 1:07 p.m. EST Pacific Ocean
Duration 5 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes  
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| | APOLLO 14 |
| | Mission Apollo XIV
Crew Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Lift Off Saturn V Jan. 31, 1971 4:03 p.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39 Lunar Landing Feb. 5, 1971 4:18 a.m. EST Fra Mauro Lunar Lift Off Feb. 6, 1971 1:48 p.m. EST
Splash-down Feb. 9, 1971 4:05 p.m. EST Pacific Ocean
Duration 9 days, 1 minute, 58 seconds  
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| | APOLLO 15 |
| | Mission Apollo XV
Crew David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Lift Off Saturn V July 26, 1971 9:34 a.m. EDT KSC, Florida Complex 39
Lunar Landing July 30, 1971 6:16 p.m. EDT Hadley Apennine Lunar Lift Off Aug. 2, 1971
1:11 p.m. EDT
Splash-down Aug. 7, 1971 4:45 p.m. EDT Pacific Ocean
Duration 12 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes  
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| | APOLLO 16 |
| | Mission Apollo XVI
Crew John Young
Thomas Mattingly
Charles Duke, Jr.
Lift Off Saturn V April 16, 1972 12:54 p.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39-A
Lunar Landing April 20, 1972 9:23 p.m. EST Plain of Descartes
Lunar Lift Off April 23, 1972 8:25 p.m. EST
Splash-down April 27, 1972 2:45 p.m. EST Pacific Ocean
Duration 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes  
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| | APOLLO 17 |
| | Mission Apollo XVII
Crew Eugene Cernan
Ronald Evans
Harrison Schmitt
Lift Off Saturn V Dec. 7, 1972 12:33 a.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39 Lunar Landing Dec. 11, 1972 2:54 p.m. EST Taurus-Littrow
Lunar Lift Off Dec. 14, 1972 5:54 p.m. EST Splash-down Dec. 19, 1972 2:24 p.m. EST Pacific Ocean Duration 12 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes  
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