Project Apollo Mission Summary

Apollo Lunar Program Development/Test Flights
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Mission *Type (Series)	Apollo 1 AS-204 C	Apollo 7 AS-205 C	Apollo 8 AS-503 Planned E Designated C’	Apollo 9 AS-504 D	Apollo 10 AS-505 F
Crew: CDR CMP LMP	V. Grissom E. White R. Chaffee	W. Schirra D. Eisele W. Cunningham	F. Borman J. Lovell W. Anders	J. McDivitt D. Scott R. Schweickart	T. Stafford J. Young E. Cernan
Launch date Splashdown date	N/A	11 Oct 68 22 Oct 68	21 Dec 68 27 Dec 68	3 Mar 69 13 Mar 69	18 May 69 26 May 69
Launch vehicle S/N	Saturn 1B SA-204	Saturn 1B SA-205	Saturn V SA-503	Saturn V SA-504	Saturn V SA-505
CSM S/N Call sign LM S/N Call sign	CSM-012 (1) N/A	CSM-101 (2) N/A	CSM-103 N/A	CSM-104 (3) Gumdrop LM-3 Spider	CSM-106 Charlie Brown LM-4 Snoopy
EVA: date duration	N/A	N/A	N/A	6 March 69 00:46	N/A
EVA Objective	N/A	N/A	N/A	Test Apollo EMU Test CSM/LM for EVA support	N/A
Mission duration (DD:HH:MM)	N/A	10:20:09	06:03:00	10:01:00	08:00:03
Footnotes	(1) CSM-012 only manned Block 1 spacecraft used in Apollo program	(2) Missions flown with CSM only (no LM) did not use call signs		(3) Flights with LM used call signs after LM was powered up and manned
Significant events	Flash fire in spacecraft killed entire crew	First manned Apollo mission First flight of manned Saturn launch vehicle	First manned flight to lunar orbit First manned flight of Saturn V launch vehicle	First test flight of LM/CSM combination	Second lunar orbital flight LM descended to within ~50,000 ft of lunar surface

*Notes on mission types: Apollo missions were originally planned to take place in several phases, or series:
“A” & “B” missions were unmanned test flights
“C” missions were manned, earth orbital tests of the CSM (Apollos 1 and 7)
Apollo 8 was designated as C’ (C prime)
“D” missions were manned, earth orbital tests of the LM and CSM (Apollo 9)
“E” mssions were manned tests in high earth orbit (original plan for Apollo 8)
“F” missions were manned tests in lunar orbit (Apollo 10)
the “G” mission was the first landing (Apollo 11)
Later, 3 other mission types were added to the list:
“H” missions were subsequent missions to other landing sites using the basic hardware (Apollos 12, 13, and 14)
“I” missions were to be lunar orbit only science flights (none flown, although some interesting design studies were made)
“J” missions would be longer stays on the moon utilizing impovements to the LM design (Apollos 15, 16, and 17)

Apollo Lunar Program Early Landing Flights

Mission Type (Series)	Apollo 11 AS-506 G	Apollo 12 AS-507 H	Apollo 13 AS-508 H	Apollo 14 AS-509 H
Crew: CDR CMP LMP	N. Armstrong M. Collins E. Aldrin	C. Conrad R. Gordon A. Bean	J. Lovell J. Swigert (4) F. Haise	A. Shepard (5) S. Roosa E. Mitchell
Launch date Splashdown date	16 Jul 69 24 July 69	14 Nov 69 24 Nov 69	11 Apr 70 17 Apr 70	31 Jan 71 9 Feb 71
Launch vehicle	Saturn V AS-506	Saturn V AS-507	Saturn V AS-508	Saturn V AS-509
CSM S/N Call sign LM S/N Call sign	CSM-107 Columbia LM-5 Eagle	CSM-108 Yankee Clipper LM-6 Intrepid	CSM-109 Odyssey LM-7 Aquarius	CSM-110 Kitty Hawk LM-8 Antares
Lunar landing date Landing site	20 Jul 69 Sea of Tranquility	18 Nov 69 Ocean of Storms	scheduled to land at Fra Mauro plain	5 Feb 71 Fra Mauro plain
EVA 1: date Duration (H:MM)	20 Jul 69 2:14	19 Nov 69 3:39	N/A	5 Feb 71 4:49
EVA 1 objective	Fulfill Apollo project political goal Collect lunar samples Deploy scientific experiments	Deploy Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) Collect lunar samples	N/A	Deploy ALSEP
EVA 2: date Duration	N/A	19 Nov 69 3:48	N/A	6 Feb 71 4:46
EVA 2 objective	N/A	Collect samples from Surveyor 3 Collect lunar samples	N/A	Geolologic traverse to rim of Cone Crater
Tot. EVA distance	0.25 km/0.15 miles	1.35 km/0.83 miles	N/A	3.45 km/2.1 miles
Amount samples returned	20 kg/44 lbs	34 kg/75 lbs	N/A	42 kg/94 lbs
Mission duration	08:03:18	10:04:36	05:22:54	09:00:01
Footnotes			(4) Swigert only backup crewman to fly an Apollo mission	(5) Shepard only Mercury astronaut to walk on the moon
Significant events	CDR N. Armstrong first human to make contact with another celestial object	First (and only) visit to a previously landed man made object on the moon – Surveyor 3	Explosion in SM caused translunar abort
	First crew to be placed in isolation after a space flight		Crew saved through heroic efforts of ground suport team	Last crew to be placed in isolation after a space flight

Apollo Lunar Program Advanced/Extended Mission Flights

Mission Type (Series)	Apollo 15 AS-510 J	Apollo 16 AS-511 J	Apollo 17 AS-512 J
Crew: CDR CMP LMP	D. Scott A. Worden J. Irwin	J. Young K. Mattingly (9) C. Duke	E. Cernan R. Evans H. Schmidt (10)
Launch date Splashdown date	26 Jul 71 7 Aug 71	16 Apr 72 27 Apr 72	7 Dec 72 19 Dec 72
Launch vehicle	Saturn V SA-510	Saturn V SA-511	Saturn V SA-512
CSM S/N Call sign LM S/N Call sign	CSM-112 Endeavor LM-10 Falcon	CSM-113 Caspar LM-11 Orion	CSM-114 America LM-12 Challenger
Lunar landing date Landing site	30 Jul 71 Hadley-Appenines	20 Apr 72 Descartes highlands	11 Dec 72 Taurus-Littrow valley
EVA 1: date Duration	31 Jul 71 6:34	21 Apr 72 7:11	11 Dec 72 7:12
EVA 1 objective	(8) Deploy Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Traverse to St. George crater Deploy ALSEP	Deploy ALSEP Deploy LRV Geological traverse to Flag Crater	Deploy ALSEP Deploy LRV Geological traverse to Steno crater
EVA 2: date Duration	1 Aug 71 7:13	22 Apr 72 7:23	12 Dec 72 7:37
EVA 2 objective	Geological traverse to Mt. Hadley Delta	Geological traverse to Stone Mountain	Geological traverse to South Massif
EVA 3: date Duration	2 Aug 71 4:20	23 Apr 72 5:40	13 Dec 72 7:16
EVA 3 objective (6)	Geological traverse to Scarp crater and Hadley Rille also, see (6)	Geological traverse to Smoky Mountain also, see (6)	Geological traverse to North Massif also, see (6)
Tot. EVA distance	27.9 km/17.2 miles	27 km/16.7 miles	30 km/18.6 miles
Amount samples returned	66 kg/169 lbs	96 kg/213 lbs	110 kg/243 lbs
Mission duration	12:07:11	11:01:51	12:13:51
Footnotes	(6) Additional deep space EVA performed by CMP enroute back to earth to retrieve SIM bay data from SM on all 3 J-Series missions	(8) Mattingly assigned to Apollo 16 after being bumped from Apollo 13 crew after being exposed to measles	(9) Schmidt only geologist to walk on moon. Originally scheduled to fly Apollo 18, bumped Joe Engle off 17 when 18 was cancelled
	(7) CDR D. Scott performed standup EVA (SEVA) from LM upper hatch prior to EVA 1 Duration 00:33
Significant events	First use of manned wheeled vehicle (LRV) on moon	Only landing in lunar highlands	Last manned lunar mission to date
		Set up UV telescope on moon

Apollo Lunar Program Landing Site Objectives

Apollo 11	Land safely, sample the immediate vicinity, set up the EASEP, and then lift off safely
Apollo 12	Demonstrate a precision landing, sample the cratered mare plain, and retrieve part of Surveyor III
Apollo 13/14	Land on at the foot of a ridge in the hummocky terrain of the Fra Mauro Formation, and then trek up the ridge to sample rocks on the rim of 270-metre wide Cone Crater, in the hope of recovering rocks which would date the impact that created the Imbrium Basin
Apollo 15	Land at the first ‘multiple objective’ site, a confined mare plain just behind the 12,000 foot mountains of the Apennine Range, and in front of the 1 km wide, 300 metre deep Hadley Rille. The astronauts were to use the LRV to sample (in order of priority) the base of Mount Hadley Delta in search of anorthositic rock from the original lunar crust, the rim of the rille to study possible stratification in its wall, and the substructure of the plain in the walls of the craters excavating it
Apollo 16	Seek volcanics in the Central Highlands west of the Kant Plateau, on a patch of the Cayley Formation set between two 1,500 ft. hills of the Descartes Formation. However, the plains material filling the valley turned out to be a blanket of fluidised ejecta which had ‘sloshed’ out during a basin-forming impact
Apollo 17	Sought evidence of ‘recent’ volcanism on the floor of a valley nestling in a valley on the mountainous rim of the Serenitatis Basin. Although this ‘dark mantle’ material was indeed of volcanic origin, it was ancient

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