Apollo Landing Sites (1)

Twenty four intrepid humans have travelled into outer space, beyond Earth orbit, as far as our moon. Twelve have actually set foot on its surface. It is 50 years ago on the 21st July 1969 (02:56 GMT or 03:56 BST) that the first steps were made. I, with about 600 million others at the time, had the immense privilege to witness this event as it happened.

 

The following is a list of the crew who manned all the Apollo missions. Three tragically lost their lives in the effort to make these tremendous achievements in human exploration possible. All are now forever remembered for this incredible adventure in our history:

 

Apollo 1 (Mission AS-204)

Commander : Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom

CM Pilot : Edward H. White II

LM Pilot : Roger B. Chaffee

 

Apollo 7 (Earth Orbital CM & SM Test Mission)

Commader : Walter M. Schirra Jr

CM Pilot : Donn F. Eisele

LM Pilot : Walter Cunningham

 

Apollo 8 (1st Lunar Orbital Mission)

Commander : Frank Borman

CM Pilot : James A. Lovell Jr

LM Pilot : William A. Anders

 

Apollo 9 (Earth Orbital LM Test Mission)

Commander : James A. McDivitt

CM Pilot : David R. Scott

LM Pilot : Russell R. (Rusty) Schweickart

 

Apollo 10 (Lunar Orbital LM Test Mission)

Commander : Thomas P. Stafford

CM Pilot : John W. Young

LM Pilot : Eugene A. Cernan

 

Apollo 11 (1st Lunar Landing)

Commander : Neil A. Armstrong

CM Pilot : Michael Collins

LM Pilot : Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin

 

Apollo 12 (2nd Lunar Landing)

Commander : Charles (Pete) Conrad

CM Pilot : Richard F. Gordon Jr

LM Pilot : Alan L. Bean

 

Apollo 13 ( Aborted Mission - Oxygen Tank Rupture)

Commander : James A. Lovell Jr

CM Pilot : John L. Swigert Jr

LM Pilot Fred W. Haise Jr

 

Apollo 14 (3rd Lunar Landing)

Commander : Alan B. Shepard Jr

CM Pilot : Stuart A. Roosa

LM Pilot : Edgar D. Mitchell

 

Apollo 15 (4th Lunar Landing & 1st Lunar Rover)

Commander : David R. Scott

CM Pilot : Alfred M. Worden

LM Pilot : James B. Irwin

 

Apollo 16 (5th Lunar Landing)

Commander : John W. Young

CM Pilot : Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II

LM Pilot : Charles M. Duke

 

Apollo 17 (6th and last Lunar Landing)

Commander : Eugene A. Cernan

CM Pilot : Ronald E. Evans

LM Pilot : Harrison H. Schmitt

 

 

 

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