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The first mission to land people on the Moon! The Eagle lander vehicle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility, on the lunar surface on the 20th of July 1969. Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon with the famous words, \"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind\".<\/p>\n\n

The entire mission to the Moon and back lasted 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds. <\/p>\n\n

Apollo 11 Crew: Commander - Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot - Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot - Edwin \"Buzz\" Aldrin.<\/p>\n","endDate":"1969,07,24"},{"asset":{"media":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/fc\/Apollo-12-LM.jpg","credit":"NASA","caption":"Apollo 12 lunar module on the Moon"},"startDate":"1969,11,14","headline":"Apollo 12","text":"

The second crewed mission to the Moon landed in the 'Ocean of Storms'. During their time on the Moon, the astronauts explored the lunar surface and set up several experiments. These experiments were designed to continue automatically after the crew left the Moon.<\/p>\n\n

The data that was sent back to Earth helped scientists learn more about the Moon's magnetic field and the Moon's atmosphere. They could also detect 'moonquakes'. A similar set of experiments was taken on each of the missions that followed Apollo 12.<\/p>\n\n

Apollo 12 Crew: Commander - Charles Conrad Jr., Lunar Module Pilot - Alan L. Bean, Command Module Pilot - Richard F. Gordon Jr.<\/p>\n","endDate":"1969,11,24"},{"asset":{"media":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/69\/Apollo_14_Saturn_V_climbs.jpg","caption":"Apollo 14 Saturn V climbs. 31 January 1971","credit":"NASA"},"headline":"Apollo 14","text":"

The landing site of Apollo 14 was very close to where Apollo 12 had landed. The astronauts collected Moon rocks and more information about the Moon's surface. The crew moved equipment around using a small trolley, called the Modular Equipment Transporter.<\/p>\n\n

During their stay, Commander Shepard played golf on the Moon, using a ball and club he had brought with him.<\/p>\n\n

Apollo 14 Crew: Commander - Alan B. Shepard Jr., Lunar Module Pilot - Edgar D. Mitchell., Command Module Pilot - Stuart A. Roosa. <\/p>\n","startDate":"1971,01,31","endDate":"1971,02,09"},{"asset":{"caption":"Pilot Jim Irwin seen with the Lunar Roving Vehicle, with Mount Hadley in the background","credit":"NASA\/David Scott","media":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/2e\/Apollo_15_Lunar_Rover_and_Irwin.jpg"},"startDate":"1971,07,26","headline":"Apollo 15","text":"

Apollo 15 landed in the Hadley-Apennine region, at the foot of the lunar Apennine mountains. This was the first mission to use a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV - also known as a Moon buggy) to explore greater distances on the Moon. All missions after Apollo 15 also used an LRV.<\/p>\n\n

During their mission, the crew drilled into the lunar surface to extract a core of rock from below the surface. Commander Scott also performed an experiment to demonstrate one of Galileo's theories. He dropped a feather and a hammer to show that if there is no air resistance, objects of different masses fall at the same rate.<\/p>\n\n

Apollo 15 Crew: Commander - David R. Scott, Lunar Module Pilot - James B. Irwin, Command Module Pilot - Alfred M. Worden.<\/p>\n","endDate":"1971,08,07"},{"asset":{"caption":"The view through the window of the Lunar Module Orion shortly after Apollo 16's landing on the surface of the Moon","credit":"NASA\/John Young","media":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c9\/Lunar_surface_shortly_after_landing%2C_Apollo_16.jpg"},"startDate":"1972,04,16","headline":"Apollo 16","text":"

The Apollo 16 mission landed in the Descartes region. This was the first mission to land in the lunar highlands. Scientists hoped that the rocks and information brought back from this area would help them know more about the Moon's history.<\/p>\n\n

Before the mission, geologists had thought the Descartes mountains had been made by volcanoes. After studying them they realised they were not volcanic and were instead very similar to rocks brought back by previous missions.<\/p>\n\n

Apollo 16 Crew: Commander - John W. Young, Lunar Module Pilot - Charles M. Duke Jr., Command Module Pilot - Thomas K. Mattingly II.<\/p>\n","endDate":"1972,04,27"},{"asset":{"media":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4d\/NASA_Apollo_17_Lunar_Roving_Vehicle.jpg","credit":"By NASA","caption":"Eugene Cernan aboard the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first EVA of Apollo 17"},"startDate":"1972,12,7","headline":"Apollo 17","text":"

This was the last of the Apollo missions to land on the Moon. It was also the first mission to include a professional scientist among the crew: Harrison Schmitt was a geologist.<\/p>\n\n

Apollo 17 landed in the Taurus-Littrow highlands and valley region. This area was picked because it was thought to contain both very old and relatively new rocks. <\/p>\n\n

Apollo 17 Crew: Commander - Eugene A. Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot - Harrison H. Schmitt, Command Module Pilot - Ronald E. Evans.<\/p>\n","endDate":"1972,12,19"}],"language":"en","headline":"Apollo Missions to the Moon from 1969 to 1972","text":"","backgroundImage":{"path":"images\/backgroundImage-5e7e205c1904d.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","copyright":{"license":"C","title":"Full Moon","author":"NSO"},"width":7300,"height":5030}}}

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