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Apollo

To learn more about a specific mission from the Apollo program, the most successful and expensive space program in human history, select one of the links below:

Apollo 1 Apollo 7
Apollo 8 Apollo 9
Apollo 10 Apollo 11
Apollo 12 Apollo 13
Apollo 14 Apollo 15
Apollo 16 Apollo 17

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Apollo 1

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Apollo 7

The Apollo 7 mission was launched on Oct. 11, 1968, carrying astronauts Donn Eisele, Walter Cunningham, and Walter Schirra, Jr., who had already flown on the Mercury and Gemini missions. It used a Saturn...more

Apollo 8

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Apollo 10

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Apollo 13

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Apollo 14

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