Apollo

As the first crewed moon landing, Apollo 11 gets a lot of attention, but there’s plenty to discuss about the later landings as well. Today, we’re going to talk about Apollo 12, humanity’s second visit to the moon’s surface.

As the first time humans walked on the moon, Apollo 11 is the Apollo mission you’ll hear most people talking about. In today’s post we’ll take a look at how Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made it to the moon’s surface, and at what stayed behind when they left.

Our Apollo article series is getting closer to humanity’s first steps on the moon, taken during Apollo 11. Before that, though, we’re going to take a look at Apollo 9 and Apollo 10. These crewed missions tested the spacecraft’s lunar module, making sure that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would be able to land safely on the moon’s surface a few months later.

We kicked off our series of Apollo articles with a general introduction to the Apollo moon missions and a look at the Apollo spacecraft. Before we get to the moon landings, we’re going to take a look at the earlier crewed missions that made the landings possible. In this article, we’re reflecting on Apollo 7 and Apollo 8, the first crewed Apollo missions to make it into space.

This is the second in our series of posts about the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and 1970s: the first and, so far, the only time humans have been to the moon. In today’s post, we’re looking at the Apollo spacecraft, the roles of the people aboard and how the Apollo astronauts were able to return safely to Earth.