Apollo programme

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The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived during Project Mercury and executed after Project Gemini. It was conceived in 1960 as a three-person spacecraft during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to the U.S. Congress on May 25, 1961.

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1961 — 1972 Apollo programme
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The Apollo Command Module instrumented for testing at Arnold Engineering Development Complex.The Apollo Command Module instrumented for testing at Arnold Engineering Development Complex.
A scale model of the Apollo three-man capsule, with escape tower and jettison rocket attached, for aerodynamic testing in the von Kármán Gas Dynamic Facility 40-inch supersonic wind tunnel in 1962A scale model of the Apollo three-man capsule, with escape tower and jettison rocket attached, for aerodynamic testing in the von Kármán Gas Dynamic Facility 40-inch supersonic wind tunnel in 1962
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Lunar extravehicular visor assemblyLunar extravehicular visor assembly
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View of the VAB platforms in Assembly Area (KSC-20110907-PH-DD RPSF9)View of the VAB platforms in Assembly Area (KSC-20110907-PH-DD RPSF9)
Apollo re-entry trajectories (alt. in m)Apollo re-entry trajectories (alt. in m)
Apollo lunar mapping cameraApollo lunar mapping camera