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fascinated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Moon landing project in the 1960s and 70s. The giant Saturn V launch rocket, the exiting countdown and finally the lift-off! And don't forget the tickertape parades when the astronauts returned safely to Earth, they were welcomed as heroes. All manned and unmanned Apollo flights, including the first man on the Moon, the tragedy of the Apollo 1 and the near tragedy of Apollo 13, are in this Apollo program timeline.

- 1966 - 1967 - 1968

January NASA selects Gus Grissom (Commander), Ed White and Roger Chaffee for the first Apollo mission. February 26 AS-201 Saturn 1B mission. July 5 AS-203 Saturn 1B mission . August 25 AS-204 Saturn 1B mission. September NASA selects Wally Schirra (Commander), Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham for the second Apollo mission. January 27 Apollo 1 Saturn 1B mission - originally it was called the AS-204 mission. Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a command module fire on the launch pad during a pre-launch test at the Kennedy Space Center. August AS-202 Saturn 1B mission. November 9 Apollo 4 Saturn V mission. January 22 Apollo 5 Saturn 1B mission. April 4 Apollo 6 Saturn V mission.

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Brubaker, P (2002). Apollo 1 Tragedy Fire in the Capsule. American Disasters.
Schyffert, B (2003). The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins.



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