Apollo Timeline 2 - Timeline Help

Apollo timeline part two of four from 1968 to 1969 at Timeline Help.

- 1968 - 1969

August NASA selects Frank Borman (Commander), Jim Lovell and Bill Anders for Apollo 8. August NASA selects Jim McDivitt (Commander), Dave Scott and Rusty Schweickart for Apollo 9. October 11-12 Apollo 7 Saturn 1B mission with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham. November NASA announces that the Apollo 8 mission will orbit the moon. November NASA selects Tom Stafford (Commander), John Young and Gene Cernan for Apollo 10. December 21 - 27 Apollo 8 Saturn V mission with astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. January NASA selects Neil Armstrong (Commander), Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin for Apollo 11. March 3 Apollo 9 Saturn V mission (aka Gumdrop and Spider) with astronauts Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott, and Rusty Schweickart. May 18 - 26 Apollo 10 Saturn V mission (aka Charlie Brown and Snoopy) with astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan. July 16 - 24 Apollo 11 Saturn V mission (aka Columbia and Eagle). First manned lunar landing mission and lunar surface mission. Landing site: Sea of Tranquility. Astronauts Neil Armstrong (Commander), Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin.

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Bibliography of the Apollo Timeline

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Thimmesh, C (2006). How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon. Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12.
Sullivan, S and Hanks, T (2003). Virtual Apollo A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules. Apogee Books Space Series 30.
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Woods, W (2008). How Apollo Flew to the Moon.
Hunley, J (2008). U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology. Viking to Space Shuttle.



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