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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 moon landing mission and lunar surface mission. Landing site: Sea of Tranquility. Astronauts Neil Armstrong (Commander), Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin. | Apollo Timeline 2 1 3 4
| Bibliography of the Apollo Timeline Zimmerman, R (1999) Genesis The Story Of Apollo 8.
Kranz, G (2001) Failure Is Not an Option - Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond.
Reynolds, D, Schirra, W and Hardesty, V (2002). Apollo, The Epic Journey to the Moon.
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.
Young, A ( 2006). Lunar and Planetary Rovers - The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars.
Woods, W (2008). How Apollo Flew to the Moon.
Hunley, J (2008). U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology. Viking to Space Shuttle.bibliography |
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