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{| class="wikitable"
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! align=center width=60px |Mission<br/>Identifier
! align=center width=60px |Launch<br/>rocket
! align=center width=183px|Crew
! align=center |Launch date
! align=center |Mission
|-
| AS-201
| Saturn IB
| Unmanned
| February 26, 1966
| Suborbital CSM flight
|-
| AS-203
| Saturn IB
| Unmanned
| July 5, 1966
| Test liquid hydrogen behavior in Earth orbit
|-
| AS-202
| Saturn IB
| Unmanned
| August 25, 1966
| Suborbital CSM flight
|-
| AS-204<br/>(Apollo 1)
| Saturn IB
| Virgil Grissom, Edward White,<br/>Roger Chaffee
| None
| Block I CSM Earth orbital flight (up to 14 days)
|-
| Apollo 4
| Saturn V
| Unmanned
| November 9,  1967
| First Saturn V / CSM flight in Earth orbit
|-
| Apollo 5
| Saturn IB
| Unmanned
| January 22, 1968
| First Lunar Module flight in Earth orbit
|-
| Apollo 6
| Saturn V
| Unmanned
| April 4, 1968
| CSM test: trans-lunar injection with direct abort to high-speed re-entry
|-
| [[Apollo 7]]
| Saturn IB
| Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele,<br/>Walter Cunningham
| October 11, 1968
| Block II CSM Earth orbital test
|-
| Apollo 8
| Saturn V
| Frank Borman, Jim Lovell,<br/>William Anders
| December 21, 1968
| Lunar orbit (CSM only)
|-
| Apollo 9
| Saturn V
| James McDivitt, David Scott,<br/>Russell Schweickart
| March 3, 1969
| Earth orbit CSM / LM test
|-
| Apollo 10
| Saturn V
| Thomas Stafford, John Young,<br/>Eugene Cernan
| May 18, 1969
| Rehearsal for lunar landing
|-
| Apollo 11
| Saturn V
| Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin,<br/>Michael Collins
| July 16, 1969
| First lunar landing
|-
| Apollo 12
| Saturn V
| Charles Conrad, Alan Bean,<br/>Richard Gordon
| November 14, 1969
| Precision lunar landing ([[Oceanus Procellarum|Ocean of Storms]])
|-
| Apollo 13
| Saturn V
| Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert,<br/>Fred Haise
| April 11, 1970
| Lunar landing ([[Fra Mauro formation|Fra Mauro]])
|-
| Apollo 14
| Saturn V
| Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa,<br/>Edgar Mitchell
| January 31, 1971
| Lunar landing (Fra Mauro)
|-
| Apollo 15
| Saturn V
| David Scott, Alfred Worden,<br/>James Irwin
| July 26, 1971
| Extended lunar landing ([[Mons Hadley|Hadley-]][[Montes Apenninus|Apennine]])
|-
| Apollo 16
| Saturn V
| John Young, Ken Mattingly,<br/>Charles Duke
| April 16, 1972
| Extended lunar landing ([[Descartes Highlands]])
|-
| Apollo 17
| Saturn V
| Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans,<br/>Harrison Schmitt
| December 7, 1972
| Extended lunar landing ([[Taurus-Littrow (lunar valley)|Taurus-Littrow]])
|}


Cabin fire broke out in pure oxygen atmosphere during launch rehearsal test on 27 January 1967, killing all three crewmen and destroying the CM before planned February 21 launch.

Revision as of 21:27, 21 June 2011

Mission
Identifier
Launch
rocket
Crew Launch date Mission
AS-201 Saturn IB Unmanned February 26, 1966 Suborbital CSM flight
AS-203 Saturn IB Unmanned July 5, 1966 Test liquid hydrogen behavior in Earth orbit
AS-202 Saturn IB Unmanned August 25, 1966 Suborbital CSM flight
AS-204
(Apollo 1)
Saturn IB Virgil Grissom, Edward White,
Roger Chaffee
None Block I CSM Earth orbital flight (up to 14 days)
Apollo 4 Saturn V Unmanned November 9, 1967 First Saturn V / CSM flight in Earth orbit
Apollo 5 Saturn IB Unmanned January 22, 1968 First Lunar Module flight in Earth orbit
Apollo 6 Saturn V Unmanned April 4, 1968 CSM test: trans-lunar injection with direct abort to high-speed re-entry
Apollo 7 Saturn IB Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele,
Walter Cunningham
October 11, 1968 Block II CSM Earth orbital test
Apollo 8 Saturn V Frank Borman, Jim Lovell,
William Anders
December 21, 1968 Lunar orbit (CSM only)
Apollo 9 Saturn V James McDivitt, David Scott,
Russell Schweickart
March 3, 1969 Earth orbit CSM / LM test
Apollo 10 Saturn V Thomas Stafford, John Young,
Eugene Cernan
May 18, 1969 Rehearsal for lunar landing
Apollo 11 Saturn V Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin,
Michael Collins
July 16, 1969 First lunar landing
Apollo 12 Saturn V Charles Conrad, Alan Bean,
Richard Gordon
November 14, 1969 Precision lunar landing (Ocean of Storms)
Apollo 13 Saturn V Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert,
Fred Haise
April 11, 1970 Lunar landing (Fra Mauro)
Apollo 14 Saturn V Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa,
Edgar Mitchell
January 31, 1971 Lunar landing (Fra Mauro)
Apollo 15 Saturn V David Scott, Alfred Worden,
James Irwin
July 26, 1971 Extended lunar landing (Hadley-Apennine)
Apollo 16 Saturn V John Young, Ken Mattingly,
Charles Duke
April 16, 1972 Extended lunar landing (Descartes Highlands)
Apollo 17 Saturn V Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans,
Harrison Schmitt
December 7, 1972 Extended lunar landing (Taurus-Littrow)


Cabin fire broke out in pure oxygen atmosphere during launch rehearsal test on 27 January 1967, killing all three crewmen and destroying the CM before planned February 21 launch.