• Key Information

  • Apollo Missions

  • Type
    Mission
  • Height (Saturn V)
    363 ft
  • Weight (Saturn V)
    Up to 6,537,000 lb
  • Missions (to moon)
    Apollo 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 13
  • Missions (landed on moon)
    Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, Apollo 17
  • Learning Point
  • The Apollo Missions were the most successful manned space missions in history, successfully landing on the moon. This was done despite the huge challenges and basic technology they had at the time.
  • Project
  • Draw either the Saturn V launch, or the Moon landing, and design a mission patch for your own Apollo mission.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Merritt Island, Florida, USA
  • Fun Facts
  • The first offical Apollo mission (Apollo 1) was the only fatal mission, with all three crew members dying in the command module because of a fire and being unable to escape.
  • Apollo 8 was the first mission to reach the moon, in December of 1968.
  • Apollo 10 was a mission designed to do everything, except land on the moon's surface.
  • Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon.
  • Apollo 13 was a mission that partially failed, after an explosion onboard caused the crew to have to abandon the command module and spend the journey in the lunar lander.