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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "MERCURY, GEMINI, APOLLO: Those three words stand for a
space program that achieved President John F. Kennedy's
vision of sending a human to the moon before the end of the ’60s.
CLICK on the mission titles at left to relive the Mercury,
Gemini and Apollo programs.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: May 5, 1961
Crew: Alan B. Shepard Jr.
Spacecraft: Freedom 7
Duration: 15 minutes, 28 seconds
Flight log: America's first human space flight.
VIDEO:
• Watch Mercury 3 liftoff";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: July 21, 1961
Crew: Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom
Spacecraft: Liberty Bell 7
Duration: 15 minutes, 37 seconds
Flight log:
Evaluated spacecraft functions.
Spacecraft lost at sea.
Grisson evacuates safely.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Feb. 20, 1962
Crew: John H. Glenn Jr.
Spacecraft: Friendship 7
Duration: 4 hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds
Flight log: America's first human orbital space flight (3 orbits).VIDEO:
• Retrospective on first flights
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: May 24, 1962
Crew: M. Scott Carpenter
Spacecraft: Aurora 7
Duration: 4 hours, 56 minutes, 5 seconds
Flight log:
Carpenter is the first astronaut to eat food in space.
On return from orbit, the spacecraft overshoots its landing zone by 250 miles. It takes about 45 minutes for the recovery team to locate Carpenter.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Oct. 3, 1962
Crew: Walter M. Schirra Jr.
Spacecraft: Sigma 7
Duration: 9 hours, 13 minutes, 11 seconds
Flight log: Develops techniques and procedures to help humans spend extended time in space.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: May 15-16, 1963
Crew: L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
Spacecraft: Faith 7
Duration: 1 day, 10 hours, 19 minutes, 49
Flight log: Attained the final goal of the Mercury program — spending a complete day in space.
Completes 22 orbits.
Cooper becomes the last American to fly in space alone. ";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: March 23, 1965
Crew: Gus Grissom, John W. Young
Spacecraft: “Molly Brown” (unofficial name)
Duration: 4 hours, 52 minutes,
31 seconds
Flight log: Named “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” because Grissom's first spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7, sank.
America's first two-man space flight.
Grissom becomes the first man to fly in space twice.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: June 3-7, 1965
Crew: James A. McDivitt, Edward H. White II
Spacecraft: “Little Eva”
(unofficial name)
Duration: 4 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes, 12 seconds
Flight log: White becomes the first American to walk in space (known as extravehicular activity or EVA, hence the name \"Little Eva\").
EVA lasts 36 minutes. White is told to \"get back in\" the spacecraft by flight director.
Crew completes the first extensive maneuvering of a spacecraft in orbit. ";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Aug. 21-29, 1965
Crew: L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr.
Duration: 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes, 14 seconds
Flight log: \"Eight days or bust\" mission proves humans could survive in space for extended periods";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Dec. 4-18, 1965
Crew: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr.
Spacecraft: “Spirit of 76”
(unofficial name)
Duration: 13 days, 18 hours, 35 minutes, 1 second
Flight log: Gemini 7 is launched before Gemini 6A. Gemini 7 was supposed to meet with an unmanned spacecraft, the Agena, but that craft was lost during launch. It was suggested that two manned Gemini spacecraft meet instead. President Lyndon Johnson gave approval for Gemini 7 to rendezvous with Gemini 6A.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Dec. 15-16, 1965
Crew: Walter M. Schirra Jr., Thomas P. Stafford
Spacecraft: “Spirit of 76” (unofficial name)
Duration: 1 day, 1 hour, 51 minutes, 24 seconds
Flight log: Gemini 6 is launched after Gemini 7 because of several delays — hence the nickname
\"Gemini 76.\"
On Dec. 15, over the Pacific Ocean, Gemini 6 and 7 fly together for approximately seven hours in the world's first successful space rendezvous.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: March 16-17, 1966
Crew: Neil A. Armstrong, David R. Scott
Duration: 10 hours, 41
minutes, 26 seconds
Flight log: Completes the first docking of two orbiting spacecraft (critical to
Project Apollo).
After docking with the unmanned Agena 8, Gemini 8 spins wildly out of control. The astronauts undock and abort the rest of the mission. The astronauts make an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean using the Gemini 8's re-entry control system.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: June 3-6, 1966
Crew: Thomas P. Stafford, Eugene A. Cernan
Duration: 3 days, 20 minutes,
50 seconds
Flight log: Elliot See and Charles Bassett, the original crew for this mission, were killed in a plane crash in St. Louis. The term \"9A\" is used because a backup crew made the flight.
Gemini 9 completes three rendezvous with an unmanned Agena spacecraft.
The spacecraft cannot dock because of a malfunctioning cover on the Agena.
Cernan completes a 2-hour spacewalk.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: July 18-21, 1966
Crew: John W. Young, Michael Collins
Duration: 2 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds
Flight log: Gemini 10 travels to a record-breaking 476 miles above Earth.
The spacecraft makes a rendezvous with two unmanned spacecraft (Agena 8 and 10). One spacecraft is used as a source of propellant thrust after docking (critical for Project Apollo).
Collins completes two spacewalks.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Sept. 12-15, 1966
Crew: Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Duration: 2 days, 23 hours, 17 minutes,
8 seconds
Flight log: Gemini 11 travels to a record-breaking 853 miles above Earth.
During the mission, several dockings are completed, including one during the first orbit (critical for Project Apollo's command module to meet with the lunar module).
First formation flight of two space vehicles joined
by a tether.
Gordon completes two EVAs.
Mission had the shortest launch window in the Gemini program — 2 seconds.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = " Date: Nov. 11-15, 1966
Crew: James A. Lovell Jr., Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr.
Duration: 3 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, 31 seconds
Flight log: 3 EVAs completed during mission.
Aldrin works outside the spacecraft for more than five hours, proving that humans can function outside a spacecraft for extended periods of time.
A solar eclipse is recorded for the first time from space.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Jan. 27, 1967
Crew: Gus Grissom, Edward H. White II, Roger B. Chaffee.
Flight log: All three men killed when fire destroys spacecraft on launchpad.
Project Apollo delayed for 22 months for a redesign of key equipment. ";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Oct. 11-22, 1968
Crew: Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donn F. Eisele, Walter Cunningham Jr.
Duration: 10 days, 20 hours,
9 minutes
Flight log: First human Earth-orbit test of the Apollo spacecraft.
Apollo 7 logs more time in space than all the Soviet flights to that date combined.
Astronauts catch colds as illness sweeps spacecraft.
First use of a television camera in space.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Dec. 21-27, 1968
Crew: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders Jr.
Duration: 6 days, 3 hours,
42 seconds
Flight log: First human flight around moon.
First pictures of Earth from
deep space.
New world speed record set — 24,200 mph.
Astronauts read 10 verses from the Book of Genesis on Christmas Eve.
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: March 3-13, 1969
Crew: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, Russell L. Schweickart Spacecraft: Gumdrop (command module) and Spider (lunar module) Duration: 10 days, 1 hour, 1 minute
Flight log:
First complete test of all the elements of Apollo — the Saturn V, the command module, the service module and lunar module.
First docking of the command module and the lunar module.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: May 18-26, 1969
Crew: Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, Eugene A. Cernan
Spacecraft: Charlie Brown (command module) and Snoopy (lunar module)
Duration: 8 days, 3 minutes,
23 seconds
Flight log: Full rehearsal for a lunar landing.
Snoopy comes within 9 miles of the lunar surface.
First use of color television in space.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: July 16-24, 1969
Crew: Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr.
Spacecraft: Columbia (command module) and Eagle (lunar module)
Duration: 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Landing site: Sea of Tranquility
Lunar stay: 21 hours, 36 minutes
Flight log: Armstrong and Aldrin make history's first manned landing on the moon: Sunday, July 20, 1969, at 4:17 p.m. ET.
Armstrong takes first step on the moon at 10:56 p.m. ET.VIDEO:
• \"The eagle has landed.\"
• \"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.\"
• Retrospective of Apollo 11 mission
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Nov. 14-24, 1969
Crew: Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., Alan L. Bean
Spacecraft: Yankee Clipper (command module) and Intrepid (lunar module)
Duration: 10 days, 4 hours,
36 minutes
Landing site: Ocean of Storms
Lunar stay: 1 day, 7 hours,
31 minutes. Conrad and Bean performed two moonwalks.
Flight log:
Spacecraft struck by lightning during launch.
Intrepid makes a pinpoint landing only 535 feet from Surveyor III (a robotic probe), proving that precise landings could be made on the moon. Parts from Surveyor are retrieved.";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: April 11-17, 1970
Crew: James A. Lovell Jr., John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Fred W. Haise Jr.
Spacecraft: Odyssey (command module) and Aquarius
(lunar module)
Duration: 5 days, 22 hours,
54 minutes
Flight log: En route to the moon, an oxygen tank explodes in the service module, aborting the mission.
Crew survives emergency splashdown back on Earth.VIDEO:
• \"Houston we've had a problem.\"
• NBC's Frank McGee reports on Apollo 13 mission failure
• Apollo 13 splashes down
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Jan. 31-Feb. 9, 1971
Crew: Alan B. Shepard Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, Edgar D. Mitchell
Spacecraft: Kitty Hawk (command module) and Antares (lunar module
Duration: 9 days, 2 minutes
Landing site: Fra Mauro
Lunar stay: 1 day, 9 hours,
30 minutes
Flight log:
First exploration of the lunar highlands
Shepard hits two golf balls on the moon VIDEO:
• Alan Shepard hits a golf ball on the moon
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: July 26-Aug. 7, 1971
Crew: David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden, James B. Irwin
Spacecraft: Endeavour (command module) and Falcon (lunar module)
Duration: 12 days, 7 hours,
12 minutes
Landing site: Hadley-Apennine
Lunar stay: 2 days, 18 hours,
54 minutes
Flight log:
First use of the battery-powered lunar rover
First landing in the lunar mountains
Endeavour puts the first lunar satellite into orbit.VIDEO:
• Highlights of Apollo 15 mission
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: April 16-27, 1972
Crew: John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II, Charles M. Duke Jr.
Spacecraft: Casper (command module) and Orion (lunar module)
Duration: 11 days, 1 hour,
51 minutes
Landing site: Descartes highlands
Lunar stay: 2 days, 23 hours,
2 minutes
Flight log:
First use of camera to record takeoff from the moon
Returned 213 pounds of lunar material for study VIDEO:
• Apollo 16 launch footage
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Dec. 7-19, 1972
Crew: Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, Harrison H. Schmitt
Spacecraft: America (command module) and Challenger
(lunar module)
Duration: 12 days, 13 hours,
52 minutes
Landing site: Taurus-Littrow
Lunar stay: 3 days, 2 hours,
59 minutes. This ranks as longest stay on moon, with longest total time for moonwalks (22 hours, 5 minutes, 4 seconds).
Flight log:
The 20th century's last human flight to the moon
Schmitt becomes the only professional scientist to walk on the moon
Returned 253 pounds of lunar material for studyVIDEO:
• Astronaut Eugene Cernan recalls Apollo 17 mission
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: May 25-June 22, 1973
Crew: Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr., Paul J. Weitz, Joseph P. Kerwin
Duration: 28 days, 50 minutes
Flight log:
Crew repairs damage done to Skylab during launch
Endurance mark more than doubles previous record set by Gemini 7";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: July 28-Sept. 25, 1973
Crew: Alan L. Bean, Jack R. Lousma, Owen K. Garriott
Duration: 59 days, 11 hours
Flight log: Repairs and scientific
experiments continue
Crew tests the experimental Astronaut Maneuvering Unit ";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Nov. 16, 1973-Feb. 8, 1974
Crew: Gerald P. Carr, William R. Pogue, Edward Gibson
Duration: 84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes,
31 seconds
Flight log: Astronauts make four spacewalks
Skylab finally falls to Earth on July 11, 1979
U.S. endurance record stands until 1995";
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apollo_glorydays[i-1].body = "Date: Apollo 18 in space July 15-24, 1975. Soyuz 19 in space July 15-21, 1975
Crew: Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (Apollo). Alexei Leonov, Valeri Kubasov (Soyuz).
Duration: 9 days, 1 hour, 30 minutes (Apollo). 5 days, 23 hours, 21 minutes (Soyuz).
Flight log: First encounter between Soviets and Americans in space
First flight for Slayton, one of the seven original Mercury astronauts
Final flight of the Apollo programVIDEO:
• NBC reports on Apollo-Soyuz mission highlights
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