Apollo spacecraft

The Apollo spacecraft was designed as part of the Apollo Program, by the United States in the early 1960s to land people on the moon before 1970 and return them safely to earth. It was made up of multiple units or modules that worked together to perform the mission of landing on the moon and returning to earth. The main parts of the Apollo spacecraft were (going from top to bottom) the launch escape system, the Command Module, the Service Module, the Lunar Module and the lunar module adapter.

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Apollo Program - United States - 1960s - Moon - Earth - Landing - Command Module - Service Module - Lunar Module

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The principle was Lunar Orbit Rendezvous: A rocket would launch the spacecraft to the moon. The spacecraft would fly to the moon and orbit it. A smaller portion of the spacecraft would land on the moon and return to lunar orbit. Then a portion of the spacecraft would return to earth.

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Rocket - Spacecraft - Orbit

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Launch vehicles: Little Joe II, Saturn I, Saturn IB, and Saturn V.

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Little Joe II - Saturn I - Saturn IB - Saturn V

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