Apollo Statistics

Spacecraft Launch Date Crew Flight Time (days:hrs:min) Highlights
Apollo 1 Jan. 27, 1967
  • Virgil I. Grissom
  • Edward H. White II
  • Roger Chafee
 Planned as first manned Apollo Mission; fire during ground test on 1/27/67 took lives of astronauts; posthumously designated as Apollo 1.
There were no missions designated as Apollo 2 and Apollo 3.
Apollo 4 Nov. 9. 1967 Unmanned 0:9:37 First flight of Saturn V launch vehicle. Placed unmanned Apollo command and service module in Earth orbit.
Apollo 5 Jan. 22, 1968 Unmanned 0:7:50 Earth orbital flight test of unmanned Lunar Module.
Not recovered.
Apollo 6 April 4, 1968 Unmanned 0:9:57 Second unmanned test of Saturn V and Apollo.
Apollo 7 Oct. 11, 1968
  • Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
  • Donn F. Eisele
  • R. Walter Cunningham
 10:20:9 First U.S. 3-person mission.
Apollo 8 Dec. 21, 1968
  • Frank Borman
  • James A. Lovell, Jr.
  • William A. Anders
 6:3:1 First human orbit(s) of Moon; first human departure from Earth’s sphere of influence; highest speed attained in human flight to date.
Apollo 9 Mar. 3. 1969
  • James A. McDivitt
  • David R. Scott
  • Russell L. Schweickart
 10:1:1 Successfully simulated in Earth-orbit operation of lunar module to landing and takeoff from lunar surface and rejoining with command module.
Apollo 10 May 18. 1969
  • Thomas P. Stafford
  • John W. Young
  • Eugene A. Cernan
 8:0:3 Successfully demonstrated complete system including lunar module to 14,300 m. from the lunar surface.
Apollo 11 Julv 16, 1969
  • Neil A. Armstrong
  • Michael Collins
  • Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
 8:3:9 First human landing on lunar surface and safe return to Earth.
First return of rock and soil samples to Earth, and human deployment of experiments on lunar surface.
Apollo 12 Nov. 14. 1969
  • Charles Conrad. Jr.
  • Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
  • Alan L. Bean
 10:4:36 Second human lunar landing Explored surface of Moon and retrieved parts of Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which landed in Ocean of Storms on Apr. 19, 1967.
Apollo 13 Apr. 11, 1970
  • James A. Lovell. Jr.
  • Fred W. Haise, Jr.
  • John L. Swigert, Jr.
 5:22:55 Mission aborted; explosion in service module. Ship circled, Moon, with crew using LM as “lifeboat” until just before reentry.
Apollo 14 Jan. 31. 1971
  • Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
  • Stuart A. Roosa
  • Edgar D. Mitchell
 9:0:2 Third human lunar landing. Mission demonstrated pinpoint landing capability and continued human exploration.
Apollo 15 July 26, 1971
  • David R. Scott
  • Alfred M. Worden
  • James B. Irwin
 12:7:12 Fourth human lunar landing and first Apollo “J” series mission, which carried Lunar Roving Vehicle. Worden’s inflight EVA of 38 min. 12 sec was performed during return trip.
Apollo 16 Apr. 16, 1972
  • John W. Young
  • Charles M. Duke, Jr.
  • Thomas K. Mattingly II
 11:1:51 Fifth human lunar landing, with Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Apollo 17 Dec. 7, 1972
  • Eugene A. Cernan
  • Harrison H. Schmitt
  • Ronald E. Evans
 12:13:52 Sixth and final Apollo human lunar landing, again with roving vehicle.