What went wrong with Apollo 5?
What went wrong with Apollo 5?
A planned descent propulsion system (DPS) of 39 seconds was cut short after only 4 seconds. The burn was designed to simulate deceleration for descent to the lunar surface, but was stopped prematurely due to overly conservative programming of the flight software.
Did Apollo 7 fail?
Extensive testing of the CSM took place, and also the first live television broadcast from an American spacecraft. Despite tension between the crew and ground controllers, the mission was a complete technical success, giving NASA the confidence to send Apollo 8 into orbit around the Moon two months later.
Was there an Apollo 5 mission?
NASA’s Apollo 5 mission launched on Jan. 22, 1968 and marked the first test flight of the Lunar Module that would eventually carry astronauts to the moon.
Was there an Apollo 6?
Apollo 6 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a troubled flight of 9 hours and 57 minutes and was recovered aboard the aircraft carrier USS Okinawa. The spacecraft is on display at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Was there an Apollo 8?
Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to successfully orbit the Moon and return to Earth. The Apollo 8 crew were also the first to witness and photograph an Earthrise.
Who flew Apollo 4?
Alan Bean
Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon
| Name | Lunar EVA dates | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Buzz Aldrin | July 21, 1969 |
| 3 | Pete Conrad | November 19–20, 1969 |
| 4 | Alan Bean | |
| 5 | Alan Shepard | February 5–6, 1971 |
Was there an Apollo 4?
Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501, was the first, uncrewed, flight in the United States’s Apollo program, and the first test of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that would be used to send astronauts to the Moon.
