Apollo program · Moon
Un calendario para contar este tema día a día: en cada día, el hecho más atado al tema (los demás, debajo). El botón tarjeta dibuja una imagen de ese día lista para publicar, con la fuente. Nadie ha elegido el tema: salió solo de la red (cómo); su nombre son las palabras que más distinguen sus hechos.
Enero
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1959 Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1959 Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Surveyor program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.
161 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 2017 Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)
201 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1930 Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
222 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Apollo Program: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1973 The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo Moon landing mission.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
272 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1967 Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1967 Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
Febrero
42 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1967 Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 2016 Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1965 Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the crewed Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1965 Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1966 Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
Marzo
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
141 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1934 Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017)
151 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1932 Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (died 2018)
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1966 Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
171 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1930 James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, eighth astronaut to walk on the moon (died 1991)
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1965 Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of uncrewed lunar space probes.
232 hechos ·
nacimiento · 1912 Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer, chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle (died 1977)
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1965 NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
Abril
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 2026 The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 2026 The crew of Artemis II makes the first crewed circumlunar flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, returning humanity to the Moon's vicinity and breaking Apollo 13's record by ~4,000 miles as the furthest crewed spaceflight.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1970 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1970 At 10:08 PM EST an oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1970 Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo program: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the Moon.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing.
Mayo
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1961 Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1965 The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within of the Moon's surface.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1961 Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed Moon landing.
Junio
22 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1966 Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
1 más ese día
nacimiento · 1930 Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 1999)
Julio
31 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1935 Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician. Twelfth man to walk on the moon.
81 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1999 Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut. Third man to walk on the moon. (born 1930)
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1975 Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
212 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1998 Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (born 1923)
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1971 Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1971 Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
312 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1971 Apollo program: The Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1964 Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
Agosto
51 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1930 Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first man to walk on the Moon (died 2012)
81 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1991 James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, eighth man to walk on the moon (born 1930)
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
161 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1933 Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1994)
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1976 The Soviet Union's robotic probe Luna 24 successfully lands on the Moon.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
252 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1835 The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 2012 Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
Septiembre
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1970 NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1966 Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions and Artemis II).
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
171 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1930 Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2016)
241 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1930 John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 2018)
Octubre
31 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1935 Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Apollo program: The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
Noviembre
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1967 Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1970 Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
181 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1923 Alan Shepard, American astronaut (died 1998)
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1969 Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second crewed mission to land on the Moon.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1954 In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
Diciembre
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
121 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1994 Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1933)
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the most recent person to walk on the Moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo program: The last crewed lunar flight, Apollo 17, carrying Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
271 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon.
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