National   Air   and   Space   Museum All aspects of Apollo 10 duplicated conditions of the lunar landing mission as closely as possible--Sun angles at Apollo Site 2, the out-and-back flight path to the Moon, and the time line of mission events. Apollo 16 was the second of the three scientific J missions to the moon. A list of all kinds of amazing, funny, and interesting Apollo 17 fun facts that are cool to know. This daughter was named Parthenos, and after she fell to an early death she was honoured by the Gods and immortalised in the sky as the constellation of Virgo. The animals most sacred to Apollo were the swan and the dolphin. Apollo’s first manned mission began in October 1968, when Apollo 7 entered low-Earth orbit to conduct a shakedown of the command and service module. Apollo is no stranger to these tales, here are some interesting facts about the legends surrounding the Greek God of Music and Sun. NASA knew very little about the moon before the Apollo missions—including whether it harbored hazardous microbes or “space germs.” With this in mind, the crews of Apollo 11, 12 and 14 were quarantined after they returned home from their lunar landings.

On the Moon, astronauts John Young and Charles Duke got to put the Lunar Roving Vehicle ("moon buggy") through a series of tests, including s-turns, hairpin turns and quick stops. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins traveled 240,000 miles in just a little over three days (76 hours to be exact) to reach the moon’s lunar orbit. Two Apollo 10 astronauts descended to within eight nautical miles (14 kilometers) of the Moon's surface, the closest approach ever to another celestial body. Anyone who is familiar with the Greek Gods knows that the family tree gets very complicated very quickly.

National   Air   and   Space   Museum Chantilly, VA 20151 18 of 19. 1) Apollo, son of Zeus, along with his twin sister Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, was born on the floating island of Delos. Events in this celebration included a special meal where masters served their slaves, Spartan women would make clothing to adorn the statues of Apollo and there would be lots of song, dance and drinking. Open 10am – 5:30pm.

Apollo was in love with a mortal named Cassandra but she did not return his affection. The group reportedly guessed the right numbers 51 times out of 200, which Mitchell described as “results far exceeding anything expected.” A few years after returning from his moon mission, Mitchell continued his psychic research by founding the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a nonprofit group devoted to studying human consciousness. (Credit: NASA). (Credit: NASA). Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, is about to step off the ladder of the Lunar Module.