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Regarding the 10 missions before Apollo 11: It's a little more complicated. Apollo 1 is the name that was given to honor the astronauts who died in the pad acci
by petschge 7y ago
Regarding the 10 missions before Apollo 11: It's a little more complicated. Apollo 1 is the name that was given to honor the astronauts who died in the pad accident. Apollo 2 and 3 didn't exists. But a whole bunch of other tests did exist testing Saturn 5 before we got to the unmanned Apollo 4, 5 and 6 tests. And starting with Apollo 7 humans were included. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions for details.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoI probably should have known this. I've read alot on Apollo, but never really internalized some of these facts.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoThe really amazing thing is it took just over a year and a half to get from the first unmanned launch of a Saturn V to the moon landing.
- ethbro 7y agoPeople forget there was an entire series leading up to the Saturn V: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V#Saturn_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V#Saturn_development They've got a Saturn IB at an Alabama rest stop outside of Huntsville. Surprisingly small, but still towers above you!
- DuskStar 7y ago> People forget there was an entire series leading up to the Saturn V Well, sooorta. The Saturn V was the third in that series, after the Saturn I and Saturn IB. [0] While there were proposed intermediate Saturns (and ones past V, too) only two first stages were developed, and the V was the only launcher to fly with the F-1 engine. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family)