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Apollo Program Mission to Moon
Apollo Program:
The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. Six of the missions achieved this goal.

The missions returned a wealth of scientific data and 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of lunar rocks. Experiments included soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields, and solar wind experiments.

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Key Dates Headlines
20 Jul 1969: 
First Step on the Moon (July 21, 02:56 UT)
20 Jul 1969 - 21 Jul 1969: 
Apollo 11
19 Nov 1969 - 20 Nov 1969: 
Apollo 12
5 Feb 1971 - 6 Feb 1971: 
Apollo 14
30 Jul 1971 - 2 Aug 1971: 
Apollo 15
21 Apr 1972 - 24 Apr 1972: 
Apollo 16
11 Dec 1972 - 14 Dec 1972: 
Apollo 17
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Mission complete
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