Apollo 11 spacecraft.
Buzz Aldrin in a spacesuit on Luna.
The Apollo program, also referred to as the Apollo missions, was a human spaceflight program originating on planet Earth in the 20th century. It was overseen by the United States of America's NASA space agency in the 1960s and 1970s.
Spacecraft[]
Apollo consisted of three spacecraft: a command module, service module, and a lunar excursion module. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
Apollo was launched into space with Saturn V rockets. (TOS - Strange New Worlds III short story: "The Aliens Are Coming!")
Missions[]
- Apollo 1
- On 27 January 1967, a fire broke out aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft during testing, tragically killing all three astronauts. (The Official Starships Collection Issue 36: "Oberth class"; ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia)
- Apollo 8
- In December 1968, Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon. It was crewed by Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders. (The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3)
- While photographing the moon's surface, the crew were the first humans to see an Earth rise. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
- Apollo 9
- Launched in March 1969, Apollo 9 tested the maneuverability of the lunar excursion module in space, including docking and undocking. (The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3)
- Apollo 10
- Launched in May 1969, the crew's mission was to photograph the moon from a distance of 10 miles so that NASA could select a safe landing site for Apollo 11. (The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3)
- Apollo 11
- On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 was the first manned spacecraft to land on Luna. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology, ENT episode: "Storm Front")
- Apollo 12
- Pete Conrad's Apollo 12 landed at the Ocean of Storms. (VOY - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Almost... But Not Quite")
- Apollo 13
- Apollo 13 orbited Earth's moon in 1970. Had the mission successfully landed, Fred Haise would have been the sixth person to walk on Luna. (Star Trek: Communicator Issue 135: "First Captain of the Enterprise")
- Potentially deadly damage required the crew to work together, scavenging whatever they could find to repair the capsule and save their lives. (PRD episode: "Time Amok")
- Apollo 14
- On 5 February 1971, Alan Shepard walked on the lunar Fra Mauro highlands. (VOY - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Almost... But Not Quite")
- Apollo 15
- In 1971, landing at Hadley Rille, astronauts spent more than 71 hours on the surface. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
- Apollo 16
- In these later missions, astronauts explored the moon using lunar rover vehicles. (TOS novel: The Covenant of the Crown)
- Apollo 17
- In 1972, astronauts spent 75 hours on the moon, and brought back 250 pounds of moon rocks for study. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
- Eugene Cernan was the last Apollo astronaut to walk on Luna. (TOS novel: The Folded World dedication)
- Apollo X
- In 1972 of the Kelvin timeline, the Apollo X capsule piloted by Steve Cory disappeared during a lunar flight, but the vessel's Holdover capsule landed on Hinrichs V. (TOS - Lost Apollo comics: "Part 1", "Part 2")
Legacy[]
Each year, Earth celebrates Apollo Day in honor of the lunar landings. (TOS - The Lost Years novel: A Flag Full of Stars)
Many Apollo astronauts have had Federation starships or shuttlecraft named after them, including Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Roger B. Chaffee, Michael Collins, Pete Conrad, Gus Grissom, Fred Haise, James Lovell, Alan Shepard, and Thomas Stafford.
In the early 1970s, public interest in the Apollo missions initially waned after the first moon landing. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology, TNG novel: Indistinguishable from Magic)
In 2019, all six Apollo program landing sites were declared historic landmarks. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
By the mid 22nd century, mission patches for the Apollo missions, with the astronauts' names embroidered on them, were displayed in the 602 Club. (ENT episode: "First Flight")
In 2254, among the data Talosians reviewed from the main computer of the USS Enterprise was an Apollo mission trajectory diagram. (TOS episode: "The Cage")
In 2268, James T. Kirk cited the Apollo missions as one of many examples of extreme danger versus the potential for knowledge in deciding whether to help Sargon. (TOS episode: "Return to Tomorrow")
In 2272, the space shuttle orbiter Enterprise was flown in honor of the Apollo Tricentennial. (TOS - The Lost Years novel: A Flag Full of Stars)
In 2276, Leonard McCoy explained parking tickets to Spock by telling an old joke about the Apollo missions: since the lunar rovers had been parked on the moon for decades, parking tickets were placed on the rovers when Luna was later colonized. (TOS novel: The Covenant of the Crown)
In the 24th century, a lunar rover and lunar excursion module were exhibited at the UFP Aerospace Museum-Smithsonian Annex at Tranquility Base on Luna. (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth)
In 2369, the Apollo 11 mission was recreated with a replica Saturn V and capsule to celebrate the Apollo 11 400th anniversary. (Star Trek Magazine Issue 162: "Blast Off!")
In the 2370s, a functional gyroscope from the Apollo missions was displayed at Tillingham's antique store at Jupiter Station. (Last Unicorn RPG - Starfleet Academy module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth)
In 2373, one of Tuvok's visions of suspending someone over a cliff was on Earth while a radio broadcast news about an Apollo mission. (VOY novelization: Flashback)
In 2373, Gariff Lucsly saw a photo at Griffin Observatory of Alan Shepard during the Apollo 14 mission. (VOY - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Almost... But Not Quite")
In 2383, a catastrophic warp drive malfunction aboard the USS Protostar reminded Hologram Janeway of the crisis faced by the Apollo 13 astronauts. (PRD episode: "Time Amok")
Apollo astronauts[]
- Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)
- William Anders (Apollo 8)
- Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11)
- Alan Bean (Apollo 12)
- Frank Borman (Apollo 8)
- Eugene Cernan (Apollo 10, 17)
- Pete Conrad (Apollo 12)
- Roger B. Chaffee (Apollo 1)
- Michael Collins (Apollo 11)
- Steve Cory (Apollo X)
- Charles Duke (Apollo 16)
- Joe Engle (Apollo 17)
- Ronald Evans (Apollo 17)
- Richard Gordon (Apollo 12)
- Gus Grissom (Apollo 1)
- Fred Haise (Apollo 13)
- James Irwin (Apollo 15)
- James Lovell (Apollo 8, 13)
- Ken Mattingly (Apollo 16)
- James McDivitt (Apollo 9)
- Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)
- Stuart Roosa (Apollo 14)
- Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17)
- Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9)
- David Scott (Apollo 9, 15)
- Alan Shepard (Apollo 14)
- Thomas Stafford (Apollo 10)
- John Swigert (Apollo 13)
- Ed White (Apollo 1)
- Alfred Worden (Apollo 15)
- John Young (Apollo 10, 16)
Lunar landing sites[]
- Apollo 11: Sea of Tranquility
- Apollo 12: Ocean of Storms
- Apollo 14: Fra Mauro
- Apollo 15: Hadley Rille
- Apollo 16: Descartes Mountains
- Apollo 17: Taurus-Littrow
Appendices[]
External links[]
- Apollo program article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Apollo program article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.