Mission Moon
Facts about MoonSize and Distance Diameter of Moon 3476 KM
Earth Diameter 12742 KM Volume of Moon 2.195 x10^10 KM3
2% of the Earth Earth equals 50 Moons
Mass of Moon 7.347x 10^22 kg 1.2% of Earth Earth equals 81 Moons
Distance Varies from 4,06,697 km to 3,56,410 KM
Mission sent to Moon
Luna 1 First Mission on
Moon by USSR Jan 2nd , 1959 Impact Moon Missed the Moon
Mission Sent on Moon
Luna 2 Second Mission on
Moon by USSR Sept12th, 1959 Impact Moon Worlds First Lunar
Impact
Luna 3
Luna 3 Third Mission on
Moon by USSR Oct 4th , 1959 Fly By around
Moon First Photo of
Moon’s Far Side
Luna 4
Luna 3 Third Mission on
Moon by USSR April 2nd ,1963 Moon Landing Missed the Moon
by 8500 kms
Luna 5
Luna 5 Third Mission on
Moon by USSR May 9th, 1965 Moon Landing Crashed into the
Moon
Luna 6
Luna 6 Third Mission on
Moon by USSR June 8th, 1965 Moon Landing Missed Moon by
160000 kms
Luna 7
Luna 7 Third Mission on
Moon by USSR Oct 4th, 1965 Moon Landing Crashed into the
Moon
Luna 8
Luna 8 Third Mission on
Moon by USSR Dec 3rd, 1965 Moon Landing Crashed during
Landing Attempt
Luna 9
Luna 8 Third Mission on
Moon by USSR Jan 31st, 1966 Moon Landing World’s First Soft
Landing on Moon on 3rd Feb, 1966
Luna 10
Luna 10 March 31st, 1966 Lunar Orbitting Entered Moon’s
Orbit on April 3rd and orbitted for 56 days
American Lunar Mission
Apollo 8 Dec 21st, 1968 Frank Borman, Jim
Lovell, William A. Anders
First Human Lunar Orbit
Apollo 10
May 18th, 1969 Thomas P.
Stafford, John W. Young, Eugene Cernan
Second Human Lunar Orbit
Dress Rehearsal of landing on Moon
Apollo 11 – The Moon ConquerorThe first Human Landing
July 16th , 1969 Neil Armstrong,
Michael Collins, Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin
First Human Landing on Moon
Landed on July 20th
First Man on Moon
First man on Moon DOB Aug 5th 1930 One Extra
Vehicular Activity (EVA)
Spent 2.5 hrs on the Surface of Moon
First Space flight on Gemini 8, 1966
Second Man on Moon
Second Man on Moon
DOB Jan 20th,1930 Pilot of Lunar
Module of Apollo 11
Stepped on Moon minutes after Neil
Apollo XII – Second Human Landing on Moon Launched on 14th
Nov, 1969 4 mths after Apollo XI
Crew Members Charles Conrad, Jr. ; Richard F Gordon, Jr. ; Alan L. Bean
Landed on 19th Nov, 1969
Crew Members of Apollo XIILeft to right: Conrad, Gordon, Bean
Apollo XIII – A Failed Mission Launched on April 11th
1970 Could not land on
Moon because of Onboard explosion, safely return back on 15th April, 1970
Crew: James A. Lovell, Jr. ; John L. Swigert ; Fred W. Haise, Jr.
Crew Member of Apollo XIIILeft to right: Lovell, Mattingly, Haise.
Apollo XIV – Third Human Landing on Moon Launched on
January 31st, 1971, landed on moon on 5th Feb, 1971
Crew :Alan B. Shepard, Jr ; Stuart A. Roosa :Edgar D. Mitchell
Returned back on 9th Feb, 1971
Crew MembersLeft to right: Roosa, Shepard, Mitchell
Appolo XV- Fourth Human Landing on Moon Mission Launched on
July 26th ,1971, landed on 30th July
Crew Members: David R. Scott ; Alfred M. Worden ; James B. Irwin
Stayed on Moon for almost 3 days
Returned back on August7th 1971
Crew MembersLeft to right: Scott, Worden, Irwin
Apollo XVI – 5th Human Landing on Moon Launched on April 16th
1972, landed on 21st April, 1972
Crew :John W. Young ; T. Kenneth Mattingly Jr. ; Charles M. Duke Jr. .
Stayed on Moon for 3 days and spent 20 hrs on EVA
Returned Back on April 27th 1972
Crew MembersLeft to right: Mattingly, Young, Duke
Apollo XVII – 6th &THE LAST Human Landing on Moon
Launched on Dec 7th , 1972 &landed on Dec 11th
Crew :Eugene A. Cernan ; Ronald E. Evans ; Harrison H. Schmitt
Stayed on Moon for 3days and EVA for 22 hrs
Returned back on Dec 19th, 1972
Crew MembersLeft to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), Evans
The Last Man on MOON
Born on 14th March, 1934
Last Man on Moon Spent 23 days 14
hours and 15 minutes in space
Participated in Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17 Missions
Our own Chandrayaan1
Launched on October 22, 2008
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
From Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
4th November Landed on Moon
Mission Duration 312 days
Chandrayaan 1
Missions Accomplishments: To construct the complex spacecraft with 11 scientific
instruments. To place the spacecraft in a circular orbit around the
Moon by orbit raising manoeuvres from a near Earth orbit.
To place the Flag of India on the Moon. To carry out imaging operations and to collect data on
the mineral content of the lunar soil. To set up a deep space tracking network and
implement the operational procedures for travel into deep space.
Chandrayaan 1
Data From Chandrayaan suggests the availabilty of water on Moon
Chandrayaan also discovers Large Caves, these caves can be human shelter on Moon
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