(takes about 4 days to get to moon)

--goal set by President John F. Kennedy (May 1961)

--cost 25 billion dollars

--Apollo 1 (failed): fire erupted and 3 astronauts died; Jan 1967

--Apollo 7: first manned Apollo flight;

11 day mission

--Apollo 11: lunar landing 7/16/69;

"The Eagle has landed";

Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins;

stayed 2 hours, 13 minutes

--Apollo 13: oxygen tank exploded, so

no landing (movie)

--Apollo 15: