Three phases of the space program:
- Mercury: from 1961 to 1963. The objective was to determine if humas could survive in space. This phase consisted on six missions, launching single astronauts into space in the Mercury spacecraft. In the end they spent up to 34 hours in space.
- Gemini: from 1965 to 1966. In the Gemini spacecraft two astronauts were able to maneuver in space. This phase consisted of 10 missions in which they spent long periods of time on space, learning how to live in space for two weeks, the time necessary to go to the Moon and return to Earth.
- Apollo: from 1967 to 1972. Apollo's objective was to land men on the Moon, exploring it and returning safe to Earth. After various unsuccesful attemps, Apollo 11 succedes carrying the first men to the Moon. They spent hours walking there.
Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon. True
They were the two astronauts in Apollo 11 that walked in the surface of the moon while Michael Collins orbited it on the command module. This took place on July 20, 1969. They walked for three hours, made experiments, picked up rocks and dust, put a flag and left a sign.
No astronaut has died in the space program. False
The Apollo 1 claimed the lives of three astronauts as a fire started on January 27, 1967.
