The Apollo program, also known as the Apollo program, is a series of manned space missions conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1961 to 1972. The mission goal is to complete manned landing on the moon and return safely. Earth. In 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft accomplished this goal, and Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.
The program reached its peak in 1972 with the Apollo 17 moon landing. Costing a total of $25.8 billion, or about $257 billion in 2020 dollars, the program employed 400,000 Americans at its peak and was supported by more than 20,000 businesses and universities. A total of six spacecrafts carried 12 astronauts to the lunar surface. It was the only time humans walked on another celestial body, and no one has ever left Earth's orbit since.
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