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ARCC - Apollo Remembrance and Celebration Calendar
01-01
02-01
03-01 1967 - Apollo 1. Command module 7. 12-3-2020

removed from altitude chamber.
1969 - Apollo 9 Rollout. Space 7. 11-3-2020

vehicle and MLP #2 transferred to
launch complex 39A.
1972 - Apollo 16. CSM #113 7. 10-3-2020

integrated systems test completed.
On pad.
04-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn V instrument 7. 12-3-2020

unit #503 delivered to KSC.
1970 - Mission Apollo 20 was Launch vehicle needed 1. 5-3-2020

cancelled. Scheduled for December to launch Skylab.
1972. Crew: CDR Pete Conrad or
Stuard Roosa, CMP Paul Weitz,
LMP Jack Lousma.
1972 - Apollo 16. LM #11 combined 7. 10-3-2020

systems test completed. On pad.
05-01 1930 - Birth of Edward Galen "Ed" (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Givens Jr. was on the support
crew of Apollo 7, but
died in a car crash near
Houston, Texas on
June 6, 1967.
1970 - Apollo 13. CSM #109 7. 10-3-2020

On pad.
LM #7 combined systems test
completed. On pad.
2018 - Death of John Watts Young. Info: see birth 2.3. 7-3-2020
September 24.
06-01 1967 - Apollo 1. Spacecraft mated to 7. 12-3-2020

launch vehicle at Cape Kennedy
Launch Complex 34. Various tests
and equipment installations and
replacements performed.
1968 - Apollo 8. BP-30 delivered to 7. 12-3-2020

KSC.
07-01 1969 - Apollo 11. LM ascent stage 7. 10-3-2020

#5 ready to ship from factory to KSC.

#5 delivered to KSC.
1971 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-IC stage 7. 10-3-2020

#9 RP-1 fuel loading completed.
09-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Lunar test article B 7. 12-3-2020

delivered to KSC.
10-01 1932 - Birth of Milton "Milt" Windler. Flight director. Maroon 3.4. 8-3-2020
Flight. Apollo missions
8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and
15.
1969 - Apollo 11. Spacecraft/LM 7. 10-3-2020

adapter #14 delivered to KSC.
11-01 1969 - Apollo 11. LM descent stage 7. 10-3-2020


1971 - Apollo 15. CM #112 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#112 ready to ship from factory to
KSC.

13-01
14-01 1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-IC stage 7. 10-3-2020

#9 erected on MLP #2.
1971 - Apollo 15. CM #112 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

15-01 1935 - Birth of Roger Bruce Chaffee. (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Selected as Pilot (third
seat) on Apollo 1, was
killed with Grissom and
White in the fire.
1936 - Birth of Seymour "Sy" Flight controller 3.4. 9-3-2020

Abraham Liebergot. EECOM. In 1970, he
was part of the team
that guided Apollo 13
back to Earth following
the explosion which
crippled the spacecraft.
He was also the one
that asked to stir the
cryotanks which
activated the explosion.
1969 - Apollo 11. CSM #107 quads 7. 10-3-2020

delivered to KSC.
16-01 2017 - Death of Eugene Andrew Info: see birth March 2.3. 8-3-2020
“Gene” Cernan. 14.
17-01 1969 - Apollo 10. CSM #106 altitude 7. 11-3-2020

tests completed.
18-01 1969 - Apollo 9. Space vehicle flight 7. 11-3-2020

readiness test completed. On pad.
1969 - Apollo 11. Saturn S-IVB stage 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 13. CSM #109 7. 10-3-2020

electrically mated to launch vehicle.
On pad.
1971 - Apollo 14. Space vehicle 7. 10-3-2020

countdown demonstration test (wet)
completed.
1971 - Apollo 15. CM #112 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#112 mated.
19-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Lunar test article B 7. 12-3-2020

mated to spacecraft/LM adapter.
1969 - Apollo 9. LM #3 flight 7. 11-3-2020



countdown demonstration test (dry)
completed.
20-01 1930 - Birth of Buzz Aldrin, born (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. Second-seat veteran on
Gemini 12, flew as
Lunar Module Pilot on
Apollo 11, the first
Moon landing.
1966 - Mission A-004. 15:17 GMT. LES test of maximum 1. 5-3-2020

weight, tumbling Block-I
CM.
1969 - Apollo 12. Individual and 7. 10-3-2020

combined CM and SM systems test
completed at factory.

overall test #1 (plugs in) completed.
On pad.
1970 - Apollo 14. LM ascent stage 7. 10-3-2020

#8 and descent stage #8 mated.
Saturn S-IVB stage #509 delivered to
KSC.
21-01 1967 - Apollo 4. S-II second stage The S-II development 3. 13-3-2020
delivered to KSC. was known to be about
a year behind schedule,
and the first flight-ready
stage did not make its
delivery in 1966.
1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-II stage 7. 10-3-2020

22-01 1968 - Mission Apollo 5. 22:48:09 First flight of LM; 1. 5-3-2020

UTC launch Saturn IB AS-204. successfully fired 3. 13-3-2020
Launch Complex 37B. descent engine and
ascent engine;
demonstrated "fire-in-
the-hole" landing abort
test.
Duration 11 hours, 10
minutes.
1969 - Apollo 11. CM #107 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.

systems test completed.
23-01 1968 - Apollo 5. 9:58 UTC 3. 13-3-2020

Deactivated. Uncontrolled reentry.
1969 - Apollo 11. CM #107 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

24-01 1968 - Apollo 5. Re-entry LM Ascent Burned up. 3. 13-3-2020

stage.
25-01
26-01
27-01 1967 - Deathly fire AS-204, renamed 3. 21-3-2020

Apollo 1, killing the crew. 7. 21-3-2020
1972 - Apollo 16. Space vehicle and 7. 10-3-2020

MLP #3 returned to VAB.
28-01 1991 - Death of Clifford Eugene Flight director. Info: see 3.4. 8-3-2020
“Cliff” Charlesworth. birth November 29.
29-01 1964 - Mission SA-5. 16:25 GMT First flight of live 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn I SA-5. Launch second stage. First
Complex 37B. orbital flight.
1969 - Apollo 11. CM #107 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#107 mated.
30-01 1971 - Apollo 14. Terminal 7. 16-3-2020

countdown started.
31-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn S-II stage #3 7. 12-3-2020

erected.
1968 - Apollo 9. LM #3 integrated 7. 11-3-2020

test at factory.
1971 - Mission Apollo 14. Duration: 09d 00h 1. 5-3-2020

21:03:02 GMT launch Saturn V (AS- 01m 58s. Successful 7. 16-3-2020
509). Launch Complex 39A. CM Kitty Fra Mauro landing.
Hawk, LM Antares. Crew: Alan Broadcast first color TV
Shepard, Stuart Roosa, Edgar images from lunar
Mitchell. surface. Conducted first
21:05:46 GMT S-IC/S-II separation materials science
command. experiments in space.
21:06:22 GMT Launch escape tower Conducted two surface
jettisoned. EVA.
21:12:22 GMT S-II/S-IVB separation
command.
21:14:52 GMT Earth orbit insertion.
23:31:26 GMT S-IVB 2nd burn
restart command.
23:37:35 GMT Translunar injection.
01-02 1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn S-IVB stage 7. 12-3-2020

#503 erected.
Saturn V instrument unit #503
erected.
1971 - Apollo 14. Day 2. 7. 16-3-2020

00:05:31 GMT CSM separated from
S-IVB.
00:16:55 GMT 1st docking attempt.
00:17:45 GMT 2nd docking attempt.
00:19:45 GMT 3rd docking attempt.
00:26:43 GMT 4th docking attempt.
01:59:58 GMT CSM docked with
LM/S-IVB.
02:50:16 GMT CSM/LM ejected from
S-IVB.
06:03:01 GMT S-IVB lunar impact
maneuver - APS ignition.
02-02 1970 - Apollo 14. CSM #110 7. 10-3-2020

combined systems test completed.
1971 - Apollo 14. Day 3. 7. 16-3-2020

03:39:09 GMT Midcourse correction
ignition (SPS).
03-02 1969 - Apollo 10. Launch vehicle 7. 11-3-2020

propellant dispersion/malfunction
overall test completed.
1969 - Apollo 12. Integrated CM and 7. 10-3-2020

SM systems test completed at
factory.
1971 - Apollo 14. Day 4. 7. 16-3-2020

15:12:03 GMT Equigravisphere.
04-02 1971 - Apollo 14. Day 5. 7. 12-3-2020. 16-3-

02:01:14 GMT Midcourse correction 2020
ignition (SPS).
06:59:42 GMT Lunar orbit insertion
ignition (SPS).
07:40:54 GMT Lunar impact S-IVB.
11:13:55 GMT Descent orbit
insertion ignition (SPS).
2016 - Death of Edgar Dean "Ed" Info: see birth 2.3. 8-3-2020
Mitchell. September 17.
05-02 1968 - Apollo 8. Boilerplate payload 7. 12-3-2020

(BP-30) and summary launch escape
system erected.
1971 - Apollo 14. Day 6. 7. 16-3-2020

04:50:43 GMT CSM/LM undocking
and separation ignition (SM RCS).
06:14:48 GMT CSM orbit
circularization ignition (SPS).
09:05:28 GMT LM powered descent
engine ignition (DPS).
09:18:11 GMT LM lunar landing (left
pad touchdown). Landing site Fra
Mauro 3.64530°S 17.47136°W.
14:42:13 GMT 1st EVA started (LM
cabin depressurization started).
17:51:00 GMT 1st ALSEP data
received on Earth.
19:30:03 GMT 1st EVA ended (cabin
pressurization started).
06-02 1968 - Apollo 6 Rollout to LC-39A. 3. 15-3-2020
1969 - Apollo 10. CSM #106 moved 7. 11-3-2020

to VAB.
Spacecraft erected.

1971 - Apollo 14. Day 7. 7. 16-3-2020

08:11:15 GMT 2nd EVA started
(cabin depressurization started).
12:45:56 GMT 2nd EVA ended
(cabin repressurization started).
18:48:42 GMT LM lunar liftoff ignition
(LM APS).
19:48 GMT LM 1st midcourse
correction.
20:03 GMT LM 2nd midcourse
correction.
20:35:52 GMT CSM/LM docked.
22:48:00 GMT LM ascent st age
jettisoned.
22:52:44 GMT CSM/LM final
separation ignition (SM RCS).
07-02 1932 - Birth of Alfred Merrill "Al" (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Worden. Command Module Pilot
on Apollo 15.
1971 - Apollo 14. Day 8. 7. 16-3-2020

00:17:18 GMT LM ascent stage
deorbit ignition (LM RCS).
impact on lunar surface.
01:39:04 GMT Transearth injection
ignition (SPS).
ignition (SM RCS).
08-02 1971 - Apollo 14. Day 9. 3. 16-3-2020

7. 16-3-2020
09-02 1971 - Apollo 14. Splashdown. Day

10.
20:35:44 GMT CM/SM separation.
20:51:04 GMT Communication
blackout started.
blackout ended.
21:05:00 GMT Splashdown (went to
apex-up). Landing site South Pacific
Ocean 27°1′S 172°39′W.
21:53 GMT Crew aboard recovery
ship USS New Orleans.
23:09 GMT CM aboard recovery
ship.

1972 - Apollo 16 Rollout #2. Space 7. 10-3-2020

vehicle and MLP #3 returned to
launch complex 39A.
10-02 1969 - Apollo 10. LM #4 combined 7. 11-3-2020

11-02 1969 - Apollo 9. Space vehicle 7. 11-3-2020

completed. On pad.
12-02 1968 - Apollo 5. Re-entry LM Falling into the Pacific 3. 13-3-2020

Descent stage. several hundred
kilometers southwest of
Guam.
1968 - Apollo 8. Launch vehicle 7. 12-3-2020

electrically mated.

completed. On pad.

13-02 1969 - Apollo 10. CSM #106 7. 11-3-2020

14-02 1967 - Apollo 4. CSM 017 was After Apollo 1 fire, CSM 3. 13-3-2020
removed from the stack for repair. was subjected to an
intensive inspection that
found a total of 1,407
errors in the spacecraft.
Repair required another
four months until it was
ready to be re-mated to
the rocket on June 20.

1972 - Apollo 16. CSM #113 7. 10-3-2020

integrated systems test repeated. On
pad.
15-02
16-02 1965 - Mission AS-103. 14:37 GMT Carried first Pegasus 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn I SA-9. Launch micrometeorite satellite
Complex 37B. (Pegasus A) in addition
to boilerplate CSM.
17-02 1969 - Apollo 11. CSM #107 7. 10-3-2020

LM #5 combined systems test
completed.
18-02 1969 - Apollo 12. LM #6 final 7. 10-3-2020

engineering evaluation acceptance
test at factory.
19-02

21-02 1967 - Planned Mission Apollo 1. Never launched. On 27 1. 5-3-2020

Saturn IB (AS-204). Launch Complex January 1967, a fire in
34 (planned). Crew: Gus Grissom, the command module
Ed White, Roger B. Chaffee. during a launch pad test
killed the crew and
destroyed the module.
This flight was originally
designated AS-204,
and was renamed to
Apollo 1 at the request
of the crew's families.

#6 erected.
1972 - Apollo 16. CSM #113 7. 10-3-2020

On pad.
22-02
23-02 1967 - Apollo 4. Assembly of Saturn Upon inspection, cracks 3. 13-3-2020

V AS-501 continued with S-II in were found in the liquid
place. hydrogen tank. These
were repaired, the third
stage and spacer
between the S-IC and
S-IVB were removed,
and assembly
continued with the S-II
on February 23.

On pad.
24-02 1970 - Apollo 13. LM #7 flight 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 16. LM #11 final 7. 10-3-2020

test at factory.
1972 - Apollo 16. LM #11 flight 7. 10-3-2020

25-02
26-02 1966 - Mission AS-201. 16:12 GMT First test of Saturn IB. 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn IB AS-201. Launch First flight of Block I
Complex 34. Apollo CSM. After a
suborbital flight the CM
landed in the Atlantic
Ocean demonstrating
the heat shield;
however a propellant
pressure loss caused
premature SM engine
shutdown.
1970 - Apollo 13. Space vehicle flight 7. 10-3-2020

27-02 1969 - Apollo 9. 7. 17-3-2020

03:00:00 GMT Terminal countdown
started.
15:30:00 GMT Decision made to
recycle countdown to T-42 hours due
to health of crew.
1969 - Apollo 10. CSM #106 7. 11-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. Saturn V 7. 10-3-2020

instrument unit #506 delivered to
KSC.
1971 - Apollo 14. Crew released 7. 16-3-2020

from quarantine.
28-02
29-02
01-03 1924 - Birth of Donald Kent "Deke" (Mercury Seven). 2.3. 7-3-2020
Slayton. NASA's Director of
Flight Crew Operations
during the Gemini and
Apollo programs was
Donald K. "Deke"
Slayton, one of the
original Mercury Seven
astronauts, who was
medically grounded in
September 1962 due to
a minor cardiac
arrythmia – paroxysmal
atrial fibrillation. Slayton
was responsible for
making all Gemini and
Apollo crew
assignments. In March
1972, Slayton was
restored to flight status,
and flew on the 1975
Apollo–Soyuz Test
Project mission.
1969 - Apollo 9. 07:30:00 GMT After interruption due to 7. 17-3-2020

Countdown resumed at T-42 hours. health issues on Feb
27.

03-03 1969 - Mission Apollo 9. Duration: 10d 01h 00m 1. 5-3-2020

16:00:00 GMT launch Saturn V (AS- 54s. First crewed flight 7. 17-3-2020
504). Launch Complex 39A. CM test of Lunar Module;
Gumdrop, LM Spider. Crew: James tested propulsion,
McDivitt, David Scott, Rusty rendezvous and
Schweickart. docking. EVA tested the
16:02:43 GMT S-IC/S-II separation Portable Life Support
command. System (PLSS).
16:03:18 GMT Launch escape tower
jettisoned.
command.
S-IVB (command).
LM/S-IVB.
S-IVB.
restart command.
20:47:07 GMT S-IVB intermediate
orbit insertion.
21:59:01 GMT 1st SPS ignition.
22:06:27 GMT S-IVB 3rd burn restart
command (Earth escape trajectory).
22:11:31 GMT S-IVB escape orbit
insertion.
04-03 1969 - Apollo 9. Day 2. 7. 17-3-2020

14:12:04 GMT 2nd SPS ignition.
17:17:39 GMT 3rd SPS ignition.
20:24:41 GMT 4th SPS ignition.

#6 erected.
05-03 1969 - Apollo 9. Day 3. 7. 17-3-2020

11:40 GMT LM transferred to internal
power.
13:00 GMT Landing gear deployed.
13:39:05 GMT CDR requested
private communication regarding
LMP illness.
19:00 GMT LM deactivated.
1969 - Apollo 10. Space vehicle 7. 11-3-2020 correct

overall test #1 (plugs in) completed. version pdf

#506 erected.
erected.
06-03 1927 - Birth of Leroy Gordon "Gordo" (Mercury Seven). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Cooper Jr. veteran of Mercury
Faith 7 and commander
of Gemini 5, was
replaced as Apollo 14
commander by Alan
Shepard and resigned
from NASA in 1970.
1969 - Apollo 9. Day 4. EVA: This was the only 7. 18-3-2020

14:00 GMT LM systems activated. EVA scheduled before 3. 18-3-2020
15:53 GMT CDR assessed LMP the lunar landing, and
condition as excellent. thus the only
16:46 GMT LM forward hatch open. opportunity to test the
16:59:02 GMT LMP started egress. PLSS in space. McDivitt
17:02:00 GMT CM side hatch open. initially canceled the
17:45 GMT LMP ingress started. EVA due to
17:48 GMT LM hatch closed. Schweickart's condition,
17:49:23 GMT CM side hatch but with the lunar
reported closed and locked. module pilot feeling
better, decided to allow
him to exit the LM, and
once he was there, to
move around the LM's
exterior using
handholds. Scott stood
in the CM's hatch; both
men photographed
each other and
retrieved experiments
from the exterior of their
vehicles.
07-03 1969 - Apollo 9. Day 5. 7. 18-3-2020

12:38 GMT Unsuccessful undocking
attempt. Capture latches failed to
release.
12:39:36 GMT CSM/LM reported
undocked.
13:47:35 GMT LM descent
propulsion phasing maneuver
ignition.
16:16:06 GMT LM coelliptic
sequence initiation maneuver
ignition. Approximate time of LM
descent stage jettison.
18:25:19 GMT 1st RCS midcourse
correction ignition.
jettisoned.
1969 - Apollo 9. Day 6. 7. 18-3-2020

08-03 1971 - Apollo 15. CSM #112 7. 10-3-2020

09-03
10-03 1969 - Apollo 9. Day 7. 18-3-2020



overall test #1 completed (for
unmanned mission).
1969 - Apollo 10 Rollout. Space 7. 11-3-2020 correct

vehicle and MLP #3 transferred to version pdf
launch complex 39B.
12-03 1923 - Birth of Walter M. “Wally” (Mercury Seven). Pilot 2.3. 7-3-2020
Schirra Jr. of Sigma 7 and
commander of Gemini
6A, was selected to
command a second
CSM test flight which
was canceled in late
1966, at which time he
was reassigned as
Grissom's backup.
Twenty-one months
after the Apollo 1 fire,
Schirra commanded the
first Block II CSM test
flight, Apollo 7. He was
the only member of the
"Mercury Seven" to fly
on all three programs.
13-03 1967 - Apollo 6. The S-IC first stage 3. 15-3-2020

arrived at KSC.
1969 - Apollo 9. Final Day 7. 18-3-2020

16:31:14 GMT 8th SPS ignition 3. 19-3-2020
(deorbit).
16:44:10 GMT Re-entry.
blackout started.
blackout ended.
apex-up). Landing site North Atlantic
Ocean 23°15′N 67°56′W.
17:49:33 GMT Crew aboard recovery
ship USS Guadalcanal.
ship.
14-03 1928 - Birth of Frank Frederick (Astronaut Group 2). 2.3. 7-3-2020
Borman II. Commander of Gemini
7, selected to command
a higher Earth orbit test
of the complete Apollo
spacecraft. But when
delays prevented the
LM from being ready in
time for its first flight in
December 1968,
Borman's mission was
changed to the first
lunar orbital flight of the
CSM on Apollo 8.
1934 - Birth of Eugene Andrew (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020

“Gene” Cernan. Second-seat veteran on
Gemini 9A, flew as
Lunar Module Pilot on
Apollo 10, and
commanded the final
lunar landing mission
Apollo 17.
15-03 1932 - Birth of Alan LaVern Bean. (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Flew as Lunar Module
Pilot on Apollo 12. He
later served as
Commander for Skylab
3.
1971 - Apollo 15. LRV #1 delivered 7. 10-3-2020

to KSC.
16-03 1932 - Birth of Ronnie Walter (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Cunningham. Flew third seat on
Apollo 7.


#8 RP-1 fuel loading completed. On
pad.
17-03 1930 - Birth of James Benson "Jim" (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Irwin. Lunar Module Pilot on
Apollo 15.
1936 - Birth of Thomas Kenneth (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020

“Ken” Mattingly II. Selected as prime
Command Module Pilot
for Apollo 13, Mattingly
was exposed to
German measles days
before the flight and
was grounded by the
flight surgeon, though
ultimately did not
contract the disease.
He swapped places
with his backup and
flew on Apollo 16. He
also flew on STS-4 and
STS-51-C.
1967 - Apollo 6. S-IVB and S-IU erected in the VAB four 3. 15-3-2020
delivered at KSC. days later, with the S-
S-IC erected with S-IVB and S-IU IVB third stage and
and substitute spacer for S-II. Instrument Unit
computer arriving the
same day. The S-II
second stage was two
months behind them
and so was substituted
with a dumbbell-shaped
spacer so testing could
proceed. This had the
same height and mass
as the S-II along with all
the electrical
connections.

factory.
1972 - Apollo 17. CM #114 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.
18-03 1968 - Apollo 7. Individual and 7. 12-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. CSM #107 altitude 7. 10-3-2020

test with prime crew completed.
2020 - Death of Al Worden. Info: see birth February 3. 19-3-2020

7.
19-03

pad.
21-03 1969 - Apollo 11. LM #5 altitude test 7. 10-3-2020

with prime crew completed.
22-03 1969 - Apollo 9. 03:45 GMT 7. 18-3-2020

Abandoned LM descent stage re-
entry.
1969 - Apollo 12. LM descent stage 7. 10-3-2020

23-03 1912 - Birth of Wernher von Braun. 3. 19-3-2020


tests completed.

#6 and LM descent stage #6
delivered to KSC.
1972 - Apollo 17. CM #114 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

Spacecraft/LM adapter #21 delivered
to KSC.
25-03 1928 - Birth of James Arthur “Jim” (Astronaut Group 2).
Lovell Jr. Second-seat veteran of
Gemini 7, and
commander of Gemini
12, flew as Command
Module Pilot (second
seat) on Apollo 8. Lovell
became the first to fly a
second Apollo mission
as commander of
Apollo 13, the third
lunar landing attempt.
This mission was
unsuccessful, due to a
Service Module
electrical system failure
caused by an oxygen
tank explosion. Lovell
and his crew managed
to return to Earth safely.
1968 - Apollo 8. Space vehicle pull 7. 12-3-2020

test completed (for unmanned
mission).
1969 - Apollo 11. LM #5 altitude tests 7. 10-3-2020

completed.

completed. On pad.

completed. On pad.
27-03 1969 - Apollo 10. LM #4 flight 7. 11-3-2020 correct

readiness test completed. On pad. version pdf

1969 - Apollo 12. CM #108 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.
28-03 1963 - Mission SA-4. 20:11 GMT Test premature 1. 5-3-2020

launch Saturn I SA-4. Launch shutdown of a single S-I
Complex 34. engine.
1968 - Apollo 7. Saturn S-IB stage 7. 12-3-2020

delivered to KSC.
1969 - Apollo 10. Emergency egress 7. 11-3-2020 correct

test completed. On pad. version pdf
1969 - Apollo 12. CM #108 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

1972 - Apollo 17. CM #114 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#114 mated.
29-03
30-03 1966 - Saturn V SA-500F was first F stands for “Facilities 3. 11-3-2020
stacked on Mobile Launcher 1 in the Integration Vehicle”.
Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay
1 up to the Instrument Unit.

completed. On pad.
31-03 1970 - Apollo 14. Spacecraft/LM 7. 10-3-2020


completed. On pad.
01-04 1968 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 8. 193 hours. 1. 5-3-2020

LTA-8 (Lunar Module). Crew: N/A.
02-04 1969 - Apollo 12. CM #108 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#108 mated.

03-04 1926 - Birth of Virgil Ivan "Gus" (Mercury Seven). Pilot 2.3. 7-3-2020
Grissom of Liberty Bell 7 and
commander of the first
crewed Gemini mission,
Grissom was selected
in 1966 as Command
Pilot for the first crewed
mission, Apollo 1, a low
Earth orbit test of the
Block I
Command/Service
Module. This mission
ended a month before
its scheduled launch
when a cabin fire on the
launch pad killed
Grissom and his entire
crew—Ed White and
Roger Chaffee—on
January 27, 1967.
According to Slayton,
Grissom would have
been his choice to be
the first to walk on the
Moon.
04-04 1968 - Mission Apollo 6. Second flight of Saturn 1. 5-3-2020

12:00:01 UTC launch Saturn V AS- V; severe "pogo" 3. 13-3-2020
502. Launch Complex 39A. vibrations caused two
(SM identifiable by its white-painted second-stage engines
service module.) to shut down
21:57:21 UTC Splashdown. Landing prematurely, and third
site North Pacific Ocean 27°40′N stage restart to fail. SM
157°55′W. Recovered by USS engine used to achieve
Okinawa. high-speed re-entry,
though less than Apollo
4. NASA identified
vibration fixes and
declared Saturn V man-
rated.
05-04
06-04 1971 - Apollo 15. LM #10 altitude 7. 10-3-2020

tests completed.

delivered to KSC.
1990 - Death of Ronald Ellwin Evans Info: see birth 2.3. 8-3-2020
Jr. November 10.

overall test #2 completed (for
unmanned mission).

factory.

tests completed.
10-04 1968 - Apollo 8. Decision made to 7. 12-3-2020

de-erect boilerplate payload (BP-30)
for service propulsion system skirt
modifications.
1970 - Apollo 13. 05:00:00 GMT 7. 16-3-2020

Terminal countdown started at T-28
hours.
11-04 1968 - Apollo 7. Saturn S-IB 7. 12-3-2020

instrument unit delivered to KSC.
19:13:00 UTC launch Saturn V (AS- 54m 41s. Intended Fra 3. 16-3-2020
508). Launch Complex 39A. CM Mauro landing 7. 16-3-2020
Odyssey, LM Aquarius. Crew: James cancelled after SM
Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise. oxygen tank exploded.
19:15:44 GMT S-IC/S-II separation LM used as "lifeboat"
command. for safe crew return.
19:16:21 GMT Launch escape tower First S-IVB stage
jettisoned. impact on Moon for
19:18:30 GMT S-II center (or active seismic test.
"inboard") engine cutoff (S-II engine
#5 cutoff 132.36 seconds early).
command.
restart command.
S-IVB.
LM/S-IVB.
S-IVB.
12-04 1970 - Apollo 13. Day 2. 7. 16-3-2020

01:12:59 GMT S-IVB lunar impact
08:55:33 GMT 2nd S-IVB
transposition maneuver (unplanned)
initiated by launch vehicle digital
computer.
13-04 1970 - Apollo 13. Day 3. 7. 16-3-2020

ignition (SPS) - transfer to hybrid
non-free return trajectory.
17:18:05 GMT Cryogenic oxygen
tank #2 quantity gauge indicated "off-
scale high," of over 100% (probably
due to shortcircuit). First indication of
a problem.
14-04 1969 - Apollo 11. CSM #107 moved 7. 10-3-2020

to VAB.
Spacecraft erected.
1970 - Apollo 13. Day 4. 7. 16-3-2020

03:05:58 GMT CAPCOM (Jack
Lousma): "13, we've got one more
item for you, when you get a chance.
We'd like you to stir up your cryo
tanks. In addition, I have shaft and
trunnion..."
03:08:20 GMT CMP: "Okay,
Houston, we've had a problem here."
03:08:20 GMT CAPCOM: "This is
Houston. Say again, please."
03:08:28 GMT CDR: "Houston,
we've had a problem. We've had a
main B bus undervolt."
03:22:07 GMT CDR: "...It looks to
me, looking out the hatch, that we
are venting something. We are
venting something out into the - into
space."
05:53:00 GMT CSM systems
powered down. LM systems powered
up.
ignition to free-return trajectory (LM
DPS).
10:03 GMT LM systems powered
down.
15-04 1970 - Apollo 13. Day 5. 7. 12-3-2020. 16-3-

00:21:35 GMT Lunar occultation 2020
entered.
00:46:10 GMT Lunar occultation
exited.
01:09:39 GMT S-IVB Lunar impact.
01:13 GMT LM systems powered up.
ignition (LM DPS).
down.

16-04 1970 - Apollo 13, Day 6. 7. 16-3-2020

04:03 GMT LM systems powered up.
ignition (LM DPS).
down.
11:18 GMT LM power transferred to
CSM.
1972 - Mission Apollo 16. 17:54 GMT Duration: 11d 01h 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn V (AS-511). Launch 51m 05s. Landing in 3. 9-3-2020
Complex 39A. CM Casper, LM Descartes Highlands.
Orion. Crew: John Young, Ken Conducted 3 lunar
Mattingly, Charles Duke. EVAs and one deep
21:15:53 UTC Docking LM. space EVA.
17-04 1970 - Apollo 13. Final Day 7. 3. 16-3-2020

08:48 GMT LM systems powered up. 7. 16-3-2020
ignition (LM RCS).
13:14:48 GMT SM separation.
13:28 GMT SM photographed.
15:23 GMT CM powered up.
16:43:00 UTC LM jettisoned.
18:07:41 UTC Splashdown. Landing
site South Pacific Ocean 21°38′24″S
165°21′42″W.
ship USS Iwo Jima.
ship.
1972 - Apollo 16 Day 2.

1972 - Apollo 16 Day 3.

1972 - Apollo 16 Day 4. 3. 9-3-2020

20:22:27 UTC Lunar Orbit Insertion. 7. 12-3-2020
21:02:04 GMT S-IVB Lunar impact.
20-04 1972 - Apollo 16 Day 5. 3. 9-3-2020

18:07:31 UTC Undocking LM.
21-04 1969 - Apollo 12. CSM #108 7. 10-3-2020

Saturn S-II stage #7 delivered to
KSC.
1972 - Apollo 16 Day 6. 3. 9-3-2020

02:23:35 UTC Lunar landing.
22-04 1969 - Apollo 11. CSM #107 7. 10-3-2020

1972 - Apollo 16 Day 7.
23-04 1972 - Apollo 16 Day 8.
24-04 1967 - The official Apollo mission The failed first crewed 3. (Apollo 4) 13-3-2020
numbering scheme approved by flight was
Mueller. asynchronously
designated Apollo 1 in
honor of the crew
widows' wishes.
Although three
uncrewed Saturn IB
flights already occurred,
only two contained an
Apollo spacecraft (AS-
203 carried only the
aerodynamic nose
cone). Accordingly,
Mueller resumed the
numbering sequence at
Apollo 4.
1972 - Apollo 16 Day 9. 3. 9-3-2020

01:25:47 UTC Ascent Lunar surface.
03:35:18 UTC Docking LM ascent
stage.
20:54:12 UTC Undocking LM ascent
stage.
25-04 1962 - Mission SA-2. 14:00 GMT Dummy upper stages 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn I SA-2. Launch released 22,900 U.S.
Complex 34. gallons (86,685 l) of
water into upper
atmosphere, to
investigate effects on
radio transmission and
changes in local
weather conditions.
1968 - Apollo 6. S-IVB re-entered 3 weeks after mission 3. 15-3-2020

atmosphere. splashdown.

hypergolic fuel loading completed.
On pad.
1972 - Apollo 16 Day 10. 3. 9-3-2020

02:15:33 UTC Departure Lunar Orbit.
26-04 1972 - Apollo 16 Day 11.
27-04 1968 - Apollo 8. C mission changed 7. 12-3-2020

to C prime mission.

service arm overall test completed.
1972 - Splashdown of Apollo 16. 3. 9-3-2020

19:45:05 UTC. Recovered by USS
Ticonderoga. Landing site South
Pacific Ocean 0°43′S 156°13′W. Day
12 of the mission.
28-04 1968 - Apollo 8. Spacecraft/LM 7. 12-3-2020

adapter #11, instrument unit #503
and Saturn S-IVB stage #503 de-
erected.
1971 - Apollo 15. LRV #1 installed. 7. 10-3-2020
29-04 1968 - Apollo 7. Integrated CM and 7. 12-3-2020

factory.
1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn S-II stage #3 7. 12-3-2020

de-erected.
30-04

departed for Mississippi Test Facility
for man-rating tests.


KSC.
02-05 1966 - Saturn V SA-500F. The See March 30, 1966. 3. 11-3-2020
Apollo Command/Service Module
facilities verification boilerplate was
added to the stack.

pad.

2007 - Death of Walter Marty “Wally” Info: see birth March 2.3. 7-3-2020
Schirra Jr. 12.
04-05
05-05 1968 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 9. 84 hours simulation 1. 5-3-2020

LTA-8 (Lunar Module). Crew: Jim time.
Irwin, Gerald Gibbons, Glennon
Kingsley, Joseph Gagliano.

completed. On pad.
1969 - Apollo 11. CSM #107 7. 10-3-2020


completed. On pad.


1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn V 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.


factory.

KSC.
08-05 1969 - Apollo 12. Saturn V 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.
1971 - Apollo 15. CSM #112 moved 7. 10-3-2020

to VAB.
Spacecraft erected.

09-05 1931 - Birth of Vance DeVoe Brand. (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Was on the support
crew for Apollo 8 and
Apollo 13; was named
as Apollo 15 backup
Command Module Pilot.
Flew as CMP on the
Apollo–Soyuz Test
Project. After Apollo, he
also flew as
commander of STS-5,
STS-41-B and STS-35.
1972 - Apollo 17. CSM #114 7. 10-3-2020

10-05
11-05 1971 - Apollo 15 Rollout. Space 7. 10-3-2020
launch complex 39A.

#12 delivered to KSC. 7. 10-3-2020
12-05 1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-II stage 7. 10-3-2020

#9 erected.
13-05 1964 - Mission A-001. 13:00 GMT LES transonic test, 1. 5-3-2020
launch Little Joe II. success except for
parachute failure.

#509 erected.

1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn V 7. 10-3-2020

instrument unit #509 erected.

1973 - Mission Skylab 1. 17:30 UTC Uncrewed launch of the 1. 7-3-2020

launch Saturn V (AS-513 minus S- Skylab space station.
IVB). Launch Complex 39A. Crew: The space station was
N/A. later crewed by
missions Skylab 2,
Skylab 3 and Skylab 4.

delivered to KSC.

16-05
17-05 1968 - Apollo 9. LM #3 final 7. 11-3-2020

test at factory.
1969 - Apollo 10. 01:00:00 GMT 7. 17-3-2020

Terminal countdown started.

systems test completed. On pad.
18-05 1969 - Mission Apollo 10. Day 1. Duration: 08d 00h 1. 5-3-2020
16:49:00 GMT launch Saturn V (AS- 03m 23s. "Dress 7. 17-3-2020
505). Launch Complex 39B. CM rehearsal" for lunar
Charlie Brown, LM Snoopy. Crew: landing. The LM
Thomas P. Stafford, John Young, descended to 8.4
Eugene Cernan. nautical miles (15.6 km)
16:51:42 GMT S-IC/S-II separation from lunar surface.
command.
jettisoned.
command.
restart command.
S-IVB (ignition).
LM/S-IVB.
S-IVB.
21:34:36 GMT S-IVB lunar slingshot
1969 - Apollo 13. LM #7 final 7. 10-3-2020

test at factory.
LM #7 integrated test at factory.

1971 - Apollo 15. CSM #112 7. 10-3-2020

On pad.

19-05 1965 - Mission A-003. 13:01 GMT. LES canard maximum 1. 5-3-2020
altitude abort test.
1969 - Apollo 10. Day 2. 7. 17-3-2020

ignition.

#12 erected.
20-05 1969 - Apollo 10. Day 3.

launch complex 39A.
21-05 1969 - Apollo 10. Day 4. 7. 17-3-2020

ignition.
23:40:03 GMT S-IVB closest
approach to lunar surface (set for
solar orbit).

#7 erected.
22-05 1969 - Apollo 10. Day 5. -The ascent stage was 7. 17-3-2020
01:14:08 GMT Lunar orbit loaded with the amount 3. 17-3-2020
circularization ignition. of fuel and oxidizer it
19:00:57 GMT CSM/LM undocked. would have had
20:35:01 GMT Descent orbit remaining if it had lifted
insertion ignition (SPS). off from the surface and
21:30:43 GMT LM closest approach reached the altitude at
to lunar surface. which the Apollo 10
23:33:49 GMT Anomalous motion of ascent stage fired; this
LM started. was only about half the
23:34:12 GMT LM in rapid roll. total amount required
23:34:16 GMT LM ascent for lift off and
stage/descent stage separated. rendezvous with the
23:34:25 GMT LM ascent stage CSM.
anomalous motion under control. -During descent stage
23:44:02 GMT Ascent orbit insertion separation, the lunar
ignition. module began to roll
unexpectedly because
the crew accidentally
duplicated commands
into the flight computer
which took the LM out
of abort mode, the
correct configuration for
this maneuver. The live
network broadcasts
caught Cernan and
Stafford uttering several
expletives before
regaining control of the
LM.
1969 - Apollo 11. Mobile service 7. 10-3-2020

structure transferred to launch
complex 39A.

#507 and Saturn V instrument unit
#107 erected.
23-05 1969 - Apollo 10. Day 6. 7. 17-3-2020

(lunar orbit).
(lunar orbit).
jettisoned.
1971 - Apollo 17. LM #12 final 7. 10-3-2020

test at factory.
24-05 1967 - Apollo 6. S-II delivered at 3. 15-3-2020

KSC.
1968 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 10. 288 hours simulation 1. 5-3-2020

LTA-8 (Lunar Module). Crew: N/A. time. Uncrewed, except
for Jim Irwin, Gerald
Gibbons, Glennon
Kingsley, Joseph
Gagliano on:
May 27, 1968–10
hours; May 29, 1968–
12 hours.
1969 - Apollo 10. Day 7. 7. 17-3-2020

ignition (SPS).
1961 - Kennedy’s proposal to put a “... I believe that this 3. (Apollo program) 21-
25-05 man on the moon before a joint nation should commit 3-2020
session of Congress. itself to achieving the
goal, before this decade
is out, of landing a man
on the Moon and
returning him safely to
the Earth. No single
space project in this
period will be more
impressive to mankind,
or more important in the
long-range exploration
of space; and none will
be so difficult or
expensive to
accomplish.”
1965 - Mission AS-104. 07:35 GMT Carried Pegasus B and 1. 5-3-2020

launch Saturn I SA-8. Launch boilerplate CSM.
Complex 37B.
1966 - Saturn V SA-500F Rollout. 3. 11-3-2020

Rolled out to Pad A.

test at factory.
1969 - Apollo 10. Day 8.

1973 - Mission Skylab 2. 13:00 GMT Duration: 28d 00h 1. 7-3-2020
launch Saturn IB (AS-206). Launch 49m 49s. First crew of
Complex 39B. Crew: CMD Pete the Skylab space
Conrad, Pilot Paul J. Weitz, Science station.
Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin.
26-05 1969 - Apollo 10. Final Day 9. 7. 17-3-2020

ignition.
blackout started.
blackout ended.
apex-up). Landing site Pacific Ocean
15°2′S 164°39′W.
ship USS Princeton.
ship.
2018 - Death of Alan LaVern Bean. Info: see birth March 2.3. 8-3-2020
15.
27-05
28-05 1964 - Mission AS-101. 17:07 GMT Tested first boilerplate 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn I SA-6. Launch Apollo command and
Complex 37B. service module (CSM)
for structural integrity.
29-05 1968 - Apollo 7. CM #101 and SM 7. 12-3-2020

KSC.

LTA-8 (Lunar Module). Crew: N/A. time. Uncrewed, except
for Jim Irwin, Gerald
Gibbons, Glennon
Kingsley, Joseph
Gagliano on:
May 31, 1968–9 hours;
June 1, 1968–14 hours.
1968 - Apollo 7. CM #101 and SM 7. 12-3-2020

31-05
01-06
02-06 1930 - Birth of Charles "Pete" (Astronauts Group 2). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Conrad Jr. Second-seat veteran of
Gemini 5 and
commander of Gemini
11, commanded Apollo
12, the second lunar
landing. He went on to
command Skylab 2,
successfully completing
repairs to the
spacecraft that saved it
for this and two
subsequent missions.

1969 - Apollo 11. LM #5 flight 7. 10-3-2020

readiness test completed.

to KSC.
03-06


electrical systems test completed.

LTA-8 (Lunar Module). Crew: Jim time.
Irwin, Gerald Gibbons, Glennon
Kingsley, Joseph Gagliano.
06-06 1932 - Birth of David Randolph Scott. (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Second-seat veteran of
Gemini 8, flew as
on Apollo 9, and
commanded the Apollo
15 lunar landing.
1967 - Death of Edward Galen "Ed" Car crash. Info: see 2.3. 8-3-2020
Givens Jr. birth January 5.


test with prime crew completed.
1971 - Apollo 15. CSM #112 7. 10-3-2020

On pad.
Saturn S-IVB instrument unit #512
delivered to KSC.
08-06 1966 - Saturn V SA-500F was rolled Though the ground 3. 11-3-2020
back from Pad A to the VAB crew supposed the
temporarily as Hurricane Alma rollback was more of an
passed. exercise than necessity
because winds
remained below critical
for the entire storm.



tests completed.

On pad.
10-06 1929 - Birth of James Alton McDivitt. (Astronaut Group 2). 2.3. 7-3-2020
Commander of Gemini
4, selected in late 1966
to command the first
Earth orbital flight test
of the Apollo Lunar
Module with the CSM.
This mission flew in
March 1969 as Apollo
9. After his flight,
McDivitt was promoted
to Manager of Lunar
Landing Operations,
and in August 1969 was
promoted to Manager of
the Apollo Spacecraft
Program.
1966 - Saturn V SA-500F returned to See June 6, 1966. 3 11-3-2020

Pad A after temporarily storage in
VAB due to hurricane.
1968 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 4. 29 hours of mission 1. 5-3-2020

2TV-1 (Block II). Crew: N/A. simulation.

test with backup crew completed.
1971 - Apollo 15. LM #10 flight 7. 10-3-2020

11-06 1968 - Apollo 7. CM #101 and SM 7. 12-3-2020

#101 mated.
12-06 1968 - Apollo 9. LM ascent stage #3 7. 11-3-2020

ready to ship from factory to KSC.

13-06 1969 - Apollo 12. LM #6 altitude test 7. 10-3-2020

with backup crew completed.


1993 - Death of Donald Kent "Deke" Info: see birth March 1. 2.3. 7-3-2020
Slayton.

delivered to KSC.
1968 - Apollo 9. LM ascent stage #3 7. 11-3-2020

delivered to KSC.

KSC.
LM descent stage #12 ready to ship
from factory to KSC.
15-06
16-06 1968 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 5. 177 hours of mission 1. 5-3-2020

2TV-1 (Block II). Crew: Joe Kerwin, simulation.
Vance Brand, Joe Engle.
1969 - Apollo 12. LM #6 altitude test 7. 10-3-2020

with prime crew completed.


1977 - Death of Wernher von Braun. 3. 19-3-2020

19-06 1968 - Apollo 7. CSM #101 7. 12-3-2020


tests completed.
20-06 1967 - Apollo 4. CSM 017 was re- Removed from stack on 3. 13-3-2020
mated to the rocket. February 14.
1969 - Apollo 12. Spacecraft moved 7. 10-3-2020

to VAB.
1972 - Apollo 17. Saturn S-IVB 7. 10-3-2020

21-06
22-06 1969 - Apollo 12. LM #6 landing gear 7. 10-3-2020

installed.
1970 - Apollo 14. LM #8 altitude tests 7. 10-3-2020

completed.

2005 - Death of M. P. (Pete) Frank. Flight director. Info: see 4.5. 8-3-2020
birth August 20.
23-06 1930 - Birth of Donn Fulton Eisele. (Astronaut 3). Flew 2.3. 8-3-2020
second seat on Apollo
7.
1967 - Apollo 5. LM-1 arrived at the 3. 15-3-2020

KSC.
1969 - Apollo 12. LM #6 mated to 7. 10-3-2020

spacecraft/LM adapter #15.

#512 erected.


#6 RP-1 fuel loading completed.
1969 - Apollo 13. CM #109 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.
LM descent stage #7 ready to ship
from factory to KSC.
26-06 1969 - Apollo 13. CM #109 and SM 7. 10-3-2020
1970 - Apollo 15. Saturn V 6. 10-3-2020

instrument unit #510 delivered to 7. 10-3-2020
KSC.

delivered to KSC from Mississippi
Test Facility.
1969 - Apollo 12. CSM #108 mated 7. 10-3-2020

to spacecraft/LM adapter #15.


29-06 1965 - Mission: Pad Abort Test 2. LES pad abort test of 1. 5-3-2020
13:00 GMT. near Block-I CM.


and descent stage #3 mated.
1969 - Apollo 12. CSM #108 moved NB: 20-3-1969: Apollo 7. 10-3-2020
to VAB. 12. Spacecraft moved
to VAB. ???
1969 - Apollo 13. CM #109 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#109 mated.

1969 - Apollo 12. Spacecraft erected. 7. 10-3-2020


completed.
03-07 1935 - Birth of Harrison Hagan (Astronaut Group 4). In 2.3. 8-3-2020
"Jack" Schmitt. 1970, he was selected
as Lunar Module Pilot
for the Apollo 15
backup crew, and prime
crew on Apollo 18.
When program
cutbacks canceled
missions 18 through 20,
NASA's lunar geological
community insisted on
having a geologist on
the Moon, so Slayton
reassigned Schmitt to
Apollo 17.

completed.
04-07
05-07 1966 - Mission AS-203. 14:53 GMT No Apollo spacecraft 1. 5-3-2020

launch Saturn IB AS-203. Launch carried; successfully
Complex 37B. verified restartable S-
IVB stage design for
Saturn V. Additional
testing designed to
rupture the tank
inadvertently destroyed
the stage.



pad.
07-07 1967 - Apollo 6. S-II stacked and 3. 15-3-2020

mated into the rocket. Replaced the
substitute spacer.
1969 - Apollo 12. CSM #108 7. 10-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 13. CSM #109 7. 10-3-2020

delivered to KSC.


Spacecraft/LM adapter #19 delivered
to KSC.
1999 - Death of Charles "Pete" Info: see birth June 2. 2.3. 8-3-2020
Conrad Jr.
09-07
10-07
11-07


completed. On pad.
14-07 1969 - Apollo 11. 21:00:00 GMT 7. 16-3-2020


completed. On pad.

1975 - Mission Apollo–Soyuz Test Duration: 09d 01h 1. 7-3-2020

Project. 12:20 GMT launch Saturn IB 28m. Final flight of both
(AS-210). Launch Complex 39B. Apollo and the Saturn
Crew: CDR Thomas P. Stafford, Pilot IB. Rendezvous and
Vance D. Brand, Science Pilot Deke docking with Soyuz 19
Slayton. spacecraft. The
inadvertent entry of
toxic gases into the
cabin atmosphere
created a potentially
life-threatening health
risk to the astronauts
during re-entry.
16-07 1969 - Mission Apollo 11. Duration: 08d 03h 1. 5-3-2020

13:32:00 GMT launch Saturn V (AS- 18m 35s. First crewed 3. 16-3-2020
506). Launch Complex 39A. CM landing in Sea of 7. 16-3-2020
Columbia, LM Eagle. Crew: Neil Tranquility; including a
Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin single surface EVA.
"Buzz" Aldrin.
13:34:42 GMT S-IC/S-II separation
command.
jettisoned.
command.
restart command.
S-IVB.
LM/S-IVB.
S-IVB.
18:12:01 GMT CSM/LM evasive
maneuver from S-IVB ignition.
1969 - Apollo 12. CSM #108 7. 10-3-2020

17-07 1969 - Apollo 11. Day 2. 7. 16-3-2020

ignition.


#8 erected.
18-07 1969 - Apollo 11. Day 3.

19-07 1969 Apollo 11. Day 4. 3. 16-3-2020

03:11:55 GMT Equigravisphere. 7. 16-3-2020
ignition.
20:14 GMT S-IVB closest approach
to lunar surface (set to solar orbit).
21:43:36 GMT Lunar orbit
circularization ignition.

1969 - Apollo 11. Day 5. 3. 16-3-2020

17:44:00 GMT CSM/LM undocked. 7. 16-3-2020
19:08:14 GMT LM descent orbit
insertion ignition (LM SPS).
engine ignition.
20:10:22 GMT LM 1202 alarm.
20:11:02 GMT LM 1202 alarm.
20:14:18 GMT LM 1201 alarm.
20:14:43 GMT LM 1202 alarm.
20:14:58 GMT LM 1202 alarm.
20:17:39 GMT LM Lunar landing.
Landing site Tranquility Base, Mare
Tranquillitatis 0.67408°N
23.47297°E.

factory.
1969 - Apollo 11. Day 6. 3. 16-3-2020

02:39:33 GMT EVA started (hatch 7. 16-3-2020
open).
02:56:15 GMT 1st step taken lunar
surface (CDR). “That’s one small
step for a man…one giant leap for
mankind.”
03:48:30 GMT Presidential message
from White House and response
from CDR.
05:11:13 GMT EVA ended (hatch
closed).
17:54:00 GMT LM lunar liftoff ignition
(LM APS).
20:50:30 GMT LM 1st midcourse
correction.
21:05:30 GMT LM 2nd midcourse
correction.
jettisoned.
1998 - Death of Alan Bartlett Info: see birth 2.3. 7-3-2020

Shepard Jr. November 18.
22-07 1969 - Apollo 11. Day 7. 3. 16-3-2020

04:55:42 GMT Transearth injection 7. 16-3-2020
ignition (SPS).
ignition.

23-07 1969 - Apollo 11. Day 8.

re-erected.
1969 - Apollo 11. Final day 9. 3. 16-3-2020

16:21:12 GMT CM/SM separation. 7. 16-3-2020
apex-down). Landing site North
Pacific Ocean 13°19′N 169°9′W.
ship USS Hornet.
19:50 GMT CM lifted from water.
1971 - Apollo 15 Terminal 7. 10-3-2020

countdown was picked up at T-28
hours at 23:00:00 GMT.
25-07 1972 - Apollo 17. LM #12 altitude 7. 10-3-2020

tests completed.
26-07 1966 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 1. Flight time of 94 hours. 1. 5-3-2020

Spacecraft 008 (Block 1). Crew: N/A.
1971 - Mission Apollo 15. 13:34 GMT Duration: 12d 07h 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn V (AS-510). Launch 11m 53s. Landing at 3. 10-3-2020
Complex 39A. CM Endeavour, LM Hadley–Apennine. First 7. 10-3-2020
Falcon. Crew: David Scott, Alfred extended LM, three-day
Worden, James Irwin. lunar stay. First use of
13:36:41 GMT S-IC/S-II separation Lunar Roving Vehicle.
command. Conducted 3 lunar
13:43:10 GMT S-II/S-IVB separation surface EVAs and one
command. deep space EVA on
16:30:03 GMT TLI. return to retrieve orbital
17:07:49 UTC Docking LM. camera film from SM.
1971 - Apollo 16. CM #113 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.
27-07 1934 - Wernher von Braun was Thesis entitled "About 3. 19-3-2020
awarded a doctorate in physics from Combustion Tests"; his
the University of Berlin. doctoral supervisor was
Erich Schumann.
However, this thesis
was only the public part
of von Braun's work.
His actual full thesis,
Construction,
Theoretical, and
Experimental Solution
to the Problem of the
Liquid Propellant
Rocket (dated April 16,
1934) was kept
classified by the
German army, and was
not published until
1960.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 2. 7. 10-3-2020

18:14:22 GMT Midcourse correction.
28-07 1971 - Apollo 15 Day 3.

launch Saturn IB (AS-207). Launch 09m 34s. Second
Complex 39B. Crew: CMD Alan Skylab station crew.
Bean, Pilot Jack R. Lousma, Science Reaction Control
Pilot Owen K. Garriott. System thruster
malfunction nearly
necessitated a Rescue
Mission.

tests completed.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 4. 3. 10-3-2020

15:05:14 GMT Midcourse correction. 7. 10-3-2020
20:05:46 UTC Lunar Orbit Insertion.
20:58:42 GMT S-IVB impact on lunar
surface.
1971 - Apollo 16. CM #113 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

30-07 1965 - Mission AS-105. 13:00 GMT Carried Pegasus C and 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn I SA-10. Launch boilerplate CSM.
Complex 37B.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 5. 3. 10-3-2020

17:48 GMT CM/LM undocking failure 7. 10-3-2020
due to loose CM/LM umbilical.
engine ignition.

#508 erected.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 6. 6. 10-3-2020

13:13:17 GMT Start EVA 1. 7. 10-3-2020
13:52:31 GMT Lunar rover vehicle
(LRV) offloaded.
19:45:59 GMT End Eva 1.
01-08 1969 - Apollo 13. Saturn V 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 15 Day 7. 6. 10-3-2020

11:48:48 GMT Start EVA 2. 7. 10-3-2020
19:01:02 GMT End EVA 2.

02-08 1966 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 2. Flight time of 183 1. 5-3-2020

Spacecraft 008 (Block 1). Crew: hours.
Volunteers from MSC.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 8. For the first time, the 3. 10-3-2020
08:52:14 GMT Start EVA 3. lunar liftoff was seen on 6. 10-3-2020
13:42:04 GMT End EVA 3. Earth via the LRV 7. 10-3-2020
17:11:23 UTC Ascent Lunar surface. television camera.
19:10:25 UTC Docking LM Ascent
stage.
1971 - Apollo 16. CM #113 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#113 mated.

factory.
03-08 1969 - Apollo 11. 11:58:46 GMT 7. 16-3-2020

Passive seismic experiment turned
off.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 9. 3. 10-3-2020

01:04:01 UTC Undocking LM Ascent 7. 10-3-2020
stage.
04-08 1971 - Apollo 15 Day 10. 3. 10-3-2020

21:22:45 UTC TEI. 7. 10-3-2020
05-08 1930 - Birth of Neil Alden Armstrong. (Astronauts Group 2). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Commander of Gemini
8, commanded Apollo
11, becoming the first
human to set foot on
the Moon.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 11. EVA to retrieve camera 6. 10-3-2020

15:31:12 GMT. Start first Deep cassette. 7. 10-3-2020
Space EVA by Alfred Worden.
16:10:19 GMT End Transearth EVA.
06-08 1968 - Apollo 8. CSM #103 quads 7. 12-3-2020

delivered to KSC.
1971 - Apollo 15 Day 12.
07-08 1971 - Apollo 15 Day 13. 3. 10-3-2020

17:30:49 GMT Midcourse correction. 7. 10-3-2020
Splashdown of Apollo 15. 20:45:53
UTC. Recovered by USS Okinawa.
Landing site North Pacific Ocean
26°7′N 158°8′W. Day 13 of the
mission.
08-08 1991 - Death of James Benson "Jim" Info: see birth March 2.3. 8-3-2020
Irwin. 17.
vehicle moved to launch complex 34.
10-08 1969 - Apollo 11. Crew released 7. 16-3-2020

from quarantine.
11-08 1968 - Apollo 8. CM #103 and SM 7. 12-3-2020

KSC.
Service module #103 delivered to
KSC.

12-08 1968 - Apollo 8. CM #103 delivered 7. 12-3-2020

to KSC.
13-08 1972 - Apollo 17. LRV #3 installed. 7. 10-3-2020
14-08 1966 - Apollo 4. S-IVB stage 3. 13-3-2020

delivered to KSC.

#503 erected.
15-08 1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn V instrument 7. 12-3-2020

unit #503 erected.
16-08 1933 - Birth of Stuart Allen "Stu" (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Roosa. Command Module Pilot
on Apollo 14.
1968 - Apollo 8. Facility verification 7. 12-3-2020

vehicle erected.
17-08 1933 - Birth of Eugene Francis Flight director. White 3.4. 8-3-2020
“Gene” Kranz. Flight. Apollo missions
7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 and
17.

electrically mated.

18-08
19-08 1968 - Apollo 8. AS-503 designated 7. 12-3-2020

Apollo 8. Decision made to replace
LM with spacecraft/LM adapter and
lunar test article B.
1968 - Apollo 9. LM #3 reassigned to 7. 11-3-2020

Apollo 9.
20-08 1930 - Birth of M. P. (Pete) Frank. Flight director. Orange 4.5. 8-3-2020
Flight. Apollo missions
9, 12, 16 and 17. And
ASTP.

22-08 1968 - Apollo 8. CM #103 and SM 7. 12-3-2020

#103 mated.
1972 - Apollo 17. CSM #114 moved 7. 10-3-2020

to VAB


2TV-1 (Block II). Crew: N/A. time.
1972 - Apollo 17. Spacecraft moved 7. 10-3-2020

to VAB.
25-08 1966 - Mission AS-202. 17:15 GMT Longer duration 1. 5-3-2020

launch Saturn IB AS-202. Launch suborbital to Pacific
Complex 34. Ocean splashdown. CM
heat shield tested to
higher speed and
successful SM firings.
1969 - Apollo 14. LM #8 final 7. 10-3-2020

test at factory.
2012 - Death of Neil Alden Info: see birth August 5. 2.3. 8-3-2020
Armstrong.
26-08 1932 - Birth of Joe Henry Engle. (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
was originally named as
Apollo 17 Lunar Module
Pilot, but lost his slot to
Schmitt. After Apollo,
he flew in the Space
Shuttle Approach and
Landing Tests, then
commanded STS-2 and
STS-51-I.
1966 - Apollo 1. Command module 7. 12-3-2020

012 received at KSC. 3. 21-3-2020
1967 - Apollo 4 Rollout. From VAB to 3. 13-3-2020

Launch Pad 39A.
27-08 1968 - Apollo 7. CSM #101 7. 12-3-2020

On Pad.
1969 - Apollo 11. EASEP turned off 7. 16-3-2020

by ground command.
28-08 1963 - Mission QTV. 13:05 GMT Little Joe II qualification 1. 5-3-2020
launch Little Joe II. test.

launch complex 39A.

30-08 1931 - Birth of John Leonard “Jack” (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Swigert Jr. Flew as Mattingly's
backup on Apollo 13.
1968 - Apollo 7. CSM #101 7. 12-3-2020 Correct

electrically mated to launch vehicle. date in pdf
On pad.

factory.

tests completed.

to KSC.
02-09 1970 - Mission Apollo 18 was Budget cuts. 1. 5-3-2020

cancelled. Scheduled for February
1972. Crew: CDR Richard Gordon,
CMP Vance Brand, LMP Harrison
Schmitt.
1970 - Mission Apollo 19 was Budget cuts. 1. 5-3-2020

cancelled. Scheduled for July 1972.
Crew: CDR Fred Haise, CMP William
Pogue, LMP Gerald Carr.
03-09

2TV-1 (Block II). Crew: Military pilots time.
assigned to NASA.

overall test completed. On pad.
05-09 1968 - Apollo 8. CSM #103 7. 12-3-2020

06-09 1972 - LM #12 combined systems 7. 10-3-2020

test completed. On pad.
07-09 1942 - Birth of John W. Aaron. Flight controller 3.4. 9-3-2020. For date
EECOM. He is widely of birth:
credited with saving the https://www.facebook.c
Apollo 12 mission when om/goflightunsunghero
it was struck by es, post September 7,
lightning soon after 2017. Retrieved 9-3-
launch (try SCE to 2020
Aux), and also played
an important role during
the Apollo 13 crisis
(designed the
drastically-reduced
power budget for its
return).


launch complex 39A.
09-09
10-09 1944 - Birth of John Royer "Jack" Flight controller GUIDO. 3.4. 9-3-2020
Garman. Assisted during Apollo
11 in the Backroom,
recognised 1202 en
1201 program alarms,
advised GUIDO Steve
Bales to proceed.

complex 39A.
11-09 1972 - Apollo 17. CSM #114 7. 10-3-2020

On pad.

#S04 delivered to KSC.
12-09 1962 - Kennedy speaks at Rice “We choose to go to the 3. (Apollo program) 21-
University about moon program. Moon. We choose to go 3-2020
to the Moon in this Origineel:
decade and do the https://www.jfklibrary.or
other things, not g/asset-
because they are easy, viewer/archives/JFKPO
but because they are F/040/JFKPOF-040-001
hard; because that goal
will serve to organize
and measure the best
of our energies and
skills; because that
challenge is one that
we are willing to accept,
one we are unwilling to
postpone, and one we
intend to win.”
1966 - Apollo 4. S-IC first stage 3. 13-3-2020

delivered to KSC.

tests completed.
13-09 1971 - Apollo 16. CSM #113 7. 10-3-2020

14-09 1968 - Apollo 8. Facility verification 7. 12-3-2020

vehicle de-erected.
15-09 1968 - Apollo 8. BP-30 erected for 7. 12-3-2020

service arm checkout.

#10 erected.

#510 erected.
17-09 1930 - Birth of Thomas Patten “Tom” (Astronaut Group 2). 2.3. 7-3-2020
Stafford. Second-seat veteran of
Gemini 6A and
commander of Gemini
9A, commanded a lunar
orbital test of the Lunar
Module on Apollo 10.
He also commanded
the Apollo–Soyuz Test
Project mission.
1930 - Birth of Edgar Dean "Ed" (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Mitchell. Lunar Module Pilot on
Apollo 14.

countdown demonstration test
completed. On pad.
1970 - Apollo 15. Saturn V 7. 10-3-2020

18-09 1964 - Mission AS-102. 17:22 GMT Carried first 1. 5-3-2020

launch Saturn I SA-7. Launch programmable-in-flight
Complex 37B. computer on the Saturn
I vehicle; last launch
vehicle development
flight.

1969 - Apollo 12. LM #6 flight 7. 10-3-2020

19-09
20-09 1969 - Apollo 13. LM #7 altitude tests 7. 10-3-2020

completed.
2016 - Death of Jack Garman. Flight controller GUIDO. 3.4. 9-3-2020

Info: see birth
September 11.
21-09 1970 - Apollo 15. LM #10 final 7. 10-3-2020

test at factory.

#11 erected on MLP #3

tests completed.
23-09
24-09 1930 - Birth of John Watts Young. (Astronaut Group 2). 2.3. 7-3-2020
Second-seat veteran of
Gemini 3 and
commander of Gemini
10, flew as Command
Module Pilot on Apollo
10. Young later
commanded the
successful Apollo 16
lunar landing. He also
commanded the first
Space Shuttle flight,
STS-1 Columbia, April
12–14, 1981, and STS-
9, also on Columbia,
November 28-
December 8, 1983.

26-09 1932 - Birth of Clifton Curtis "C.C." (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Williams Jr. Was named as
Schweickart's Lunar
Module Pilot backup
crew, but was killed
when the T-38 jet he
was flying crashed near
Tallahassee, Florida on
October 5, 1967. He
was replaced by Bean,
who flew on Apollo 12.

completed.
28-09
29-09 1967 - Apollo 6. CSM delivered at The CSM, a Block I 3. 15-3-2020

KSC. model, similar to that
flown on three previous
uncrewed tests. It was
actually a hybrid of two
production spacecraft,
consisting of CM-020
and SM-014, since SM-
020 had been
destroyed in a tank
explosion and CM-014
had been dismantled to
support the
investigation into the
Apollo 1 fire.
1968 - Apollo 8. Lunar test article B 7. 12-3-2020

mated with spacecraft/LM adapter.
1970 or 1971 - Apollo 16. Saturn V 6. 10-3-2020

instrument unit #511 delivered to 7. 10-3-2020 (delivery
KSC. of IU-511 mentioned
both in 1970 as in
1971)

Saturn V instrument unit #S04
delivered to KSC.


1977 - ALSEP central station turned 7. 10-3-2020

off by ground command.
01-10 1966 - Apollo 1. First combined 7. 12-3-2020

systems tests completed.

#11 erected.
02-10 1968 - Apollo 8. Service arm overall 7. 12-3-2020

test completed.
1968 - Apollo 10. LM #4 final 7. 11-3-2020

test at factory.
03-10 1935 - Birth of Charles Moss (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
“Charlie” Duke Jr. First achieved public
recognition as capsule
communicator during
the Apollo 11 Moon
landing; notable for the
quote: "...we copy you
on the ground. You've
got a bunch of guys
about to turn blue; we're
breathing again.
Thanks a lot."[5] Duke
flew as Lunar Module
Pilot on Apollo 16.
04-10 1968 - Apollo 8. BP-30 de-erected. 7. 12-3-2020
1972 - Apollo 17. LM #12 flight 7. 10-3-2020

2004 - Death of Leroy Gordon Info: see birth March 6. 2.3. 8-3-2020
"Gordo" Cooper Jr.
05-10 1929 - Birth of Richard Francis “Dick” (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Gordon Jr. Second-seat veteran on
Gemini 11, flew as
on Apollo 12. Gordon
was selected to
command the Apollo 18
lunar landing, which
was later canceled.
1967 - Death of Clifton Curtis "C.C." Crashed. Info: see birth 2.3. 8-3-2020
Williams Jr. September 26.
1968 - Apollo 9. CM #104 and SM 7. 11-3-2020

KSC.
CM #104 and SM #104 delivered to
KSC.

#511 erected.
06-10 1968 - Apollo 7. 19:00:00 GMT 7. 19-3-2020

Countdown started at T-101 hours.
1971 - Apollo 16. Saturn V 7. 10-3-2020

07-10 1942 - Birth of Steve Bales. Flight controller GUIDO. 3.4. 9-3-2020
during the descent of
the Apollo 11 Lunar
Module Eagle, when
"1202" and "1201"
program alarms came
from the LM. GUIDO
Steve Bales, not sure
whether to call for an
abort, trusted the
experts in the guidance
backroom, especially
Jack Garman,
1966 - Apollo 1. Design certification 7. 12-3-2020

document issued which certified
design as flightworthy, pending
satisfactory resolution of open items.
1968 - Apollo 8. CSM #103 moved to 7. 12-3-2020

VAB.
08-10 1968 - Apollo 9. CM #104 and SM 7. 11-3-2020

#104 mated.

launch complex 39A.

10-10 1968 - Apollo 7. 14:30:00 GMT 7. 19-3-2020

11-10 1968 - Mission Apollo 7. Day 1. Duration: 10d 20h 09m 1. 5-3-2020
14:53:45 GMT Unscheduled 2- 03s. Test flight of Block 7. 19-3-2020
minute 45-second hold to complete II CSM in Earth orbit;
propellant chilldown. included first live TV
14:56:30 GMT Countdown resumed broadcast from
at T-6 minutes 15 seconds. American spacecraft.
15:02:45 GMT launch Saturn IB (AS-
205). Launch Complex 34. Crew:
Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, Walter
Cunningham.
15:05:10 GMT S-IB/S-IVB separation
command.
jettisoned.
16:21:19 GMT Start of two-minute
power failure in Mission Control
Center started. No loss of
communications.
17:57:47 GMT Separation of CSM
from S-IVB.
18:22:54 GMT 1st rendezvous
phasing maneuver ignition.

1972 - Apollo 17. CSM #114 7. 10-3-2020

On pad.
12-10 1968 - Apollo 7. Day 2. 7. 21-3-2020

06:54:45 GMT 2nd rendezvous
phasing maneuver ignition.
17:27:40 GMT 1st SPS ignition
(NCC/corrective combination
maneuver - initiation of rendezvous
sequence).
19:03:41 GMT 2nd SPS ignition
(NSR/coelliptic maneuver).
20:33:27 GMT Midcourse correction.
21:22:45 GMT Separation maneuver
ignition.

complex 39A.



On pad.
13-10 1966 - Apollo 1. First piloted test at 7. 12-3-2020
sea level pressure to verify total
spacecraft system operation
completed.
1968 - Apollo 7. Day 3.
14-10 1966 - Saturn V SA-500F was Apparently the launch 3. 11-3-2020

removed from Pad A after testing to escape tower broke off
be destacked. during the shake test
Back in the VAB the manual shake and fell down, but
test was performed. nobody was injured.
1968 - Apollo 7. Day 4. 7. 21-3-2020

14:45 GMT 1st television
transmission started.
18:50:45 GMT 3rd SPS ignition (to
position and size orbital ellipse).
15-10 1966 - Apollo 1. Unpiloted test at 7. 12-3-2020

altitude pressures using oxygen to
verify spacecraft system
operation.
1968 - Apollo 7. Day 5.

16-10 1968 - Apollo 7. Day 6. 7. 21-3-2020

15:45:45 GMT 4th SPS ignition
(minimum impulse burn).

17-10 1933 - Birth of William Alison “Bill” (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Anders. Flew third seat on
Apollo 8.
1968 - Apollo 7. Day 7.

18-10 1968 - Apollo 7. Day 8. 7. 21-3-2020

12:02:45 GMT 5th SPS ignition (to
position and size orbital ellipse).
19-10 1966 - Apollo 1. Piloted test with 7. 12-3-2020

flight crew completed.
1968 - Apollo 7. Day 9.

factory.
1971 - Apollo 16. LM #11 altitude 7. 10-3-2020

tests completed.
20-10 1968 - Apollo 7. Day 10. 7. 21-3-2020

09:10:45 GMT 6th SPS ignition
(minimum impulse burn).

pad.

21-10 1966 - Saturn V SA-500F destacked. See literature for further 3. 11-3-2020
fate of the stages.
1966 - Apollo 1. Second piloted 7. 12-3-2020

altitude test with backup crew
initiated, but discontinued when
failure occurred in oxygen system
regulator in spacecraft environmental
control system. Regulator removed
and found to have design deficiency.
1968 - Apollo 7. Day 11. 7. 21-3-2020

14:08:57 GMT 7th SPS ignition (time
anomaly adjust for deorbit burn).

test at factory.



tests completed.
22-10 1968 - Apollo 7. Final Day 12. 7. 21-3-2020

10:42:01 GMT 8th SPS ignition 3. 21-3-2020
(deorbit burn).
10:56:11 GMT Re-entry
blackout started.
Communication blackout ended.
11:05 GMT SM impact in the Atlantic
Ocean. S-band contact with CM by
recovery aircraft.
apex-down). Landing site North
Atlantic Ocean 27°32′N 64°04′W.
ship USS Essex.
ship.
1968 - Apollo 8. Space vehicle cutoff 7. 12-3-2020

and malfunction test completed. On
pad.
23-10 1981 - Apollo 9. Abandoned LM Original mission 7. 18-3-2020

ascent stage re-entry. completed on March 13
1969.
24-10 1968 - Apollo 9. CSM #104 7. 11-3-2020

25-10 1935 - Birth of Russell Louis "Rusty" (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Schweickart. Flew as Lunar Module
Pilot on Apollo 9.
Schweickart performed
an EVA outside the
spacecraft, testing the
portable life support
system used on the
Moon.
26-10 1966 - Thermal-Vacuum Test 3. Flight time of 173 1. 5-3-2020

Spacecraft 008 (Block 1). Crew: Two hours.
astronauts and one military pilot.
27-10 1961 - Mission SA-1. 15:06 GMT Test of Saturn I first 1. 5-3-2020
launch Saturn I SA-1. Launch stage S-I; dummy upper
Complex 34. stages carried water


completed. On pad.
29-10 1968 - Apollo 8. CSM #103/Mission 7. 12-3-2020

Control Center Houston test
completed. On pad.

completed. On pad.
30-10
31-10 1930 - Birth of Michael “Mike” (Astronaut Group 3). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Collins. Second-seat veteran on
Gemini 10, flew as
on Apollo 11.
01-11
02-11 1968 - Apollo 8. CSM #103 7. 12-3-2020

On pad.

03-11 1963 - Mission: Pad Abort Test 1. Launch escape system 1. 5-3-2020
16:00 GMT. (LES) abort test from
launch pad.
04-11 1968 - Apollo 8. CSM #103 7. 12-3-2020

On pad.
1970 - Apollo 14. CSM #110 moved 7. 10-3-2020

to VAB.
Spacecraft erected.

electrically mated. On pad.

06-11 1967 - Apollo 4. The 56½ hour In total there were 89 3. 13-3-2020
countdown sequence began with trailer-truck loads of
propellant loading. LOX (liquid oxygen), 28
trailer loads of LH2
(liquid hydrogen), and
27 rail cars of RP-1
(refined kerosene).


2017 - Death of Richard Francis Info: see birth October 2.3. 8-3-2020
“Dick” Gordon Jr. 5.

On pad.

09-11 1967 - Mission Apollo 4. First flight of Saturn V 1. 5-3-2020

12:00:01 UTC launch Saturn V AS- rocket; successfully 3. 13-3-2020
501. Launch Complex 39A. demonstrated S-IVB
T+02:31.43 S-IC/S-II separation. third stage restart and
T+08:40.53 S-II/S-IVB separation. tested CM heat shield
T+11:05.64 S-IVB cutoff. at lunar re-entry
20:37:00 UTC Splashdown. speeds. Duration: 8
Recovered by USS Bennington. hours, 36 minutes, 59
Landing site North Pacific Ocean seconds.
30°06′N 172°32′W.
1969 - Apollo 12. 00:00:00 GMT

Countdown started..

launch complex 39A.
10-11 1933 - Birth of Ronald Ellwin “Ron” (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Evans Jr. Command Module Pilot
on Apollo 17.

#12 RP-1 loading completed. On
pad.
11-11 1968 - Apollo 8. Launch 7. 12-3-2020

vehicle/Mission Control Center
Houston test completed. On pad.
12-11 1968 - Apollo 8. Launch umbilical 7. 12-3-2020

tower/pad water system test
completed. On pad.
1969 - Apollo 12. 7. 16-3-2020

13-11 02:00:00 GMT Terminal countdown
started.
13:00:00 GMT Unscheduled 6-hour
hold at T-17 hours to replace CSM
LH2 tank #2 due to leak.

14-11 1930 - Birth of Edward Higgins (Ed) (Astronaut Group 2). 2.3. 7-3-2020
White II. Second-seat veteran of
Gemini 4 who made the
United States' first walk
in space, selected as
Senior Pilot (second
seat) on Apollo 1. White
was killed in the Apollo
1 fire along with
Grissom and Chaffee.
1933 - Birth of Fred Wallace Haise (Astronaut Group 5). 2.3. 8-3-2020
Jr. Flew as Lunar Module
Pilot on the
unsuccessful Apollo 13.
Haise was selected to
command the Apollo 19
lunar landing, which
was canceled. Haise
would later be named
commander of the first
crew for the Space
Shuttle's Approach and
Landing Tests using the
prototype Space Shuttle
Enterprise.

16:22:00 GMT launch Saturn V (AS- 36m 24s. First precise 3. 16-3-2020
507). Launch Complex 39A. CM Moon landing in Ocean 7. 16-3-2020
Yankee Clipper, LM Intrepid. Crew: of Storms near
Charles (Pete) Conrad, Richard F. Surveyor 3 probe. Two
Gordon Jr., Alan Bean. surface EVAs and
16:22:36 GMT 1st electrical returned parts of
disturbance (lightning). Surveyor to Earth.
16:22:52 GMT 2nd electrical
disturbance (lightning).
16:24:42 GMT S-IC/S-II separation
command.
jettisoned.
command.
restart command.
S-IVB.
LM/S-IVB.
S-IVB.
21:45:20 GMT S-IVB slingshot
maneuver - APS ullage ignition
(planned).
21:51:13 GMT S-IVB slingshot
maneuver - APS ullage ignition
(unplanned).
15-11 1969 - Apollo 12. Day 2. 7. 16-3-2020
ignition.
16-11 1962 - Mission SA-3. 17:45 GMT Repeat of SA-2 1. 5-3-2020

launch Saturn I SA-3. Launch mission.
Complex 34.
1969 - Apollo 12. Day 3.

1971 - Apollo 16. LRV #2 installed. 7. 10-3-2020

launch Saturn IB (AS-208). Launch 15m 31s. Third and
Complex 39B. Crew: CMR Gerald P. final Skylab crew.
Carr, Pilot William R. Pogue, Science Penultimate flight of
Pilot Edward Gibson. Apollo.
17-11 1969 - Apollo 12. Day 4. 7. 16-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 14. CM #110 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

KSC.
1970 - Apollo 15. LM #10 delivered 7. 10-3-2020

to KSC and launch electrical systems
tests completed.
Launch vehicle electrical systems
tests completed.
18-11 1923 - Birth of Alan B. Shepard Jr. (Mercury Seven). 2.3. 7-3-2020
America's first man in
space on Freedom 7
was originally selected
to command Gemini 3,
but was medically
grounded for the
duration of Gemini due
to Ménière's disease
and assisted Slayton in
Flight Operations. After
corrective surgery,
Shepard was restored
to flight status and
commanded Apollo 14,
the third successful
Moon landing mission.

tests completed.
1969 - Apollo 12. Day 5. 3. 16-3-2020
03:47:23 GMT Lunar orbit insertion 7. 16-3-2020
ignition.
06:10 GMT S-IVB closest approach
to lunar surface (set for solar orbit).
1970 - Apollo 14. CSM #110 7. 10-3-2020


19-11 1967 - Apollo 5. The LM was mated After four months of 3. 15-3-2020
to the launch vehicle. tests and repair the LM
was mated to the
launch vehicle.

1969 - Apollo 12. Day 6. 3. 16-3-2020

04:16:02 GMT CSM/LM undocked. 7. 16-3-2020
05:45:39 GMT LM descent orbit
insertion ignition (SPS).
engine ignition.
06:54:36 GMT Lunar landing.
Landing site Ocean of Storms
3.01239°S 23.42157°W.
11:32:35 GMT 1st EVA started
(egress).
11:44:22 GMT CDR on lunar
surface.
15:28:38 GMT 1st EVA ended (hatch
closed).
1969 - Apollo 14. CM #110 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

20-11 1969 - Apollo 12. Day 7. 3. 16-3-2020

03:54:45 GMT 2nd EVA started 7. 16-3-2020
(egress).
07:44:00 GMT 2nd EVA ended
(ingress completed).
14:25:47 GMT LM lunar liftoff
ignition (LM APS).
14:32:59 GMT LM ascent stage orbit
insertion.
17:13:29 GMT LM 1st midcourse
correction.
17:28:29 GMT LM 2nd midcourse
correction.
jettisoned.

completed. On pad.
21-11 1969 - Apollo 12. Day 8. 3. 16-3-2020

20:49:16 GMT Transearth injection 7. 16-3-2020
ignition (SPS).

completed. On pad.
22-11 1969 - Apollo 12. Day 9. 7. 16-3-2020

ignition.
23-11 1968 - Apollo 10. CM #106 and SM 7. 11-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 12. Day 10.
24-11 1968 - Apollo 10. CM #106 and SM 7. 11-3-2020

KSC.
1969 - Apollo 12. Final day 11. 3. 16-3-2020

17:43:59 GMT Midcourse correction 7. 16-3-2020
ignition.
apex-down). Landing site South
Pacific Ocean 15°47′S 165°9′W.
Recovered by USS Hornet.
ship.
22:46 GMT CM lifted from water.
1969 - Apollo 14. CM #110 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

#110 mated.
LM ascent stage #8 delivered to
KSC.
LM descent stage #8 delivered to
KSC.

factory.
25-11
26-11 1968 - Apollo 10. CM #106 and SM 7. 11-3-2020
#106 mated.
27-11 1936 - Birth of Glynn Stephen Flight director. Black 3.4. 8-3-2020
Lunney. Flight. Apollo missions
7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and
15.

28-11
29-11 1931 - Birth of Clifford Eugene “Cliff” Flight director. Green 3.4. 8-3-2020
Charlesworth. Flight. Apollo missions
8, 11 and 12.

hypergolic fuel loading completed.
On pad.
01-12

pad.
02-12 1987 - Death of Donn Fulton Eisele. Info: see birth June 23. 2.3. 8-3-2020
03-12 1968 - Apollo 9. CSM #104 mated to 7. 11-3-2020

space vehicle.
CSM #104 moved to VAB.

KSC.


05-12

completed.

factory.

1971 - Apollo 16. CSM #113 moved 7. 10-3-2020
to VAB.

05:33 GMT launch Saturn V (AS- 51m 59s. Landing at 6. 9-3-2020
512). Launch Complex 39A. CM Taurus–Littrow. First
America, LM Challenger. Crew: professional geologist
Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, on the Moon. First night
Harrison Schmitt. launch. Conducted 3
08:45:37 GMT TLI. lunar EVAs and one
09:15:29 GMT CSM separated from deep space EVA.
S-IVB.
09:30:10 UTC Docking with LM.
08-12 1964 - Mission A-002. 15:00 GMT. LES maximum altitude, 1. 5-3-2020
Max-Q abort test.
1972 - Day 2 of Apollo 17 Mission. Only one of the four 6. 9-3-2020

17:03 GMT Midcourse correction. planned midcourse
corrections was
required during
translunar coast.
09-12 1969 - Apollo 13. CSM #109 moved 7. 10-3-2020

to VAB.
1972 - Day 3 of Apollo 17 Mission.
10-12 1967 - Apollo 6. CSM stacked on See info on CSM: Sept 3. 15-3-2020
rocket. 29, 1967.

completed. On pad.
1972 - Day 4 of Apollo 17 Mission. 6. 9-3-2020

19:47:22 UTC Insertion in Lunar
orbit.
20:32:43 GMT Lunar impact S-IVB.

completed. On pad.
1968 - Apollo 9. CSM #104 7. 11-3-2020


14:35 GMT CDR and LMP enter LM.
18:50:29 GMT CSM circularization
maneuver.
18:55:42 GMT LM placed into orbit.
23:54:49 GMT Start EVA 1.
12-12 1969 - Apollo 12. Crew released 7. 16-3-2020

from quarantine.

00:01 GMT Cernan egresses on
EVA 1.
07:06:42 GMT End EVA 1.
1994 - Death of Stuart Allen "Stu" Info: see birth August 2.3. 8-3-2020
Roosa. 16.
13-12 1968 - Apollo 11. LM #5 final 7. 10-3-2020

test at factory.
1970 - Apollo 14. CSM #110 7. 10-3-2020


launch complex 39A.

07:05:02 GMT End EVA 2.
14-12 1970 - Apollo 14. LM #8 flight 7. 10-3-2020

Space vehicle overall test #1 (plugs
in) completed.

05:40:56 GMT End EVA 3.
22:54:37 UTC Ascent from Lunar
surface.
23:48:58 GMT LM terminal phase
initiation burn.
15-12 1968 - Apollo 10. Saturn V 7. 11-3-2020

KSC.
1969 - Apollo 13 Rollout.. Space 7. 10-3-2020

launch complex 39A.

01:10:15 UTC Docking LM ascent
stage.
04:51:31 UTC Undocking LM ascent
stage.
06:31:14 GMT Initiation deorbit firing
of the ascent stage.
06:50:21 GMT Lunar impact ascent
stage.
1968 - Apollo 8. 00:00:00 GMT 7. 19-3-2020

Countdown started.
16-12 1968 - Apollo 10. CSM #106 7. 11-3-2020


Departure Lunar orbit 23:35:09 UTC.
17-12 1967 - Apollo 11. LM-5 failed test at LM-5 under test failed 3. (Apollo 5) 15-3-2020
factory. in the Grumman Aircraft
Engineering
Corporation ascent
stage manufacturing
plant. A window in LM-5
(Apollo 11's LM Eagle)
shattered during its
initial cabin
pressurization test,
designed to pressurize
the cabin to 5.7 pounds
per square inch (39
kiloPascals) above the
external pressure.
1972 - Day 11 of Apollo 17 Mission. Transearth EVA lasted 6. 9-3-2020

20:27:40 GMT Transearth EVA by 1h 6m.
Ronald Evans.
18-12 1972 - Day 12 of Apollo 17 Mission.

1972 - Splashdown of Apollo 17. Day Recovered by USS 3. 9-3-2020

13 of the Mission. Ticonderoga. 19:24:59
UTC. Landing site
South Pacific Ocean
17.88°S 166.11°W.
20-12 1968 - Apollo 8. 01:51:00 GMT 7. 19-3-2020

21-12 1966 - Apollo 1. Apollo program 7. 12-3-2020

director conducted recertification
review which closed out majority of
open items remaining from previous
reviews.
1968 - Mission Apollo 8. Day 1. Duration: 06d 03h 00m 1. 5-3-2020
12:51:00 GMT launch Saturn V (AS- 42s. First circumlunar 7. 19-3-2020
503). Launch Complex 39A. Crew: flight of CSM, had ten
Frank Borman, James Lovell, William lunar orbits in 20 hours.
Anders. First crewed flight of
12:53:34 GMT S-IC/S-II separation Saturn V.
command.
jettisoned.
command.
15:18:22 GMT CAPCOM (Mike
Collins): "All right, Apollo 8. You are
go for TLI."
restart command.
S-IVB.
ignition.

22-12 1966 - Mission A-S205 (aka Apollo Deemed unnecessary; 1. 5-3-2020

2) was cancelled. Scheduled for crew flew on Apollo 7.
August 1967. Crew: CDR Walter
Schirra, CMP Donn Eisele, LMP
Walter Cunningham.
1968 - Apollo 8. Day 2.
23-12 1968 - Apollo 8. Day 3. 7. 19-3-2020

20:29 GMT Equigravisphere.
24-12 1966 - Apollo 4. CSM 017 delivered 3. 13-3-2020

to KSC.
1968 - Apollo 8. Day 4. 7. 19-3-2020

ignition.
08:55:07 GMT CAPCOM (Jerry
Carr): "Apollo 8, this is Houston. At
68:04, you are go for LOI."
09:48:00 GMT CAPCOM: "Apollo 8,
Houston. One minute to LOS. All
systems go."
09:48:19 GMT CAPCOM: "Safe
journey, guys."
09:48:24 GMT LMP (Anders):
"Thanks a lot, troops."
09:48:26 GMT CMP (Lovell): "We'll
see you on the other side."
10 seconds to go. You're go all the
way."
09:49:00 GMT CDR (Borman):
"Roger."
ignition.
Houston. Over."
10:24:52 GMT CMP: "Go ahead,
Houston. This is Apollo 8. Burn
complete..."
this is Houston. Roger...good to hear
your voice."
10:49:55 GMT S-IVB closest
approach to lunar surface (set for
solar orbit).
25-12 1934 - Birth of Gerald D. "Gerry" Flight director. Gold 3.4. 8-3-2020
Griffin. Flight. Apollo missions
7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16 and 17.
1968 - Apollo 8. Day 5. 7. 19-3-2020

02:57:56 GMT LMP: "We are now
approaching the lunar sunrise, and
for all the people back on Earth, the
crew of Apollo 8 has a message that
we would like to send to you. In the
beginning..." (reading from the Bible).
02:58:29 GMT CMP: "And God
called the light Day..."
02:59:36 GMT CDR: "And from the
crew of Apollo 8, we close with good
night, good luck, a merry Christmas,
and God bless all of you, all of you
on the good Earth."
04:54:36 GMT CAPCOM: (Ken
Mattingly) "Okay, Apollo 8...you have
a go for TEI."
ignition (SPS).
06:25:25 GMT CMP: "Roger. Please
be informed there IS a Santa Claus."
06:25:31 GMT CAPCOM: "That's
affirmative. You are the best ones to
know."
ignition.
delivered to KSC.
1968 - Apollo 8. Day 6. 7. 19-3-2020

15:19:48 GMT CM/SM separation. 3. 19-3-2020
blackout started.
blackout ended.
15:51:42 GMT Splashdown. Landing
site North Pacific Ocean 8°8′N
165°1′W.
ship USS Yorktown.
ship.
1968 - Apollo 9. CSM #104 7. 11-3-2020



1982 - Death of John Leonard “Jack” Info: see birth August 2.3. 8-3-2020
Swigert Jr. 30.
28-12 1966 - Apollo 1. Sea level and 7. 12-3-2020

unpiloted altitude tests completed.
1967 - Apollo 5. Glass windows in A decision was made to 3. 15-3-2020

LM-1 replaced by aluminum plates. replace the glass
windows in LM-1 with
aluminum plates as a
precaution against a
failure in flight similar to
the one that occurred
on LM-5 in testing on
December 17, 1967.
29-12
30-12 1966 - Apollo 1. Piloted altitude test 7. 12-3-2020

with backup flight crew completed.

KSC.

erected.
31-12 1968 - Apollo 12. LM #6 integrated 7. 10-3-2020
test at factory.
Bronnen
1. English Wikipedia, List of Apollo Missions

2. English Wikipedia, List of Apollo Astronauts
3. English Wikipedia, page concerning individual person/subject.
4. English Wikipedia, Flight controller
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03-01 1967 - Apollo 1. Command module 7. 12-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 9 Rollout. Space 7. 11-3-2020

1972 - Apollo 16. CSM #113 7. 10-3-2020

04-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn V instrument 7. 12-3-2020

1970 - Mission Apollo 20 was Launch vehicle needed 1. 5-3-2020

1972 - Apollo 16. LM #11 combined 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 13. CSM #109 7. 10-3-2020

06-01 1967 - Apollo 1. Spacecraft mated to 7. 12-3-2020

1968 - Apollo 8. BP-30 delivered to 7. 12-3-2020

07-01 1969 - Apollo 11. LM ascent stage 7. 10-3-2020

08-01 1969 - Apollo 11. LM ascent stage 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-IC stage 7. 10-3-2020

09-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Lunar test article B 7. 12-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. Spacecraft/LM 7. 10-3-2020

11-01 1969 - Apollo 11. LM descent stage 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-IC stage 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 15. CM #112 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

12-01 1969 - Apollo 11. LM descent stage 7. 10-3-2020

14-01 1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-IC stage 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 15. CM #112 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

1936 - Birth of Seymour "Sy" Flight controller 3.4. 9-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. CSM #107 quads 7. 10-3-2020

17-01 1969 - Apollo 10. CSM #106 altitude 7. 11-3-2020

18-01 1969 - Apollo 9. Space vehicle flight 7. 11-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. Saturn S-IVB stage 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 13. CSM #109 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 14. Space vehicle 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 15. CM #112 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

19-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Lunar test article B 7. 12-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 9. LM #3 flight 7. 11-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. Saturn S-IVB stage 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 14. Space vehicle 7. 10-3-2020

1966 - Mission A-004. 15:17 GMT. LES test of maximum 1. 5-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 12. Individual and 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 13. Space vehicle 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 14. LM ascent stage 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 14. Saturn S-II stage 7. 10-3-2020

22-01 1968 - Mission Apollo 5. 22:48:09 First flight of LM; 1. 5-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. CM #107 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

1970 - Apollo 14. LM #8 combined 7. 10-3-2020

23-01 1968 - Apollo 5. 9:58 UTC 3. 13-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. CM #107 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

24-01 1968 - Apollo 5. Re-entry LM Ascent Burned up. 3. 13-3-2020

27-01 1967 - Deathly fire AS-204, renamed 3. 21-3-2020

1972 - Apollo 16. Space vehicle and 7. 10-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 11. CM #107 and SM 7. 10-3-2020

30-01 1971 - Apollo 14. Terminal 7. 16-3-2020

31-01 1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn S-II stage #3 7. 12-3-2020

1968 - Apollo 9. LM #3 integrated 7. 11-3-2020

1971 - Mission Apollo 14. Duration: 09d 00h 1. 5-3-2020

01-02 1968 - Apollo 8. Saturn S-IVB stage 7. 12-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 14. Day 2. 7. 16-3-2020

02-02 1970 - Apollo 14. CSM #110 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 14. Day 3. 7. 16-3-2020

03-02 1969 - Apollo 10. Launch vehicle 7. 11-3-2020

1969 - Apollo 12. Integrated CM and 7. 10-3-2020

1971 - Apollo 14. Day 4. 7. 16-3-2020

04-02 1971 - Apollo 14. Day 5. 7. 12-3-2020. 16-3-