Why Were the Apollo Missions Cancelled?

In 1961, President Kennedy challenged America to put boots on the moon as part of a geopolitical prestige project meant to outwit Soviet Russia in the Space Race. This program eventually evolved into the Apollo program which eventually succeeded in fulfilling that objective. But the expensive program soon became a political liability as mechanical issues…

How Long Were Apollo Missions?

NASA’s Apollo Program represented their attempt to place astronauts on the Moon. This massive undertaking involved numerous people – astronauts, mission controllers, engineers and scientists among them. On their journey to and from the Moon, astronauts used a Command Module. When landing, they took shelter in an inflatable lunar module which could accommodate two astronauts…

How Long Were Apollo Missions?

Apollo wasn’t always popular among the general public. Following Apollo 1’s tragic accident that claimed astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Edward White’s lives, there was widespread public disbelief regarding both its cost and complexity of sending humans to space. NASA was ultimately successful in fulfilling their goal of landing humans on the Moon,…

How Many Apollo Missions Were Cancelled

After Apollo 13’s failure, congressional interest in NASA’s lunar program declined significantly and led to cancellation of Apollo 18 and 19. Even after these cancellations, several other planned missions remained. These included the H and J missions. While H missions would have involved short duration stays on the moon with only two LEVAs (moonwalks), J…