The Apollo program was initiated as a response to President Kennedy’s challenge of landing humans on the moon and was NASA’s largest project, both in terms of personnel and resources. Apollo spacecraft consisted of a command module, service module and lunar module; three missions had to be cancelled but enough hardware remained for nine more […]
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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,
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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
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