Apollo Program
The Apollo Program was a NASA spaceflight endeavor that landed the first humans on Earth's moon. Apollo set major milestones in human spaceflight and stands alone in sending manned missions beyond low Earth orbit. The Apollo Program ran from 1961 until 1975, and was the US civilian space agency's third human spaceflight program (following Project Mercury and Project Gemini). Apollo used Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicles, which were later used for the Skylab program and the joint American-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. U.S. Marines who were astronauts in the Apollo Program are:
- R. Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7)
- Fred W. Haise, Jr. (Apollo 13)
- Jack R. Lousma (Skylab 3 and STS-3 Space Shuttle Columbia)
- Gerald P. Carr (Flight Commander Skylab 4)
- Vance D. Brand (Apollo-Soyuz) - USMC Reserve (Marine rank not listed)
Read more about this topic: List Of United States Marine Corps Astronauts
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