Since 1961, the US was actively developing and testing a series of manned spacecraft “Apollo” designed for the flights of three persons. Their main mission was to deliver astronauts to the Moon.

The official count of such missions was started from Apollo 4 and the launch of an uncrewed rocket vehicle Saturn.

On January 27, 1967, three weeks before the launch, there was a fatal fire during the test of a spacecraft. The victims of the disaster were astronauts Virgil Ivan Grissom (he had two travels in space), Edward Higgins White II (the first American in open space), and Roger Bruce Chaffee. The canceled mission was entitled Apollo 1 to memorize the deceased astronauts.

The Moon missions were carried on…

It is July 20, 1969. The crew of the spacecraft Apollo 11 successfully lands the lunar module on the surface of the Moon. The captain of the spacecraft Neil Alden Armstrong and a pilot Buzz Aldrin disembark from their spacecraft. This is the first time when the human’s feet step on the surface of another celestial body…