Curated playlist
1966 in spaceflight
- AS-201AS-201, a 37-minute Apollo test flight in 1966, succeeded even though three things went wrong.
- Jim LovellJim Lovell flew to the Moon twice and never set foot on it. His second trip, Apollo 13, nearly ended in disaster.
- Gene CernanGene Cernan wrote his daughter's initials in the lunar dust before leaving the Moon. He was the last person there.
- AS-202Footage of an uncrewed 1966 rocket test has been mistaken for Apollo 11. AS-202's staging film appears in documentaries.
- Buzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin's first words on the Moon were "Beautiful view." Years later he was selling used cars.
- Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong's astronaut application came about a week late, until a colleague slipped it into the pile.
- John Young (astronaut)John Young walked on the Moon and later commanded the first Space Shuttle mission. He is the only person to do both.
- David ScottDavid Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the Moon. The Apollo 15 commander did it on live television.
- Michael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins orbited the Moon thirty times and never set foot on it.
- Saturn IBEngineers nicknamed the Saturn IB's first stage Cluster's Last Stand. It used recycled missile tanks.
- Richard F. Gordon Jr.Richard Gordon orbited the Moon 45 times on Apollo 12 but never walked on it.
- Thomas P. StaffordApollo 10's lunar module spun out of control after Thomas Stafford flew it within nine miles of the Moon.