Curated playlist
NASA crewed missions to the Moon
- Apollo 11Apollo 11's computer flashed alarms minutes before the Moon landing. Mission Control was told it was safe to continue.
- Apollo 12Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice in its first minute. Every warning light lit up.
- Apollo 15Apollo 15 astronauts dropped a hammer and a falcon feather on the Moon. Both hit the ground together.
- Apollo 17Apollo 17's orange moon soil thrilled scientists who thought it was a volcano.
- Apollo 14Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the Moon. He had smuggled a six iron club head aboard.
- Apollo 10Apollo 10 was built so it could not land on the Moon. NASA gave its lunar module only about half the ascent fuel.
- Apollo 8Apollo 8 was reconceived as a Moon flight just four months before launch. A faulty lunar module forced the change.
- Apollo 16Apollo 16 went to the Moon to find volcanic rock and found none. Scientists had been sure the highlands were volcanic.
- Apollo 13The lunar module Aquarius was built for two astronauts but had to keep three men alive for four days.
- Artemis IIArtemis II flew farther from Earth than Apollo 13 did in 1970. Its crew reached 252,756 miles on April 6, 2026.