24 December 1968
Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast
Participates in the Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit and closes the crew's message to Earth.
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Participates in the Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit and closes the crew's message to Earth.
Participates in the Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit.
Photographs Earth and the lunar horizon during Apollo 8's historic lunar-orbit mission.
Observes Earth rising above the lunar horizon with the Apollo 8 crew during lunar orbit.
Commands Apollo 8 as the crew passes behind the Moon and loses radio contact with Earth.
Participates in the Christmas Eve Genesis reading broadcast to Earth from lunar orbit.
Observes and photographs lunar terrain to support planning for later Apollo landing missions.
Conducts landmark tracking and navigation observations during Apollo 8 lunar orbit.
Commands the second lunar-orbit insertion burn, circularizing Apollo 8's orbit around the Moon.
Commands the burn that places Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.
Serves as command module pilot during the burn that places Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.
Serves as lunar module pilot during Apollo 8's first lunar-orbit insertion burn.
Photographs lunar terrain and prospective landing areas during Apollo 8’s ten lunar orbits.
Leads a worldwide Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit.
Commands the crew that first sees Earthrise from lunar orbit.
Photographs Earthrise during Apollo 8 lunar orbit.
Becomes one of the first humans to see the Moon’s far side when Apollo 8 passes behind it.
Commands the engine burn that sends Apollo 8 out of lunar orbit toward Earth.
Serves as command module pilot during the burn that sends Apollo 8 from lunar orbit toward Earth.
Remains aboard the command module as Apollo 10 enters lunar orbit.
Commands Apollo 10 during the maneuver that places the spacecraft into lunar orbit.
Flies the lunar module close to the Moon before Apollo 11.
Pilots the command module during Apollo 10.
Pilots Charlie Brown alone while Stafford and Cernan fly Snoopy close to the lunar surface.
Operates lunar module systems as Snoopy descends toward its low pass above the lunar surface.
Commands Snoopy during the maneuver that lowers the lunar module toward the Moon.
Tests lunar module landing radar while Snoopy descends toward the Moon.
Pilots Snoopy to within about nine miles of the lunar surface during the landing rehearsal.
Conducts lunar observations and tracking from Charlie Brown during the lunar module's independent flight.
Flies with Stafford as Snoopy's descent stage is jettisoned and the ascent stage continues the rehearsal.
Serves as lunar module pilot as Snoopy separates from Charlie Brown for the landing rehearsal.
Commands lunar module Snoopy as it separates from command module Charlie Brown.
Flies the lunar module ascent stage after staging during the Apollo 10 rehearsal.
Commands lunar module Snoopy as it undocks for the lunar landing rehearsal.
Pilots command module Charlie Brown during the active rendezvous and redocking with Snoopy.
Pilots Charlie Brown during the final docking with Snoopy after the landing rehearsal.
Helps rendezvous Snoopy with command module Charlie Brown after the low lunar pass.
Commands Snoopy during rendezvous and return to Charlie Brown after the landing rehearsal.
Commands the burn that sends Apollo 10 from lunar orbit back toward Earth.
Pilots Columbia with the crew as Apollo 11 enters lunar orbit.
Serves as lunar module pilot as Eagle separates from Columbia for descent to the Moon.
Pilots Columbia as Eagle separates for the first crewed lunar landing attempt.
Commands Eagle as it separates from Columbia in lunar orbit before the first crewed Moon landing.
Keeps Columbia in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin land.
Flies aboard Eagle as it separates from Columbia for the first crewed lunar landing attempt.
Pilots Columbia during rendezvous and docking with Eagle after Armstrong and Aldrin leave the lunar surface.
Returns to Columbia with Aldrin after Eagle rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit.
Photographs lunar terrain from Columbia while Armstrong and Aldrin work on the surface.
Commands Eagle’s ascent from the Moon and rendezvous with Collins in Columbia.
Pilots Columbia during the service propulsion burn that sends Apollo 11 toward Earth.
Conducts lunar photography and observations while preparing for the Apollo 12 landing.
Pilots Yankee Clipper alone while Conrad and Bean explore the lunar surface.
Remains in lunar orbit during the Apollo 12 landing.
Pilots Yankee Clipper during rendezvous and docking with Intrepid after the lunar surface mission.
Pilots Yankee Clipper during rendezvous and docking with Intrepid after the surface mission.
Conducts a multispectral photographic survey of the lunar surface from Yankee Clipper.
Pilots the command module during the burn that sends Apollo 12 from lunar orbit toward Earth.
Passes around the Moon with Lovell and Swigert during the emergency return to Earth.
Leads the crew as Apollo 13 swings around the Moon on its emergency return trajectory.
Attempts high-resolution photography of the Descartes region, later selected for Apollo 16.
Conducts photography and other orbital science while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.
Pilots Kitty Hawk during the return phase as Apollo 14 departs lunar orbit for Earth.
Commands Apollo 14 during insertion into lunar orbit before the Fra Mauro landing.
Serves as lunar module pilot as Apollo 14 enters lunar orbit.
Helps prepare Antares for descent after procedures are developed to bypass a faulty abort-switch signal.
Pilots Kitty Hawk while Apollo 14 explores Fra Mauro.
Attempts high-resolution lunar photography from Kitty Hawk while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.
Pilots Kitty Hawk during rendezvous and docking with Antares after the lunar surface mission.
Conducts orbital science while Scott and Irwin explore the Moon.
Operates scientific instruments and cameras in Endeavour's service module while the surface crew explores Hadley.
Commands Falcon’s ascent from the lunar surface for rendezvous with Endeavour.
Deploys the Particles and Fields subsatellite from Endeavour before Apollo 15 leaves lunar orbit.
Pilots Endeavour during the service propulsion burn that sends Apollo 15 toward Earth.
Conducts extensive lunar photography from Casper while Young and Duke explore the surface.
Operates scientific instruments in the service module's SIM bay during lunar orbit.
Helps evaluate service propulsion system yaw oscillations before Mission Control clears Orion to land.
Conducts command module science during Apollo 16.
Deploys the Particles and Fields subsatellite from Casper before the return to Earth.
Pilots Casper during the burn that sends Apollo 16 from lunar orbit toward Earth.
Operates lunar orbital science equipment, including the lunar sounder, while Cernan and Schmitt explore Taurus-Littrow.
Conducts mapping and panoramic photography from command module America during lunar orbit.
Commands Apollo 17 as the spacecraft enters lunar orbit before the final Apollo landing.
Pilots America in lunar orbit during Apollo 17.
Conducts photography and scientific observations from America while Cernan and Schmitt work on the surface.
Operates mapping and scientific equipment in lunar orbit while the surface crew prepares to depart.
Commands Challenger’s ascent from Taurus-Littrow and rendezvous with command module America.
Returns to command module America with Schmitt after rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit.
Pilots America during the maneuver that sends Apollo 17 from lunar orbit toward Earth.
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