History of Manned Space flight (Robert Kennedy Survives)

Apollo

 * Jan. 27, 1967: All three astronauts for NASA's AS-204 Apollo mission suffocate from smoke inhalation in a cabin fire during a launch pad test.
 * April 5, 1967: A review board delivers a damning report to NASA Administrator James Webb about problem areas in the Apollo spacecraft. The recommended modifications are completed by Oct. 9, 1968.
 * Oct. 11, 1968: Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, launches on a Saturn 1 for an 11-day mission in Earth orbit. The mission also featured the first live TV broadcast of humans in space.
 * Dec. 21, 1968: Apollo 8 launches on a Saturn V and becomes the first manned mission to orbit the Moon.
 * March 3, 1969: Apollo 9 launches. During the mission, tests of the lunar module are conducted in Earth orbit.
 * May 22, 1969: Apollo 10's Lunar Module Snoopy comes within 8.6 miles (14 kilometers) of the Moon's surface.
 * July 20, 1969: Six years after U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the Apollo 11 crew lands on the Moon, fulfilling his promise to put an American there by the end of the decade and return him safely to Earth.
 * April 13, 1970: An explosion ruptures the command module of Apollo 13, days after launch and within reach of the Moon. Abandoning the mission to save their lives, the astronauts climb into the Lunar Module and slingshot around the Moon to speed their return back to Earth.
 * July 26, 1971: Apollo 15 (the first of the J-class Apollo missions) launches with a Boeing-built Lunar Roving Vehicle and better life-support equipment to explore the Moon.
 * Jan. 5, 1972: U.S. President Robert F. Kennedy announces the Voyager Program to succeed Apollo.
 * Dec. 19, 1972: Apollo 17, (the first of the K-class Apollo missions) launches with the Apollo LM Shelter awaiting the crew for a 14 day stay on the surface.
 * May 14, 1973: A Saturn V rocket launches the first Skylab module, the United States' first space station.
 * June 2, 1973: Apollo 20, the last Apollo flight, returns to earth after another 14 day stay on the surface of the moon.

Voyager

 * Sep. 24, 1973: The 3rd and final Skylab component reaches orbit, completing the space station.
 * Aug. 30, 1974: The first Nova Rocket is tested. At 280 feet in height it is the largest vehicle ever built.
 * March 12th, 1975: Tranquility Base, the first permanent manned lunar outpost takes its first crew for a 3 month stay on the lunar surface.
 * May 20th, 1975: The Nova Rocket launches the first manned flyby of Venus using the Voyager CMS and a modified Artemis lander module.

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