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Apollo: Quick Facts

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  • Nearly 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of lunar material was brought back to Earth through the Apollo space program.
  • The Apollo space program employed almost half a million individuals.
  • The astronauts in Apollo 11, 12, and 14 were all quarantined for three weeks after returning from space.

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Russell Louis Schweickart
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Charles M. Duke, Jr.
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Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut
American computer scientist Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
American computer scientist
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
American mathematician
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
American astronaut
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
American astronaut
Thomas Stafford
Thomas Stafford
American astronaut
John W. Young
John W. Young
American astronaut
David Scott
David Scott
American astronaut
James A. Lovell, Jr.
Jim Lovell
American astronaut
Eugene Cernan
Eugene Cernan
American astronaut
Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless
American naval aviator and astronaut
Frank Borman
Frank Borman
American astronaut
George Low
George Low
Austrian-born American aerospace engineer
James Webb
James Webb
American space program administrator
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Pete Conrad
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Vance Brand
Vance Brand
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William A. Anders
William A. Anders
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