What other Apollo mission had a tragedy and did not make it to the moon?

Apollo 13: The moon mission that dodged disaster. Apollo 13 was NASA’s third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface.

Why did the space shuttle never go to the moon?

A. No, the Shuttle is designed to travel to low-Earth orbit (within a few hundred miles of the Earth’s surface). It does not carry enough propellant to leave Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. The Shuttle also is not designed to land on the Moon since it lands like an airplane and the Moon has no atmosphere.

Did NASA crash into the moon?

It failed to hit the Moon in 1959, however, thus inadvertently becoming the first man-made object to leave geocentric orbit and enter a heliocentric orbit, where it remains to this day….Moon.

Mission	Ranger 9
Country/Agency	US
Date of landing/impact	24 March 1965
Coordinates	12.83°S 2.37°W
Notes	Intentional hard impact.

What prevented Apollo 13 from landing on the moon?

Apollo 13 (April 11 – 17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) failed two days into the mission.

At what time did the space shuttle lost contact with NASA?

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

STS-107 flight insignia
Date	February 1, 2003
Time	08:59 EST (13:59 UTC)
Location	Over Texas and Louisiana
Cause	Wing damage from debris

When did NASA shoot the moon?

On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (1930-) became the first humans ever to land on the moon. About six-and-a-half hours later, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.

What happened when LCROSS hit the Moon?

As planned, LCROSS and its Centaur stage impacted the Moon on Oct. 9, 2009. The twin impacts exposed a plume of material that might not have seen direct sunlight for billions of years.

What is the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission?

The mission of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), like the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), was to confirm the presence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the Moon’s south pole. Other goals for LCROSS included test new modular subsystems for potential use on future missions.

What was the first crash landing on the Moon?

Crash Landing on the Moon. July 28, 2006: In 1959, a spaceship fell out of the lunar sky and hit the ground near the Sea of Serenity. The ship itself was shattered, but its mission was a success.

Is this the crash site for LCROSS?

Right: Shackleton crater at the Moon’s south pole, a possible crash site for LCROSS. [More] Many readers will remember the crash of Lunar Prospector in 1999. Mission controllers guided the ship into Shoemaker crater near the Moon’s south pole in hopes of kicking up water—just like LCROSS.