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The '''Apollo program''' was a [[human spaceflight]] program undertaken by [[NASA]] during the years 1961 – 1975 with the goal of conducting manned [[moon landing]] missions. President [[John F. Kennedy]] announced this goal in 1961, and it was accomplished on [[July 20]] [[1969]] by [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] during the ''[[Apollo 11]]'' mission. Five other Apollo missions also landed [[astronaut]]s on the [[Moon]], the last one in 1972. These six Apollo spaceflights are the only times humans have landed on another world.

Apollo was the third human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA, the [[space agency]] of the [[United States]]. It used [[Apollo spacecraft]] and [[Saturn (rocket family)|Saturn]] launch vehicles, which were later used for the [[Skylab|Skylab program]] and the joint American-Soviet [[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]]. These later programs are thus often considered to be part of the overall Apollo program.