Apollo 18

Apollo 18

The Apollo 18 was a cancelled flight within the Apollo Program.

Scheduled crew were

Richard Francis (Dick) Gordon Jr
Vance DeVoe Brand
Dr. Harrison Hagan (Jack) Schmitt

When Apollo 18 was cancelled, Schmitt was moved up to Apollo 17 under pressure from the scientific community. Schmitt, a geologist, became the only scientist and the twelfth man to walk on the moon.

Cancelled Apollo program missions were:

Apollo 18

Apollo 19

Apollo 20

External links

Apollo 18 entry in Encyclopedia Astronautica

Apollo 18 may also refer to:

a 1992 album by They Might Be Giants; see Apollo 18 (album)

a 1998 PC computer game released on the Atari label; the game is an Apollo training and moon mission simulator