Human spaceflight The US succeeded in developing the Saturn V rocket necessary to send the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, and sent Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders into 10 orbits around the Moon in Apollo 8 in December 1968. In July 1969, Apollo 11 accomplished Kennedy's goal by landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon 21 July and returning them safely on 24 July along with Command Module pilot Michael Collins. A total of six Apollo missions landed 12 men to walk on the Moon through 1972, half of which drove electric powered vehicles on the surface. The
Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon is a video game loosely based on the "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon" comic books from "The Adventures of Tintin", the series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is a first person shoot 'em up/side scroller and the first "Tintin" video game. This video game was originally made by Infogrames for various home platforms in 1987 and was converted to MS-DOS by Probe Entertainment in 1989. The game's storyline is based loosely on the plot of the "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon" comics from the series. The object of