Apollo began in May of 196 1 year and ended in May of 1972. During this period, the United States invested $25.5 billion, focusing on the efforts of more than 20,000 enterprises, more than 200 universities and more than 80 scientific research institutions. It is worth mentioning that among the 43,000 scientific and technical personnel, China scientists account for 1/3. Planned launch 19 times (after the actual launch 17 times), and the first three times were simulated spacecraft; Unmanned test flight from 4 th to 6 th; 1968 65438+February 2 1 day, "apollo 8" carried three astronauts, borman, Love and Anders, and completed the first human flight around the moon. The first three "moon men" in the world flew around the moon 10, and broadcast live TV twice to the earth, bringing back a lot of valuable information. "Apollo" project is a great pioneering work of mankind, which marks that mankind has begun to go out of the "global village" to appreciate the space world.