Apollo 18 - Definition

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.

Before cancellation, (according to "NASA OMSF, Manned Space Flight Weekly Report - July 28, 1969.") Apollo 18 was scheduled to land on the Moon at Schroter's Valley in February 1972. Other NASA sources list the landing site as Copernicus.

Cancelled Apollo program missions were:

External links

• Apollo 18 entry in Encyclopedia Astronautica (http://www.astronautix.com/flights/apollo18.htm)

• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Apollo 18 through 20 - The Cancelled Missions (http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_18_20.html)

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