Apollo Lunar Module The first manned lunar landing occurred on July 20, 1969 with the Apollo 11 LM "Eagle". Four days later, the Apollo 11 crew in the Command Module "Columbia" splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing President John F. Kennedy's goal "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This was followed by precision landings on Apollo 12 "(Intrepid)" and Apollo 14 "(Antares)".In April 1970, the Apollo 13 lunar module "Aquarius" played an unexpected role in saving the lives of the three astronauts after an oxygen tank in the service
MV Apollo April, all sailings by the ferry were cancelled due to severe ice conditions in the strait. MV Apollo MV "Apollo" is a vehicle/passenger ferry that currently services the route between St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador and Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, Canada. "Apollo" was originally built for Viking Line of Sweden in 1970. In 1976, she was sold to Olau Line for its service between Sheerness, England and Vlissingen, Netherlands, and was renamed "Olau Kent", before returning to Scandinavia in 1981 as the "Gelting Nord" of Danish operator Nordisk Færgefart. In 1984, she was chartered to Brittany Ferries as the "Benodet", before moving