In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; or Απελλων, Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros,Not all kouroi should be identified as representations of Apollo (Pfeiff; Burkert) was the archer-god of medicine and healing and also a bringer of death-dealing plague; as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) and director of their choir, he is a god of music and poetry. Hymns sung to Apollo were called Paeans.
As the patron of Delphi ("Delphic Apollo") Apollo is an oracular god; in Classical times he took the place of Helios as god of the sun. Apollo was also considered to have dominion over colonists, over medicine, mediated through his son Asclepius, and was the patron defender of herds and flocks.
Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of the chaste huntress Artemis, who took the place of Selene as goddess of the moon. As the prophetic deity of the Delphic oracle, Apollo was one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian deities. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. In Roman mythology he is known as Apollo and increasingly, especially during the third century BC, as Apollo Helios he became identified with Sol, the Sun.In Hellenistic times, Apollo became conflated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with Selene, goddess of the moon. However, Apollo and Helios remained separate beings in literary and mythological texts. For the iconography of the Alexander-Helios type, see H. Hoffmann, 1963. "Helios," in Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 2 117-23; cf. Yalouris, no. 42.
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The Apollo Program - NASA's portal to data on the Apollo lunar missions. Mission summaries, data, and links to related NASA material.
Apollo 11 Flight Plan - The detailed flight plan of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. Includes speeches by President John F. Kennedy on the US space program.
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Apollo By The Numbers - Offers a comprehensive collection of mission statistics.
Apollo Expeditions to the Moon - E.M. Cortright edited a thorough history of the Apollo program. Discusses lunar probes, launchers, spacecraft, astronaut selection and training, and the lunar missions. Includes appendices and bibliography.
Apollo Explorer - Profiles and press kits for all missions. Includes a large media gallery of videos, pictures, and wallpaper.
Apollo Landing Missions - Overviews of the various Apollo missions, including landing sites, lunar surface operations, science experiments, samplings, and an extensive gallery of mission photography.
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal - This NASA archive offers brief overviews and detailed transcripts of the American lunar landings. Includes crew biographies as well as audio, image, and video galleries.
Apollo Mode Decision - Examines the various mission profiles for placing astronauts on the moon and explains NASA's decision in favor of lunar orbit rendezvous.
Apollo Saturn Reference Page - Reference material for modelers of the Saturn V, Saturn Ib and the Apollo spacecraft.
Apollo Training Team - Information on the instructor personnel who presented Apollo spacecraft systems briefings to Astronauts, Flight Controllers, and launch personnel. Includes summary of lunar missions, handouts, documents, and related links.
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - Explains the goals and accomplishments of the first meeting in space of Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts. Provides a mission summary, an image gallery, and links to a lengthy and official history of the joint program.
Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft - A history of the Apollo spacecraft covering the three phases of spacecraft evolution: defining and designing the vehicles needed to do the job, developing and qualifying them for the task, and operating them in space.
Contact Light - Project Apollo retrospective with pictures.
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Moon Hoax - A skeptical inquiry of the various claims that the Apollo Moon landings were NASA-constructed hoaxes.
Project Apollo - Provides concise histories of the various Apollo space flights. Contains technical diagrams, imagery from the missions, and links to NASA technical and historical documentation related to Apollo.
Project Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis - This NASA study provides the historical background for the American decision to go to the moon. Discusses the objectives of the Apollo program and how this shaped the US manned space program during the 1960s and after. Solidly researched and thoroughly referenced.
Space Exploration History: Apollo 13 - Overview of the failed lunar landing attempt.
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The Apollo Manned Space Program - The National Air and Space Museum's online Apollo Program exhibit provides mission histories, mission patches, and imagery from the various orbital and lunar flights.
The Apollo Program - Resource provided by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, containing a complete overview of the Apollo program, with material from NASA and many other sources. Includes overview of scientific results, and images.
The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology - Part of the NASA Historical Series. The chronology of the development of the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar mission. Provides specific documented information covering a wide range of events related to the Apollo manned spaceflight program.
The Project Apollo Archive - Large selection of multimedia from the Apollo missions.
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