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EpisodesThis is part of a series of episodes on NASA’s Mission to the Moon.To Moon and Back - Part 1To Moon and Back - Part 2To Moon and Back - Part 3To Moon and Back - Part 4To Moon and Back - Part 5There were many{01:30} There are missions that happened before Apollo 11. All these missions had mission objectives that were testing ground for the Apollo 11.{02:10} Apollo 1 was supposed to be the first manned flight of Apollo Spacecraft. But the astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward “Ed” White and Roger Chaffee died in a fire that broke out in the Command Module during a ground testing.{04:52} Between Apollo 1 and Apollo 7 which were manned missions, there were a bunch of unmanned missions testing Command Module, Lunar Module and Trans Lunar Ejection.Manned flights before 11{06:08} Apollo 7: This was the first manned mission after Apollo 1. The mission was mainly designed to test the CSM and long duration flight in Apollo Spacecraft. Due to a head cold, commander Walter M Schirra was irritable throughout the