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Apollo 18, 19 and 20
There were originally 3 more Apollo missions scheduled to
fly to the Moon in the initial Apollo plan, all were cancelled
due to budgetary constraints. Apollo 20 was cancelled in
January 1970. The flights planned for Apollo 15 and Apollo
19 were cancelled in September 1970, the remaining mis-
sions were then renumbered 15 through 1 7.
The original recommendations for the missions were:
H-2 (Apollo 13) Fra Mauro
H-3 (Apollo 14) Littrow
H-4 (Apollo 15) Censorinus
J-1 (Apollo 16) Descartes
J-2 (Apollo 17) Marius Hills
J-3 (Apollo 18) Copernicus
J-4 (Apollo 19) Hadley
J-5 (Apollo 20) Tycho
After the failure of Apollo 13 Apollo 14 was rescheduled for Fra Mauro. After the cancellations, the re-
maining missions were changed to:
J-1 (Apollo 15) Hadley Rille
J-2 (Apollo 16) Descartes
J-3 (Apollo 17) Taurus-Littrow

Conspiracy theorists have concocted some incredibly creative stories to explain why NASA has not re-
turned to the Moon since Apollo 17's splashdown in 1972. Some suggest that aliens on the Moon pre-
vented or scared astronauts from ever returning while others claim that there were undocumented mis-
sions to the Moon. The other end of the spectrum sees the· Moon hoax theorists claiming we never went
to the Moon.