Hecate Program

The Hecate Program, or Project Hecate, was the sixth American human spaceflight program carried out by NASA, with the goal of continuing what Apollo had started and prepare for a possible lunar base, however later missions would be cut.

Etymology
The Hecate Program, in the vein of the human spaceflight programs before it, was named after the Greek goddess, Hecate. A figure most well-known for being the goddess of witchcraft, magic, and boundaries. However, she was also associated with the Moon and crossroads, and the lunar bases (despite being temporary) that would be established under this program, as planned, were seen as a crossroad for humanity and the US.

Missions

 * Hecate 1 (October 1974) - Lands a LM Shelter at , on the moon with a quiescent capability of 90 days (AES)
 * Hecate 2 (January 1975) - Extended CSM (30 days), LM Taxi lands two crew members to the Shelter, named Delpi, for a 21 day stay. (In the meantime, the LM Taxi would be deactivated and would be reactivated to return to the CSM and thus Earth) (AES)
 * Hecate 3 (September 1975) - Lands a LM Truck, with MOLAB Rover at Kepler Crater. Four-and-a-half ton payload (4100 kilograms) (ALSS)
 * Hecate 4 (November 1975) - 2 astronauts in LM Taxi to Kepler, set up geophysical monitoring station then they would set out on a 14 day, 248 mile (400 kilometers) exploration using MOLAB to study 5 geological features. (ALSS)
 * Hecate 5 (March 1976) - Second LM Truck, MOLAB Rover to Kepler. (ALSS)
 * Hecate 6 (May 1976) - A 14 day, 298 mile (480 kilometers) traverse, 7 additional features studied. (ALSS)