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Apollo commonly refers to:

• Apollo, a Greek god of light, healing, and poetry
• The Apollo program, a series of American space missions which succeeded in landing men on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth
• Apollo Hospitals, India-based healthcare group

Apollo may also refer to:

• Apollo (butterfly)
• Apollo (submarine communications cable), a cable crossing the Atlantic ocean
• Apollo (magazine), a British arts magazine
• Apollo Computer, Inc. a workstation manufacturer
• Apollo Theater, a landmark performance venue in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City
• Apollo Theatre, a London West End theatre
• Apollo Cinemas, a chain of cinemas in the United Kingdom
• Apollo Management, L.P., private equity firm
• Operation Apollo, a military operation of the Canadian Navy
• Apollo (Adobe), a cross-OS runtime allows developers to build and deploy desktop RIAs.
• Apollo Group, a public company specialising in adult education
• a steam locomotive of the West Cornwall Railway
• a Puerto Rican professional wrestler, Germán Figueroa, known as "Apolo"
• Armstrong Whitworth A.W.55 Apollo, a prototype short and medium haul civil airliner
• The Apollo, a former music venue, Glasgow, Scotland
• Hammersmith Apollo, an entertainment venue in Hammersmith
• Apollo was name of refinery in Bratislava, which was bombarded in 1944, with Slovnaft as its successor.
• Apollo Books (Apollo Raamatud), an Estonian bookstore chain
• Apollo (ballet), a ballet by George Balanchine
• Apollo Alliance.

people:

• Apollo, a Coptic ascetic and martyr: see Abib and Apollo.

in Space:

• Apollo Program, a series of American space missions which succeeded in landing men on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth
• Apollo (crater), a basin on the far side of the moon
• Apollo asteroids, a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo
• 1862 Apollo, a near-Earth asteroid
• Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation, (APOLLO)

in Geography:

• Apollo, Pennsylvania, United States
• Apollo (South Africa), a town near Johannesburg, location of static inverter plant of HVDC Cabora-Bassa
• Most Apollo (Apollo bridge), a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava

in Historical Warships:

• HMS Apollo, ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Apollo (AS-25), a submarine tender of the United States Navy

in Products:

• Apollo/Domain, a series of workstations made by Apollo Computer, Inc.
• Apollo Reservation System, the computerised central reservation system developed by United Airlines
• Gumpert Apollo, a German racing and high-performance sports car
• Buick Apollo, an American compact car built from 1973 to 1975
• Apollo (1906 automobile), an American car made from 1906 to 1907
• Apollo (1910 automobile), a German car built from 1910 to 1927
• Apollo (1962 automobile), an American sports car built from 1962 to 1964
• Apollo (1971 automobile), a custom-built British sports car
• A short-lived (1999–2002) brand of cheap colour ink-jet printers marketed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard
• Apollo, a bicycle manufacturer originating in Australia.
• Apollo, a scent variety of Axe body spray

in Fiction:

• Apollo, a character in the fictional universe of Masami Kurumada's manga, Saint Seiya.
• Apollo (Star Trek), a member of a race of god-like beings played by Michael Forest in the Who Mourns for Adonais? episode of the Star Trek television series
• Apollo (Battlestar Galactica), the son of Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica
• Apollo (comics), a pastiche of Superman in Wildstorm Comics' The Authority
• Apollo Creed, a boxer played by Carl Weathers in the 1976 feature film, Rocky
• EAS Apollo, an EarthForce destroyer from the Babylon 5 television series
• Apollo Candy, a fictional candy bar in the Lost television series
• a class of ship in the Star Trek television series, see List of Starfleet ship classes
• Apollo, a fictional spacecraft in the Stargate universe.
• Apollo, a character in The Amory Wars.

in Music:

• Apollo A 2006 Album by Stoner Rock Group Nebula
• Apollo (band), a Brit inspired rock band from Southeast Michigan
• Apollo 100, a British synthpop band of the same era as the above
• Apollo 440, a British electronic rock band from 1990s-present
• Apollon Musagète, a ballet by Igor Stravinsky
• Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, an album by Brian Eno
• Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, an album by Coheed and Cambria
  • ''Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow, the second part of the Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, by Coheed and Cambria
• Apollo 18 (album), an album by They Might Be Giants
• Several record labels:
  • Apollo Records (1921) - a US based company
  • Apollo Records (1928) - a US based company
  • Apollo Records (1944) - a US based company
  • Apollo Records (Belgium)
  • Apollo Records (Seattle)

in Motorcycling:

• Ducati Apollo, a prototype motorcycle of 1964

in video games:

• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, the fourth in the series of Ace Attorney games for the Nintendo DS.

Sport:

• GCRE "Apollo" is a series of successful racing cars which compete in the British Pedal Car Championship

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