Thirty-two astronauts were assigned to fly in the Apollo manned lunar landing program. Twenty-four of these left Earth’s orbit and flew around the Moon (Apollo 1 never launched and Apollo 7 and Apollo 9 were low Earth orbit spacecraft testing missions). In addition, nine astronauts flew Apollo spacecraft in the Apollo Applications Programs Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
Twelve of these astronauts walked on the Moon’s surface, and six of those drove Lunar Roving Vehicles on the Moon. While three astronauts flew to the Moon twice, none of them landed on the Moon more than once. The nine Apollo missions to the Moon occurred between December 1968 and December 1972.
Apart from these 24 people who visited the Moon, no human being has gone beyond low Earth orbit. They have, therefore, been farther from the Earth than anyone else. They are also the only people to have directly viewed the far side of the Moon. The twelve who walked on the Moon are the only people ever to have set foot on an astronomical object other than the Earth.
Of the 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon, two went on to command a Skylab mission, one commanded Apollo–Soyuz, one flew as commander for approach and landing tests of the Space Shuttle, and two went on to command orbital Space Shuttle missions. A total of 24 NASA astronauts from the Apollo era flew on the Space Shuttle.
On each of the Apollo 17 extravehicular activities (EVAs), Harrison Schmitt was the second person out of, and the first person back into, the lunar module. Schmitt is thus the twelfth and last person to have stepped onto the Moon. Eugene Cernan, as the second person to enter the lunar module on the final EVA, is the last person to have walked on the Moon.
Alan Shepard was the oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47 years and 79 days. Charlie Duke was the youngest, at age 36 years and 201 days.
Jim Lovell and Fred Haise were scheduled to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 13 mission, but the lunar landing was aborted following a major malfunction en route to the Moon. Haise was again scheduled to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 19, but Apollo 18 and Apollo 19 were canceled on September 2, 1970.
Joe Engle had trained on the backup crew for Apollo 14 to explore the Moon with Cernan, but Engle was replaced by Schmitt on the primary crew for Apollo 17. Schmitt had previously been crewed with Apollo 12 command module pilot Dick Gordon in anticipation of Apollo 18, but Schmitt replaced Engle on Apollo 17 after the cancellation of Apollo 18 and Apollo 19, leaving Gordon as the last Apollo astronaut to train extensively for lunar exploration without ever landing on the Moon.
Twelve of these astronauts walked on the Moon’s surface, and six of those drove Lunar Roving Vehicles on the Moon. While three astronauts flew to the Moon twice, none of them landed on the Moon more than once. The nine Apollo missions to the Moon occurred between December 1968 and December 1972.
Apart from these 24 people who visited the Moon, no human being has gone beyond low Earth orbit. They have, therefore, been farther from the Earth than anyone else. They are also the only people to have directly viewed the far side of the Moon. The twelve who walked on the Moon are the only people ever to have set foot on an astronomical object other than the Earth.
Of the 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon, two went on to command a Skylab mission, one commanded Apollo–Soyuz, one flew as commander for approach and landing tests of the Space Shuttle, and two went on to command orbital Space Shuttle missions. A total of 24 NASA astronauts from the Apollo era flew on the Space Shuttle.
Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon
"Moonwalkers" redirects here. For the upcoming film, see Moonwalkers (film).
Twelve people have walked on the Moon. Eight of them are still living as of November 2015. All manned lunar landings took place between July 1969 and December 1972 as part of the Apollo program.| Name | Born | Died | Age at first step |
Mission | Lunar EVA dates | Service | Alma Mater | |
| 01. | Neil Armstrong | August 5, 1930 | August 25, 2012 (aged 82) | 38y 11m 15d | Apollo 11 | July 21, 1969[6] | NASA[7] | Purdue University, University of Southern California |
| 02. | Buzz Aldrin | January 20, 1930 | 39y 6m 0d | Air Force | United States Military Academy, MIT | |||
| 03. | Pete Conrad | June 2, 1930 | July 8, 1999 (aged 69) | 39y 5m 17d | Apollo 12 | November 19–20, 1969 | Navy | Princeton University |
| 04. | Alan Bean | March 15, 1932 | 37y 8m 4d | Navy | University of Texas, Austin | |||
| 05. | Alan Shepard | November 18, 1923 | July 21, 1998 (aged 74) | 47y 2m 18d | Apollo 14 | February 5–6, 1971 | Navy | United States Naval Academy, Naval War College |
| 06. | Edgar Mitchell | September 17, 1930 | 40y 4m 19d | Navy | Carnegie Mellon University, Naval Postgraduate School, MIT | |||
| 07. | David Scott | June 6, 1932 | 39y 1m 25d | Apollo 15 | July 31 – August 2, 1971 | Air Force | University of Michigan (freshman year, and later, an honorary doctorate), United States Military Academy, MIT | |
| 08. | James Irwin | March 17, 1930 | August 8, 1991 (aged 61) | 41y 4m 14d | Air Force | United States Naval Academy, University of Michigan | ||
| 09. | John W. Young | September 24, 1930 | 41y 6m 28d | Apollo 16 | April 21–23, 1972 | Navy | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 10. | Charles Duke | October 3, 1935 | 36y 6m 18d | Air Force | United States Naval Academy, MIT | |||
| 11. | Eugene Cernan | March 14, 1934 | 38y 9m 7d | Apollo 17 | December 11–14, 1972 | Navy | Purdue University, Naval Postgraduate School | |
| 12. | Harrison Schmitt | July 3, 1935 | 37y 5m 8d | NASA | Caltech, University of Oslo (exchange), Harvard University |
Alan Shepard was the oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47 years and 79 days. Charlie Duke was the youngest, at age 36 years and 201 days.
Jim Lovell and Fred Haise were scheduled to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 13 mission, but the lunar landing was aborted following a major malfunction en route to the Moon. Haise was again scheduled to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 19, but Apollo 18 and Apollo 19 were canceled on September 2, 1970.
Joe Engle had trained on the backup crew for Apollo 14 to explore the Moon with Cernan, but Engle was replaced by Schmitt on the primary crew for Apollo 17. Schmitt had previously been crewed with Apollo 12 command module pilot Dick Gordon in anticipation of Apollo 18, but Schmitt replaced Engle on Apollo 17 after the cancellation of Apollo 18 and Apollo 19, leaving Gordon as the last Apollo astronaut to train extensively for lunar exploration without ever landing on the Moon.
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