List of Apollo astronauts
To date (2003) only the following twelve people have walked on the Moon, each on one mission only. All are men from the United States of America who traveled to the moon as part of NASA's Apollo program. Since 1972 nobody has ever walked on the moon again.
- Neil Armstrong - Apollo 11 - July, 1969
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin - Apollo 11 - July, 1969
- Charles "Pete" Conrad - Apollo 12 - November, 1969
- Alan Bean - Apollo 12 - November, 1969
- Alan Shepard - Apollo 14 - February, 1971
- Edgar Mitchell - Apollo 14 - February, 1971
- David Scott - Apollo 15 - July, 1971
- James Irwin - Apollo 15 - July, 1971
- John Young - Apollo 16 - April, 1972
- Charles Duke - Apollo 16 - April, 1972
- Gene Cernan - Apollo 17 - December, 1972
- Harrison Schmitt - Apollo 17 - December, 1972
People that have been orbiting the moon
On each of the missions above one astronaut orbited the moon while the other two landed. In addition there were three astronauts on each of the missions Apollo 8, 10, 13 orbiting the moon (in the case of Apollo 13: only turning around it). Thus 12 more people have been close to the moon (three on two missions; in one case both without landing):
- Frank Borman
- Bill Anders
- Tom Stafford
- Michael Collins
- Dick Gordon
- Jim Lovell
- Jack Swigert
- Fred Haise
- Stuart Roosa
- Al Worden
- Ken Mattingly
- Ronald Evans