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Birthplaces of astronauts who walked on the Moon[1]

Twelve people have walked on Earth's Moon. The first one was Neil Armstrong and the last one was Eugene Cernan. All crewed moon landings took place between July 1969 and December 1972 as part of the United States Apollo program. All twelve people who have walked on the Moon are American men. To date, four of the twelve are still alive.



List of people who have walked on the moon

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Pictures No. Name Mission Date of Birth Date of Death (Age at Death) Lunar EVA dates (UTC)[2] Lunar EVAs[2] Total EVA duration[2] Astronaut service
1. Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 (1930-08-05)August 5, 1930[3] August 25, 2012(2012-08-25) (aged 82) July 21, 1969[a] 1 2 hours 31 minutes NASA[b]
2. Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11 (1930-01-20) January 20, 1930 (age 94)[4] Still alive July 21, 1969[a] 1 2 hours 31 minutes Air Force
3. Pete Conrad Apollo 12 (1930-06-02)June 2, 1930[5] July 8, 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 69) November 19–20, 1969 2 7 hours 45 minutes Navy
4. Alan Bean Apollo 12 (1932-03-15)March 15, 1932[6] May 26, 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86) November 19–20, 1969 2 7 hours 45 minutes Navy
5. Alan Shepard Apollo 14 (1923-11-18)November 18, 1923[7] July 21, 1998(1998-07-21) (aged 74) February 5–6, 1971 2 9 hours 21 minutes Navy
6. Edgar Mitchell Apollo 14 (1930-09-17)September 17, 1930[8] February 4, 2016(2016-02-04) (aged 85) February 5–6, 1971 2 9 hours 21 minutes Navy
7. David Scott Apollo 15 (1932-06-06) June 6, 1932 (age 92)[9] Still alive July 31–August 2, 1971 3 18 hours 33 minutes Air Force
8. James Irwin Apollo 15 (1930-03-17)March 17, 1930[10] September 8, 1991(1991-09-08) (aged 61) July 31–August 2, 1971 3 18 hours 33 minutes Air Force
9. John Young Apollo 16 (1930-09-24)September 24, 1930[11] January 5, 2018(2018-01-05) (aged 87) April 21–23, 1972 3 20 hours 14 minutes Navy
10. Charles Duke Apollo 16 (1935-10-03) October 3, 1935 (age 89)[12] Still alive April 21–23, 1972 3 20 hours 14 minutes Air Force
11.[c] Gene Cernan Apollo 17 (1934-03-14)March 14, 1934[13] January 16, 2017(2017-01-16) (aged 82) December 11–14, 1972 3 22 hours 2 minutes Navy
12. Harrison Schmitt Apollo 17 (1935-07-03) July 3, 1935 (age 89)[14] Still alive December 11–14, 1972 3 22 hours 2 minutes NASA
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Americans alive at the time remember it as the night of July 20, 1969 (Armstrong set foot on the Moon at 10:56 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time), but it was the 21st in UTC.
  2. ↑ Armstrong had left the US Navy and was already a NASA employee when he and Elliot See became the first civilian astronauts in Astronaut Group 2. See Armstrong's NASA biography and a description of his receiving a NASA award, among others.
  3. ↑ Gene Cernan is known as the person to have most recently walked on the Moon. This list illustrates the first person to egress on each mission. Cernan was the first to egress but was the last person back in the lunar module, so he was the 11th to walk on the Moon and the most recent to have walked on it.
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References

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  1. ↑ Chaikin 2007, pp. 597–607.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chaikin 2007, pp. 611–613.
  3. ↑ Hansen 2012, pp. 49–50.
  4. ↑ "To the Moon and beyond". The Record (Bergen County). July 20, 2009. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  5. ↑ "New Astronauts, 9 Hottest Jet Pilots in U.S., Have Been Training a Year". The Philadelphia Enquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 18, 1962. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Jacobs, Nancy (November 14, 1969). "Ex-Coleman Resident Bean to be 4th on Moon". Abilene Reporter-News. Abilene, Texas. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Thompson 2004, p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Mitchell, Once a Cowpoke, is an Intellectual". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. New York Times News Service. February 1, 1971 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Furlong, William Barry (February 27, 1969). "Flying is in Astronaut's Blood". Quad-City Times. Davenport, Iowa. World Book Science Service. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "A Who's Who on Apollo Crew". Daily News. New York, New York. July 26, 1971. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Astronauts Could Have a Party". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. February 3, 1963. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Chaikin 2007, p. 600.
  13. ↑ "Astronauts are Like Two Peas from a Pod". The Miami News. Miami, Florida. June 3, 1966. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Schmitt One Of Those Who Has Been There". Alamogordo Daily News. Alamogordo, New Mexico. October 16, 1977. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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