Moon walkers
Updated March 1, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff

The Question:
How many people have walked on the Moon?
The Answer:
Twelve astronauts have walked on the Moon, the last in 1972.
Here are the names of those astronauts listed chronologically by the date of their walk.
July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Nov. 19, 1969: Charles (Pete) Conrad and Alan Bean
Feb. 5, 1971: Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell
July 30, 1971: James Irwin and David Scott
Apr. 21-23, 1972: Charles Duke and John Young
Dec. 11-13, 1972: Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan
-The Editors
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