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Besides the 12 people who have walked on the Moon, 12 more have flown to within 0.001 lunar distance of its surface. As of November 2024 [update] , two of them are alive with an average age of 94 years.
Pages in category "People who have walked on the Moon" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In these six spaceflights, twelve people walked on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin (pictured) walked on the Moon with Neil Armstrong, on Apollo 11, July 20–21, 1969. NASA Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle Earthrise, the iconic 1968 image from Apollo 8 taken by astronaut William Anders. Apollo ran from 1961 to 1972, with the first crewed flight in 1968.
Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / AWL-drin; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot.He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
Order Image Country Name Spacewalks # walks 1: USSR : Alexei Leonov 1934–2019: 1965: Voskhod 2 1 2: U.S. Ed White 1930–1967: 1965: Gemini 4 1 3: U.S. Eugene Cernan 1934–2017: 1966: Gemini 9A
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Aldrin said many people assume the famous photo from 1969 was posed because it manages to capture both moonwalkers and the lander. ... Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon, in Manhattan ...
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.