Who has walked on the moon?

Answer 1

People who have walked on the moonThere have been six manned flights to the moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15 16, and 17). All six flights were manned by three astronauts:

1. The Commander
2. The Command Module Pilot
3. The Lunar Module pilot.

The Commander and Lunar Module pilot went all the way to the surface of the moon. The Command Module pilot remained with the Command Module orbiting the moon during the lunar excursion.

The men who actually walked on the moon are:

Apollo 11 -

Neil Armstrong (Commander, first person to walk on the Moon)

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Lunar Module pilot)

Apollo 12 -

Charles Conrad, Jr. (Commander)

Alan LaVerne Bean (Lunar Module pilot)

Apollo 14 -

Alan Shepard (Commander, also first US man in space, 1961)

Edgar Mitchell (Lunar Module Pilot)

Apollo 15 -

David Scott (Commander)

James Irwin (Lunar Module pilot)

Apollo 16 -

John Young (Commander)

Charles Duke, Jr. (Lunar Module pilot)

Apollo 17 -

Eugene Cernan (Commander, last man to walk on the moon December 14, 1972)

Dr Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot, first scientist-astronaut to land on Moon)

As of 2011, only these 12 men have walked on the Moon, and each man was only there once.