The Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins orbited the moon in the Command module.
Michael Collins stayed in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
Apollo 2 was an unmanned mission launched in 1966. It was destroyed about six hours into the flight. You are probably confusing it with Apollo 11 (eleven) the first mission to land on the moon. The astronaut in the command vehicle that stayed in orbit around the moon was Michael Collins.
Apollo 17
No Apollo 11 stayed on the moon for a little over 24 hours in all.
There were 3 Apollo 17 astronauts. Eugene Ceran and Harrison Schmidt landed on the moon and Ronald Evans stayed in orbit around the moon.
Michael Collins
no astronaut has ever died or has stayed behind in space - expand your question
The astronauts stayed in the command module during launch and reentyry to earth. As it has a tiles that prevent the craft from over heating during reentry.
Apollo 11 stayed on the surface of the moon for 26 hours.
Apollo 11 stayed on the moon for 26 hours on the moon.
Apollo 11 stayed on the surface of the moon, for about 26 hours.