List of people who have walked on the Moon facts for kids

Twelve people have walked on Earth's Moon, starting with Neil Armstrong and ending with Gene Cernan. All crewed lunar 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.

List

Image	No.	Name	Mission	Born	Died	Lunar EVA dates (UTC)	Lunar EVAs	Total EVA duration	Astronaut service
	1.	Armstrong, NeilNeil Armstrong	Apollo 11	(1930-08-05)August 5, 1930	August 25, 2012(2012-08-25) (aged 82)	July 21, 1969	1	2 hours 31 minutes	NASA
	2.	Aldrin, BuzzBuzz Aldrin	Apollo 11	(1930-01-20) January 20, 1930 (age 94)		July 21, 1969	1	2 hours 31 minutes	Air Force
	3.	Conrad, PetePete Conrad	Apollo 12	(1930-06-02)June 2, 1930	July 8, 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 69)	November 19–20, 1969	2	7 hours 45 minutes	Navy
	4.	Bean, AlanAlan Bean	Apollo 12	(1932-03-15)March 15, 1932	May 26, 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86)	November 19–20, 1969	2	7 hours 45 minutes	Navy
	5.	Shepard, AlanAlan Shepard	Apollo 14	(1923-11-18)November 18, 1923	July 21, 1998(1998-07-21) (aged 74)	February 5–6, 1971	2	9 hours 21 minutes	Navy
	6.	Mitchell, EdgarEdgar Mitchell	Apollo 14	(1930-09-17)September 17, 1930	February 4, 2016(2016-02-04) (aged 85)	February 5–6, 1971	2	9 hours 21 minutes	Navy
	7.	Scott, DavidDavid Scott	Apollo 15	(1932-06-06) June 6, 1932 (age 91)		July 31–August 2, 1971	3	18 hours 33 minutes	Air Force
	8.	Irwin, JamesJames Irwin	Apollo 15	(1930-03-17)March 17, 1930	September 8, 1991(1991-09-08) (aged 61)	July 31–August 2, 1971	3	18 hours 33 minutes	Air Force
	9.	Young, JohnJohn Young	Apollo 16	(1930-09-24)September 24, 1930	January 5, 2018(2018-01-05) (aged 87)	April 21–23, 1972	3	20 hours 14 minutes	Navy
	10.	Duke, CharlesCharles Duke	Apollo 16	(1935-10-03) October 3, 1935 (age 88)		April 21–23, 1972	3	20 hours 14 minutes	Air Force
	11.	Cernan, GeneGene Cernan	Apollo 17	(1934-03-14)March 14, 1934	January 16, 2017(2017-01-16) (aged 82)	December 11–14, 1972	3	22 hours 2 minutes	Navy
	12.	Schmitt, HarrisonHarrison Schmitt	Apollo 17	(1935-07-03) July 3, 1935 (age 88)		December 11–14, 1972	3	22 hours 2 minutes	NASA

Related pages

• List of Apollo astronauts

Images for kids

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  (L to R) Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, and Slayton

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  NASA Astronaut Group 2: Back row: Elliot M. See (died in Gemini training), McDivitt, Lovell, White, Stafford. Front row: Conrad, Borman, Armstrong, Young

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  NASA Astronaut Group 3

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  Harrison Schmitt (seated, center) became NASA's first scientist astronaut to fly in space.

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  NASA Astronaut Group 5

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Personas que han caminado sobre la Luna para niños