Feature | June 3, 2019
Who has Walked on the Moon?

This unusual photograph, taken during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA), shows two U.S. spacecraft on the surface of the moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM) is in the background. The unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft is in the foreground. Credit: NASA | › Full Image and Caption
Note: Apollo 15 Command Module pilot Aldfred "Al" Worden died March 18, 2020 in Texas. During Apollo 15's July 1971 lunar mission, Worden earned a record as “most isolated human being" while his crew mates roamed the lunar surface, and he was 2,235 miles away from anyone else.
There are currently 11 surviving Apollo Moon crew members of the original 24.
Who Walked on the Moon?
- Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)—Apollo 11
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (1930-)—Apollo 11
- Charles "Pete" Conrad (1930-1999)—Apollo 12
- Alan Bean (1932-2018)—Apollo 12
- Alan B. Shepard Jr. (1923-1998)—Apollo 14
- Edgar D. Mitchell (1930-2016)—Apollo 14
- David R. Scott (1932-)—Apollo 15
- James B. Irwin (1930-1991)—Apollo 15
- John W. Young (1930-2018)—Apollo 10 (orbital), Apollo 16 (landing)
- Charles M. Duke (1935-)—Apollo 16
- Eugene Cernan (1934-2017)—Apollo 10 (orbital), Apollo 17 (landing)
- Harrison H. Schmitt (1935-)—Apollo 17
Who Orbited the Moon?
- Frank Borman (1928-)—Apollo 8
- William A. Anders (1933-)—Apollo 8
- James A. Lovell Jr. (1928-)—Apollo 8, Apollo 13
- Thomas Stafford (1930-)—Apollo 10
- Michael Collins (1930-)—Apollo 11
- Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929-2017)—Apollo 12
- Fred W. Haise Jr. (1933-)—Apollo 13
- John L. Swigert Jr. (1931-1982)—Apollo 13
- Stuart A. Roosa (1933-1994)—Apollo 14
- Alfred M. Worden (1932-2020)—Apollo 15
- Thomas K. Mattingly II (1936-)—Apollo 16
- Ronald E. Evans (1933-1990)—Apollo 17