Feature | April 28, 2021
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 11 Command Module pilot Michael Collins died on April 28, 2021, at age 90. Collins was sometimes called “the loneliest man in history” because he stayed in orbit while his colleagues – Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin – became the first people to walk on the Moon.
There are currently 10 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 (1930-2021)—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