A total of 12 astronauts walked on the Moon during the Apollo program between 1969 and 1972. Here are their names in the order of their lunar landings:
Apollo 11 (July 1969)
- Neil Armstrong – First person to walk on the Moon.
- Buzz Aldrin – Second person to walk on the Moon.
Apollo 12 (November 1969)
- Charles “Pete” Conrad – Third person to walk on the Moon.
- Alan Bean – Fourth person to walk on the Moon.
Apollo 14 (February 1971)
- Alan Shepard – Fifth person to walk on the Moon; also the oldest.
- Edgar Mitchell – Sixth person to walk on the Moon.
Apollo 15 (July 1971)
- David Scott – Seventh person to walk on the Moon.
- James Irwin – Eighth person to walk on the Moon.
Apollo 16 (April 1972)
- John Young – Ninth person to walk on the Moon.
- Charles Duke – Tenth person to walk on the Moon; also the youngest.
Apollo 17 (December 1972)
- Eugene Cernan – Eleventh person to walk on the Moon; also the last to leave it.
- Harrison “Jack” Schmitt – Twelfth person to walk on the Moon; a geologist and the only scientist to do so.
These missions remain the only instances of humans walking on the Moon.
