In total apollo took astronauts to the moons surface six times ending in late 1972 with apollo 17. There were six manned us.
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the mooncommander neil armstrong and lunar module pilot buzz aldrin formed the american crew that landed the apollo lunar module eagle on july 20 1969 at 2017 utcarmstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours and 39 minutes later on july 21 at 0256 utc.
How many times have we been to the moon since apollo 11.
The apollo 11 moon landing was a historic achievementbut so were the other five times when nasa landed men on the moon.
With the successful launch of the orion capsule nasa.
The united states apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon on 20 july 1969.
In 1969 apollo flew four times including two landings on the moon.
Apollo 11 at 50.
This was not only our final moon landing but the last time we left low earth orbit.
Besides neil armstrong and buzz aldrin who were the first two astronauts to leave their bootprints on the moon there were also pete conrad alan bean alan shepard edgar mitchell david scott james irwin john young charles duke eugene cernan.
The other 10 who made it to the moon took part in five further nasa launches between 1969 and 1972.
All of total 6 manned moon landings to date were a part of the nasas apollo program.
On december 11 1972 apollo 17 touched down on the moon.
A complete guide to the historic moon landing.
Landings between 1969 and 1972 and numerous unmanned landings with no soft landings happening between 22 august 1976 and 14 december 2013.
In total twelve people have walked on the moon.
Five more crewed missions hit the gray dirt after apollo 11 the last of them apollo 17 touching down in december 1972.
Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later.
These missions were undertaken by apollo 12 apollo 14 apollo 15 apollo 16 and apollo 17.
In total 12 astronauts have walked on the moon including armstrong and aldrin.
Running from 1961 to 1972 the objective of the program was to gather as much data as possible from close orbits and manned landings and of course get to the moon before the soviets and take the lead in space exploration.
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