Nasa has mounted. 553 people have reached 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 and harrison schmitt.
How many people have gone to the moon.
Four of them are still living as of november 2019.
Update all crewed lunar landings took place between july 1969 and december 1972 as part of the apollo program.
The united states would go on to complete six crewed missions to the moon that landed a total of 12 astronauts all men from 1969 to 1972 in a series of apollo missions numbering up to apollo 17.
In total twelve people have walked on the moon.
Twelve people have walked on the moon.
Its three man crew of william anders frank borman and jim lovell were the first three people to go to the moon although they did not land.
Four of americas moonwalkers are still alive.
Thomas stafford john w.
However russia the ussr japan china the european space agency and india have all made visits to the moon via probes.
24 people have traveled beyond low earth orbit and either circled orbited or walked on the moon.
Only 12 people have ever walked on the moon.
Why havent humans gone back to the moon since the apollo missions.
Humanity hasnt been back to earths nearest neighbor since though many of our robotic probes have.
In all 24 american astronauts made the trip from the earth to the moon between 1968 and 1972.
The united states is the only country to have ever put people on the moon.
Neil armstrong and edwin buzz aldrin were the first of 12 human beings who walked on the moon.
556 have reached the altitude of space according to the fai definition of the boundary of space and 562 people have reached the altitude of space according to the american definition.
Young and eugene cernan whose mission was regarded as a dress rehearsal for the lunar landing.
Aldrin apollo 11 david scott apollo 15 charles duke apollo 16 and harrison schmitt apollo 17.
They were followed by the three members of apollo 10 may 1826 1969.
Four of them are still living as of november 2019.
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