Originally published Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 1:11 PM
12 men who walked on the moon, from 1969 to 1972
The Apollo space program stretched from 1961 to 1972, culminating in a dozen men walking on the moon in its final years. The moonwalkers were, in order:
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The Apollo space program stretched from 1961 to 1972, culminating in a dozen men walking on the moon in its final years. The moonwalkers were, in order:
- Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1969
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Apollo 11, 1969
- Charles "Pete" Conrad, Apollo 12, 1969
- Alan L. Bean, Apollo 12, 1969
- Alan Shepard, Apollo 14, 1971
- Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14, 1971
- David Scott, Apollo 15, 1971
- James B. Irwin, Apollo 15, 1971
- John Young, Apollo 16, 1972
- Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16, 1972
- Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17, 1972
- Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, Apollo 17, 1972










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