Break from the Grind December 21, 2011
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: How Many Astronauts Have Walked on the Moon?
How many astronauts from the six successfully moon landings actually walked on the moon?
Reported by PS
Twelve.
They are:
- Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11;
- Pete Conrad and Alan Bean from Apollo 12;
- Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell from Apollo 14;
- David Scott and James Irwin from Apollo 15;
- John W. Young and Charles Duke from Apollo 16; and
- Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt from Apollo 17.
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