List of Apollo astronauts

NASA assigned 32 American astronauts to the Apollo lunar landing program, and 24, flying on nine missions between December 1968 and December 1972, orbited the Moon.

Most of the Apollo astronauts gathered at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1978. Names are included even for those not in the photo, with moonwalkers names in white and those who flew to the Moon without landing shown in dark grey. (Other names are shown in faint grey.)

During six two-man landing missions twelve astronauts walked on the lunar surface, and six of those drove Lunar Roving Vehicles. Three flew to the Moon twice, one orbiting both times and two landing once apiece.

Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon
See the main article: List of people who have walked on the Moon
Image Name Born Died Age at
first step		 Mission Lunar EVA dates Military service Alma Mater
1 Neil Armstrong(1930-08-05)August 5, 1930August 25, 2012(2012-08-25) (aged 82)38y 11m 15d Apollo 11July 21, 1969[1]Civilian[2]Purdue University, University of Southern California
2 Buzz Aldrin (1930-01-20) January 20, 193039y 6m 0dAir ForceUnited States Military Academy, MIT
3 Pete Conrad(1930-06-02)June 2, 1930July 8, 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 69)39y 5m 17d Apollo 12November 19–20, 1969NavyPrinceton University
4 Alan Bean(1932-03-15)March 15, 1932May 26, 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86)37y 8m 4dNavyUniversity of Texas, Austin
5 Alan Shepard(1923-11-18)November 18, 1923July 21, 1998(1998-07-21) (aged 74)47y 2m 18d Apollo 14February 5–6, 1971NavyUnited States Naval Academy, Naval War College
6 Edgar Mitchell(1930-09-17)September 17, 1930February 4, 2016(2016-02-04) (aged 85)40y 4m 19dNavyCarnegie Mellon University, Naval Postgraduate School, MIT
7 David Scott (1932-06-06) June 6, 193239y 1m 25d Apollo 15July 31 – August 2, 1971Air ForceUniversity of Michigan, United States Military Academy, MIT
8 James Irwin(1930-03-17)March 17, 1930August 8, 1991(1991-08-08) (aged 61)41y 4m 14dAir ForceUnited States Naval Academy, University of Michigan
9 John Young(1930-09-24)September 24, 1930January 5, 2018(2018-01-05) (aged 87)41y 6m 28d Apollo 16April 21–23, 1972NavyGeorgia Institute of Technology
10 Charles Duke (1935-10-03) October 3, 193536y 6m 18dAir ForceUnited States Naval Academy, MIT
11 Eugene Cernan(1934-03-14)March 14, 1934January 16, 2017(2017-01-16) (aged 82)38y 9m 7d Apollo 17December 11–14, 1972NavyPurdue University, Naval Postgraduate School
12 Harrison Schmitt (1935-07-03) July 3, 193537y 5m 8dCivilian[3]Caltech, University of Oslo, Harvard University

Apollo astronauts who flew to the Moon without landing
Image Name Born Died Age Mission Military service Notes
1 Frank Borman(1928-03-14)March 14, 1928November 7, 2023 (aged 95)40Apollo 8
December 21–27, 1968		Air Force
2 Jim Lovell (1928-03-25) March 25, 192840

42		Apollo 8
December 21–27, 1968
Apollo 13
April 11–17, 1970		NavyIntended to land on Apollo 13; only person to fly to the Moon twice without landing.
3 Bill Anders(1933-10-17)October 17, 1933June 7, 2024 (aged 90)35Apollo 8
December 21–27, 1968
Air Force
4 Tom StaffordSeptember 17, 1930March 18, 2024 (aged 93)38Apollo 10
May 18–26, 1969		Air ForceLater flew on Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
5 Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930April 28, 2021 (aged 90)38Apollo 11
July 16–24, 1969		Air Force
6 Dick Gordon(1929-10-05)October 5, 1929November 6, 2017(2017-11-06) (aged 88)40Apollo 12
November 14–24, 1969		NavyTrained to land, slated for Apollo 18 (canceled).[4]
7 Jack Swigert(1931-08-30)August 30, 1931December 27, 1982(1982-12-27) (aged 51)38Apollo 13
April 11–17, 1970		Air Force
8 Fred Haise (1933-11-14) November 14, 193336Apollo 13
April 11–17, 1970		Marines, Air ForceIntended to land; later trained to land and slated to command Apollo 19 (canceled);[4] flew the Space Shuttle on approach / landing tests.
9 Stu Roosa(1933-08-16)August 16, 1933December 12, 1994(1994-12-12) (aged 61)37Apollo 14
January 31 – February 9, 1971		Air ForceIn rotation to land on Apollo 20 (canceled).
10 Al Worden(1932-02-07)February 7, 1932March 18, 2020(2020-03-18) (aged 88)39Apollo 15
July 26 – August 7, 1971		Air Force
11 Ken Mattingly (1936-03-17) March 17, 1936October 31, 2023 (aged 87)36Apollo 16
April 16–27, 1972		NavyLater flew two Space Shuttle missions.
12 Ron Evans(1933-11-10)November 10, 1933April 7, 1990(1990-04-07) (aged 56)39Apollo 17
December 7–19, 1972		Navy

References
  1. This date is based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Americans alive at the time remember it as the night of July 20, 1969 (Armstrong set foot on the Moon at 10:56 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time), but the official NASA chronology was kept in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), so the first step was 2:56 a.m. on the 21st:
  2. Armstrong had mustered out of the United States Navy and was already a NASA employee when he and Elliot See became the first civilian astronauts in Astronaut Group 2; see Armstrong's NASA biography and a description of his receiving a NASA award Archived 2015-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, among others.
  3. Schmitt, a geologist, was chosen as a scientist in Astronaut Group 4.
  4. Williams, David R. "Apollo 18 through 20 - The Cancelled Missions". NASA.gov. Retrieved July 19, 2006.


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