![Astronaut in a white spacesuit standing on the surface of the Moon next to a robotic spacecraft with his human crew vehicle on the horizon.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/as12-48-7134_1280-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This unusual photograph, taken during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA), shows two U.S. spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM) is in the background. The unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft is in the foreground.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first of 12 human beings to walk on the Moon. Four of America's moonwalkers are still alive: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17).
In all, 24 American astronauts made the trip from Earth to the Moon between 1968 and 1972. Three astronauts made the journey from Earth to the Moon twice: James Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13), John Young (Apollo 10 and Apollo 16), and Gene Cernan (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17).
The 12 Moon Walkers
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Who Orbited the Moon?
![Portrait of astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra](https://cdn.statically.io/img/science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/s65-56151large.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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The Apollo Program
“That’s one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong
Learn More![To the far right of this image, an astronaut in a white spacesuit has his back to the camera while he works near the lunar lander. To the far left is an American flag on a pole in the lunar soil.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/7876057948-122e87948b-o-neil-armstrong-on-the-moon.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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