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QUESTION: Who were the first and last men on the moon?
Between July 1969 and December 1972 only 12 men walked on the lunar surface.
For each of the six manned Moon landings only two of the three crewmen landed on the Moon. Over
41 months (nearly 3 and a half years) this resulted in only a dozen of the astronauts involved in the
Apollo Program walking on the lunar surface. Although there were seven intended missions Apollo 13
returned home early without landing on the Moon.
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Apollos 11, 12 & 14
Apollo 11 - Sea of Tranquility
20 July 1969
LM 'Eagle'
1st - Neil Alden Armstrong
2nd - Edwin Eugene "Buzz" AldrinApollo 12 - Ocean of Storms
19 November 1969
LM 'Intrepid'
3rd - Charles "Pete" Conrad
4th - Alan LaVern Bean Apollo 14 - Fra Mauro Highlands
5 February 1971
LM 'Antares'
5th - Alan Barlett Shepard
6th - Edgar Dean Mitchell
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ANSWER: Neil Armstrong and Gene CernanAlthough Gene Cernan was the 11th man
to walk on the moon and Jack Schmitt the 12th, Gene re-entered the Lunar Module
after Jack at the end of the mission making him the LAST man on the moon.Apollos 15, 16 & 17
Apollo 15 - Hadley Rille
30 July 1971
LM 'Falcon'
7th - David Randolph Scott
8th - James Benson IrwinApollo 16 - Descartes Highlands
20 April 1972
LM 'Orion'
9th - John Watts Young
10th - Charles Moss Duke Apollo 17 - Valley of Taurus-Littrow
11 December 1972
LM 'Challenger'
11th - Eugene Andrew Cernan
12th - Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt
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