How many people have been to the Moon?

Short answer: 12 people have been to the surface of the Moon. A total of 24 people have been "to the Moon", including those who went into orbit but didn't land on the surface.

Long answer: Here's a list of every Apollo mission and astronauts who went to the Moon. Astronauts with an asterisk (*) landed on the Moon's surface.

Apollo 8 (1968): Mission to orbit the Moon. Astronauts: William Anders, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell.

Apollo 10 (1969): Mission to orbit the Moon. Astronauts: Thomas Stafford, John W. Young, Eugene Cernan.

Apollo 11 (1969): Mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts: Neil Armstrong*, Buzz Aldrin*, Michael Collins.

Apollo 12 (1969): Mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts: Pete Conrad*, Alan Bean*, Richard F. Gordon.

Apollo 13 (1970): Mission to land on the Moon (landing aborted). Astronauts: Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert.

Apollo 14 (1971): Mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts: Alan Shepard*, Edgar Mitchell*, Stuart Roosa.

Apollo 15 (1971): Mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts: David Scott*, James Irwin*, Alfred Worden.

Apollo 16 (1972): Mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts: John Young*, Charles Duke*, T. Kenneth Mattingly.

Apollo 17 (1972): Mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts: Eugene Cernan*, Harrison Schmitt*, Ronald Evans.

Who has been to the Moon more than once?

James Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13), John Young (Apollo 10 and Apollo 16), Gene Cernan (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17).

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