12 men who walked on the moon, from 1969 to 1972
Sunday - 8/26/2012, 4:04am ET
(AP) - The Apollo space program stretched from 1961 to 1972, culminating in a dozen men walking on the moon in its final years. The moonwalkers were, in order:
_ Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1969
_ Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Apollo 11, 1969
_ Charles "Pete" Conrad, Apollo 12, 1969
_ Alan L. Bean, Apollo 12, 1969
_ Alan Shepard, Apollo 14, 1971
_ Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14, 1971
_ David Scott, Apollo 15, 1971
_ James B. Irwin, Apollo 15, 1971
_ John Young, Apollo 16, 1972
_ Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16, 1972
_ Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17, 1972
_ Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, Apollo 17, 1972
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