Query: astronauts who landed on the Moon

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A Man on the Moon <=SEP=> A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts is a book by Andrew Chaikin, first published in 1994.

Alan Bean <=SEP=> Alan LaVern Bean (born March 15, 1932), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3. He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969.

Alan Shepard <=SEP=> Alan Bartlett "Al" Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998), (RADM, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, flag officer, one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, and businessman, who in 1961 became the second person and the first American to travel into space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit.

Apollo 11 <=SEP=> Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft, Aldrin slightly less, and together they collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth.

Apollo 12 <=SEP=> Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon (an H type mission). It was launched on November 14, 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit.

Apollo 14 <=SEP=> Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the United States Apollo program, and the third to land on the Moon. It was the last of the "H missions," targeted landings with two-day stays on the Moon with two lunar EVAs, or moonwalks.Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell launched on their nine-day mission on January 31, 1971 at 4:04:02 p.m.

Apollo 15 <=SEP=> Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the United States' Apollo program, the fourth to land on the Moon, and the eighth successful manned mission. It was the first of what were termed "J missions", long stays on the Moon, with a greater focus on science than had been possible on previous missions. It was also the first mission on which the Lunar Roving Vehicle was used.The mission began on July 26, 1971, and ended on August 7.

Apollo 17 <=SEP=> Apollo 17 was the final mission of the United States' Apollo program, the enterprise that landed the first humans on the Moon. Launched at 12:33 am Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, with a three-member crew consisting of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, it was the last use of Apollo hardware for its original mission.

Apollo Command/Service Module <=SEP=> The Command/Service Module (CSM) was one of two spacecraft, along with the Lunar Module, used for the United States Apollo program which landed astronauts on the Moon. It was built for NASA by North American Aviation. It was launched by itself on three suborbital and low Earth orbit Apollo test missions using the Saturn IB launch vehicle. It was also launched twelve times on the larger Saturn V launch vehicle, both by itself and with the Lunar Module.

Apollo program <=SEP=> The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. First conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-man spacecraft to follow the one-man Project Mercury which put the first Americans in space, Apollo was later dedicated to President John F.

Bowen-Apollo (crater) <=SEP=> Bowen-Apollo is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley, located at the foot of the Sculptured Hills.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed to the southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. They referred to it simply as Bowen during the mission.  It is located just east of Geology Station 8.To the southwest of Bowen are Cochise, Van Serg, and Shakespeare.  To the west is Henry.The crater was named by the astronauts after geologist Norman L.

Buzz Aldrin <=SEP=> Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. (born January 20, 1930) is an American engineer and former astronaut, and the second person to walk on the Moon. He was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. He set foot on the Moon at 03:15:16 (UTC) on July 21, 1969, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. He is also a former U.S. Air Force officer and a Command Pilot.

Charles Duke <=SEP=> Charles Moss "Charlie" Duke, Jr. (born October 3, 1935), (Brig Gen, USAF, Ret.), is an American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a former astronaut for NASA.

Cochise (crater) <=SEP=> Cochise is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission.  They drove along its rim in the rover during EVA 3, but did not stop.To the southwest are Shakespeare and Van Serg, and to the northeast is Bowen and Geology Station 8 at the base of the Sculptured Hills.The crater was named by the astronauts after Cochise, Chief of the Chiricahua Apache.

David Scott <=SEP=> David Randolph "Dave" Scott (born June 6, 1932), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American  engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He belonged to the third group of NASA astronauts, selected in October 1963.  As an astronaut, Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the United States Air Force.

Edgar Mitchell <=SEP=> Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell, Sc.D. (born September 17, 1930), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.

Emory (crater) <=SEP=> Emory is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed north of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but did not visit it.Emory is south of Steno crater and Geology Station 1.  To the southwest are Mackin and Hess.The crater was named by the astronauts after explorer and surveyor William H. Emory.

Eugene Cernan <=SEP=> Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan (/ˈsər.nən/; born March 14, 1934), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut.

Flag (crater) <=SEP=> Flag crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the moon visited by the astronauts of Apollo 16.  The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.  Geology Station 1 is adjacent to Flag, at the much smaller Plum crater.On April 21, 1972, the Apollo 16 lunar module (LM) Orion landed about 1.5 km east of Flag, which is between the prominent North Ray and South Ray craters.

Gregory H. Johnson <=SEP=> Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson (born May 12, 1962) is a NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, STS-123 and STS-134. He served as pilot on his first mission, which delivered the Kibo logistics module and the Dextre robot arm to the International Space Station. Johnson was also assigned as the pilot to the STS-134 mission, which launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011.

Harrison Schmitt <=SEP=> Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor and former U.S. senator from New Mexico.In December 1972, as one of the crew on board Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space.

Henry (Apollo lunar crater) <=SEP=> Henry is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley, located at the foot of the Sculptured Hills.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed to the southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. Henry is northwest of Shakespeare and Van Serg, and west of Cochise.

Hess-Apollo (crater) <=SEP=> Hess-Apollo is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed north of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but did not visit it.  The astronauts referred to it simply as Hess during the mission.Hess is adjacent to the similarly-sized crater Mackin.  To the north is Camelot, to the northwest are Shorty and Lara, and to the west is Nansen.

James Irwin <=SEP=> James Benson "Jim" Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991), (Col, USAF), was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.

John Young (astronaut) <=SEP=> Captain John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a retired American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer, who became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to make six space flights over the course of 42 years of active NASA service, and is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.In 1965, Young flew on the first manned Gemini mission, and commanded another Gemini mission the next year.

Jumpers <=SEP=> Jumpers is a play by Tom Stoppard which was first performed in 1972. It explores and satirises the field of academic philosophy, likening it to a less-than skilful competitive gymnastics display.

List of Apollo astronauts <=SEP=> Thirty-two astronauts were assigned to fly in the Apollo manned lunar landing program. Twenty-four of these left Earth’s orbit and flew around the Moon (Apollo 1 never launched and Apollo 7 and Apollo 9 were low Earth orbit spacecraft testing missions). In addition, nine astronauts flew Apollo spacecraft in the Apollo Applications Programs Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.Twelve of these astronauts walked on the Moon’s surface, and six of those drove Lunar Roving Vehicles on the Moon.

List of artificial objects on the Moon <=SEP=> List of artificial objects on the Moon is a partial listing of artificial materials on the Lunar surface.

Little West Crater <=SEP=> Little West Crater  is a small crater (30-meter diameter) in Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon, east of the Apollo 11 landing site known as Tranquility Base.The Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Lunar Module (LM) Eagle approximately 60 meters west of Little West Crater on July 20, 1969. This is the crater Neil Armstrong mentions during his final descent onto the lunar surface.

Lunokhod programme <=SEP=> Lunokhod (Russian: Луноход, "Moonwalker") was a series of Soviet robotic  lunar rovers designed to land on the Moon between 1969 and 1977.The 1969 Lunokhod 1A (Lunokhod 0, Lunokhod No.201) was destroyed during launch, the 1970 Lunokhod 1 and the 1973 Lunokhod 2 landed on the moon and planned to 1977 Lunokhod 3 (Lunokhod No.205) was never launched.

Mackin (crater) <=SEP=> Mackin is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed north of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but did not visit it.Mackin is adjacent to the similarly-sized crater Hess.  To the north is Camelot, to the northwest are Shorty and Lara, and to the west is Nansen.  To the northeast is Emory.The crater was named by the astronauts after geologist Joseph Hoover Mackin.

Mare Imbrium <=SEP=> Mare Imbrium (Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains") is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on the Moon. One of the larger craters in the Solar System, Mare Imbrium formed when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago. Its age has been estimated using U-Pb dating methods to 3938 ± 4 Ma.

Mons Argaeus <=SEP=> Mons Argaeus is a mountainous massif on the Moon that extends for a length of 65 km towards the southeast. It is located at coordinates 19.33°N 29.01°E﻿ / 19.33; 29.01, wedging between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis on their eastern border.Apollo 17 landed to the east of Mons Argaeus in the Taurus–Littrow Valley (next to Mons Vitruvius and to the south of the crater Littrow).This rise was given the Latin name for Mount Argaeus, a peak in Turkey now called Erciyes Dağı.

Mons Hadley <=SEP=> Mons Hadley is a massif in the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the northern hemisphere of the Moon. The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 26.5° N, 4.7° E. It has a height of 4.6 km and a maximum diameter of 25 km at the base.To the southwest of this mountain is a valley that served as the landing site for the Apollo 15 expedition. To the southwest of this same valley is the slightly smaller Mons Hadley Delta (δ) peak with a height of about 3.5 km.

Moon landing <=SEP=> A moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned (robotic) missions. The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission, on 13 September 1959.The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. There have been six manned U.S.

Moon landing conspiracy theories <=SEP=> The Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA with the aid of other organizations. The most notable claim is that the six manned landings (1969–72) were faked and that twelve Apollo astronauts did not actually walk on the Moon. Various groups and individuals have made such conspiracy claims since the mid-1970s.

Moon landings in fiction <=SEP=> Because of its extreme difficulty and otherworldly nature, a successful Moon landing is viewed as being among humanity's greatest achievements.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (season 1) <=SEP=> The first season of comic science fiction TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 ran for 13 episodes from November 18, 1989 to February 3, 1990 on the American network The Comedy Channel.

Neil Armstrong <=SEP=> Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War.

North Ray (crater) <=SEP=> North Ray crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the moon visited by the astronauts of Apollo 16.  The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973. It is the largest crater sampled by astronauts during the Apollo program.The Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) Orion landed between North Ray and South Ray craters on April 21, 1972.

Palmetto (crater) <=SEP=> Palmetto crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the moon visited by the astronauts of Apollo 16.  The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.On April 21, 1972, the Apollo 16 lunar module (LM) Orion landed about 1.5 km south of Palmetto, which is between the prominent North Ray and South Ray craters.  The astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the area over the course of three EVAs using a Lunar Roving Vehicle, or rover.

Pete Conrad <=SEP=> Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999), (Capt, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon. He set an eight-day space endurance record along with his Command Pilot Gordon Cooper on the Gemini 5 mission, and commanded the Gemini 11 mission.

Powell (crater) <=SEP=> Powell is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed less than 1 km northeast of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but they did not visit it.To the north of Powell is Trident and the landing site.  To the northwest are Camelot and Horatio, and to the northeast is Sherlock.  Steno and Emory are to the southeast.The crater was named by the astronauts after John Wesley Powell, geologist and explorer of the American West.

STS-129 <=SEP=> STS-129 (ISS assembly flight ULF3) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis was launched on November 16, 2009 at 14:28 EST, and landed at 09:44 EST on November 27, 2009 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.STS-129 focused on staging spare components outside the station. The 11-day flight included three spacewalks.

Shakespeare (lunar crater) <=SEP=> Shakespeare is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. They did not visit it, but in fact drove around it during EVA 3.To the south is Van Serg, to the northeast is Cochise, and to the northwest is a crater unofficially called Henry on some maps.The crater was named by the astronauts after William Shakespeare.

South Ray (crater) <=SEP=> South Ray crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the moon photographed from the lunar surface by the astronauts of Apollo 16.  The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.The Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) Orion landed between North Ray and South Ray craters on April 21, 1972.  The astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the area between the craters over the course of three EVAs using a Lunar Roving Vehicle, or rover.

Surveyor 6 <=SEP=> Surveyor 6 was the sixth lunar lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon. Surveyor 6 landed on the Sinus Medii.

Surveyor 7 <=SEP=> Surveyor 7 was the seventh and last lunar lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. A total of 21,091 pictures were transmitted to Earth.Surveyor 7 was the fifth and final spacecraft of the Surveyor series to achieve a lunar soft landing.

The Series Has Landed <=SEP=> "The Series Has Landed" is the second episode of the first season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on April 4, 1999. The episode was written by Ken Keeler and directed by Peter Avanzino. In this episode, several main characters, including Doctor Zoidberg, Amy Wong, and Hermes Conrad are first introduced, and the crew goes on their first mission.

Tranquility Base <=SEP=> Tranquility Base (Latin: Statio Tranquillitatis) is the site where humans first landed on the Moon and walked on another world, on the flight of Apollo 11. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module Eagle at approximately 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon <=SEP=> Transformers: Dark of the Moon (or simply Transformers 3) is a 2011 American science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line. First released on June 23, 2011, it is the third (originally intended final) installment of the live-action Transformers film series. It is a sequel to 2009's Revenge of the Fallen taking place three years after that.

Trident (crater) <=SEP=> Trident is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed about 300 m north of its rim in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission.  They drove along the east rim of Trident during EVA 1 of the mission, in their rover.To the south of Trident is Powell, to the west are Camelot and Horatio, and to the east is Sherlock.The crater was named by the astronauts after a trident (three pronged spear) due to its shape.

West (lunar crater) <=SEP=> West crater is a small crater in Mare Tranquillitatis on the moon, east of the Apollo 11 landing site, which is known as Tranquility Base.  The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.The Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Lunar Module (LM) Eagle approximately 550 meters west of West crater on July 20, 1969.  During the descent, West crater was a major landmark.