who was the first person to orbit the moon
The first person to go to the moon was the Apollo 8 crew, which  consisted of Frank Borman (Commander), Jim Lovell (Command Module  Pilot), and Wiliam Anders (Lunar Module P â¦ ilot). Since there was no  lunar module, Anders was tasked with taking photographs of the  moon. It was he who shot the famous Earthrise photo from lunar  orbit on Christmas Eve, 1968.    The first person to land on the moon was Neil Armstrong and Buzz  Aldrin of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. The first person to actually  walk on the moon was Armstrong, who set foot on the surface about 6  hours after the landing.