How many of those times were astronauts from the US?
2007-04-23 07:24:23 · 8 answers · asked by blazing_fire 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Only the US has sent people to the Moon. No other nation has even tried apart from the former Soviet Union, and they failed largely because their giant rocket had a frustrating habit of turning into a large ball of fire somewhere between the launchpad and orbit.
Nine Apollo missions went to the Moon, of which six landed. Each carried three people, two of whom landed on the Moon while one stayed with the command and service module in lunar orbit. The crews for each mission were as follows:
Apollo 8 (first lunar flight, orbital only, no lunar module): Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, Bill Anders.
(Apollo 9 was an earth orbit flight test of the LM)
Apollo 10 (lunar orbital test of lunar module, no landing): John Young, Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan.
Apollo 11 (first lunar landing): Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin landed.
Apollo 12: Pete Conrad, Al Bean, Dick Gordon. Conrad and Bean landed.
Apollo 13: Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert. Lovell makes his second lunar flight and would have landed with Haise if not for the oxygen tank explosion that crippled the spacecraft. No landing was made.
Apollo 14: Alan Shepard, Ed Mitchell, Stu Roosa. Shepard and Mitchell landed.
Apollo 15: Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Al Worden. Scott and Irwin landed.
Apollo 16: John Young, Charlie Duke, Ken Mattingly. John Young makes his second lunar flight and lands on the Moon with Charlie Duke.
Apollo 17: Gene Cernan, Jack Schmitt, Ron Evans. Cernan makes a second lunar flight and lands with Schmitt. Cernan is the last man on the surface of the Moon.
So, if you count up, you'll find 12 men walked on the Moon, while another 12 orbited or flew by it. Three men went to the Moon twice, two of whom walked on its surface on their second trip.
2007-04-23 11:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jason T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 Times.
2007-04-23 07:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by Wedge 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Six times...Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17...all twelve men were from the US (Apollo 13 made it to the moon but could not land due to mechanical failures). No other nation has sent men to or landed men on the moon. The first man to step on the moon was Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11), the last man to walk on the moon was Gene Cernan (Apollo 17).
2007-04-23 07:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
six
Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Apollo 13 missed, remember? Rent the movie.
2007-04-23 07:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by tmlamora1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
0 times.
2007-04-23 07:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by ⇐DâV£ MaΧiMiÅnO⇒ 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
6 missions, 12 men. All of the missions were American.
There have been many more unmanned missions, some of them involving landings\impacts.
2007-04-23 07:29:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There were six manned lunar landings -- Apollos 11,12,14,15,16,17
2007-04-23 07:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
6. 6.
2007-04-23 07:28:16 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋