was armstrong the only man in history to set foot on the moon?
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There have been a total of 12 people who have set foot on the moon, 2 each from Apollo 11,12,14,15,16 and 17 missions respectively. \n\nThe 12 are as follows:\nNeil Armstrong\nEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin\nPete Conrad\nAlan Bean\nAlan Shepard\nEdgar Mitchell\nDave Scott\nJim Irwin\nJohn Young\nCharles Duke\nGene Cernan\nHarrison Scmitt
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To be annoyingly specific, there was no last person to *land* on the moon... Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt touched down together in the Apollo 17 Lunar Module at *exactly* the same moment. Cernan was, however, the last person whose foot left the lunar soil when he was lat to climb back into the LM. Then the two of them departed at the same moment to return to lunar orbit and dock with Ron Evans in the orbiting Command Module.
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Apollo 17\n\nThere were 6 Apollo missions that landed on the Moon: Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Two missions in each of 1969, 1971 and 1972.\n\nMission: Apollo 11 \nCommander: Armstrong \nCommand Module Pilot: Collins \nLunar Module Pilot: Aldrin\nCommand Module Name: Columbia \nLunar Module Name: Eagle \nLaunch Date: July 16, 1969 \nDuration of Flight: 08d 03h 18m 35s\nFirst manned landing on the Moon, July 20. \n\nMission: Apollo 12 \nCommander: Conrad \nCommand Module Pilot: Gordon  \nLunar Module Pilot: Bean\nCommand Module Name: Yankee Clipper \nLunar Module Name: Intrepid \nLaunch Date: November 14, 1969 \nDuration of Flight: 10d 04h 36m 24s\nFirst precise manned landing on the Moon. Recovered part of Surveyor 3 probe. \n\nApollo 13 was launched April 11, 1970 but the oxygen tank exploded en route, forcing cancellation of the landing and the mission to be aborted.\n\nMission: Apollo 14 \nCommander: Shepard \nCommand Module Pilot: Roosa  \nLunar Module Pilot: Mitchell\nCommand Module Name: Kitty Hawk \nLunar Module Name: Antares \nLaunch Date: January 31, 1971 \nDuration of Flight: 09d 00h 01m 58s\nAlan Shepard, the sole astronaut of the Mercury MR-3 mission - and thus the first American in space - walks (and plays golf) on the Moon. \n\nMission: Apollo 15 \nCommander: Scott \nCommand Module Pilot: Worden  \nLunar Module Pilot: Irwin \nCommand Module Name: Endeavour \nLunar Module Name: Falcon \nLaunch Date: July 26, 1971 \nDuration of Flight: 12d 07h 11m 53s\nFirst mission with the Lunar Rover vehicle. \n\nMission: Apollo 16 \nCommander: Young \nCommand Module Pilot: Mattingly  \nLunar Module Pilot: Duke \nCommand Module Name: Casper \nLunar Module Name: Orion \nLaunch Date: April 16, 1972 \nDuration of Flight: 11d 01h 51m 05s \nFirst landing in the lunar highlands. \n\nMission: Apollo 17 \nCommander: Cernan \nCommand Module Pilot: Evans  \nLunar Module Pilot: Schmitt\nCommand Module Name: America \nLunar Module Name: Challenger \nLaunch Date: December 7, 1972 \nDuration of Flight: 12d 13h 51m 59s \nFinal Apollo lunar mission, first night launch, only mission with a professional geologist.
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A grand total of 12 people have walked on the moon, in the mission Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 (two people each), between 1969 and 1972.  No one since.
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The First satellite in Space, Sputnik.\nThe Moon Landing. First man on the moon.\nVoyager first satellite to exit solar system, Voyager.
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It was Neil Armstrong. The lander had multiple cameras on it.\n\nIf you think its a conspiracy theory, then you have your whacked out beliefs. ;-)
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Yes. Neil Armstrong and others have really walked on the moon.  They even left a mirror on the surface which, over 30 years later, we still use to measure the distance between the earth and the moon.
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6 Apollo craft have landed on the moon each with 2 astonauts on the moon lander and one man in the orbital craft. Apollo 11,12,14,15,16,17 have all landed on the moon.\nThese 12 men are the only people to have landed on the moon.
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As others mentioned, Neil Armstrong's first words on the Moon were, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."\n\nIf you read that closely, the phrase seems a little contradictory.  That's because Neil Armstrong meant to say, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."  It took him a long time to accept that he'd actually ommitted the 'a'.\n\n--But he knew what he said. "There must be an 'a', " Mr. Armstrong says of the event in the 1986 book Chariots for Apollo. "I rehearsed it that way. I meant it that way. And I'm sure I said it that way." \n\nThen the Grumman representative, Tommy Attridge, put on a commemorative 45-rpm recording of the flight. No matter what speed they played it at, there was no "a". \n\nAccording to the authors, Mr. Armstrong sighed, "Damn, I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I?" --\n\nFlubbing his line is a little understandable, since he'd been up for 24 hours straight.  Originally, the astronauts were supposed to sleep in the lunar lander to rest up for the first excursion on the surface of the Moon.  Right .... like they'd really be able to sleep when they're so close to being the first humans to set foot on the Moon.  The astronauts argued for an immediate trip outside and, considering the likelihood they would actually get much sleep, NASA gave in.\n\nIn any event, most people understand what he meant, since it wouldn't make sense to say it was both a small step for man (generically) and a giant leap for man (generically).
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No one ever went to the moon - it was all a hoax.
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July 20 1969....was the first time americans went to the moon. Neil armstrong and his fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin landed at 4:17 Pm and Neil took his first step on the moon at 10:56 Pm. Hope this is enough information for you!
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Are you talking about the god Apollo, or the space mission that put man on the moon?
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Only the United States. Twelve men have walked on the moon:\n\nNeil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11, 1969\nCharles Conrad and Alan Bean, Apollo 12, 1969\nAlan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell , Apollo 14, 1971\nDavid Scott and James Irwin, Apoll 15, 1971\nJohn Young and Charles Duke, Apollo 16, 1972\nEugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17, 1972
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Yes. First lunar landing was in July, 1969. \nCheck NASA website and google for landing on moon.
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No one else had flown around the moon. \n\nIts analogous to Lindy's flight across the atlantic. It may seem like they didn't accomplish much in hindsight, but consider the time -- no on from this planet had ever even approached another astronomic body. Much less, had anyone orbited it.\n\nThose of us who remember Apollo 8 (I think I was about 10) know the exhilaration of knowing the US had beat the pants off the Soviets. Star Trek was in its first season - good God, put it in perspective. We had 3 goddamn TV channels.
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At 2:56AM UTC on July 21, 1969, six and a half hours after landing, Armstrong made his descent to the Moon surface and took his famous "one giant leap for mankind"\n\nUTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time. Also known as Greenwich Mean Time.
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There have been six.\n\n-- Apollo 11: July 16, 1969.\n(First manned landing on the Moon, July 20.)\n-- Apollo 12: November 14, 1969.\n-- Apollo 14: January 31, 1971.\n(The infamous Alan Shepard walks on the Moon.)\n-- Apollo 15: July 26, 1971.\n(First mission with the Lunar Rover vehicle.)\n-- Apollo 16: April 16, 1972.\n-- Apollo 17: December 7, 1972.\n(Last Apollo mission.)\n\nYes, all the landings were done within a 2-1/2 year period. Back then, there was a LOT of excitement about actually landing on the surface. But ever since then, the level of interest has been waning, and thus NASA could not justify the tremendous cost of a lunar expedition to Congress to appropriate the necessary funds. More focus has been going into unmanned exploration and surveying, with the bulk going into more practical Earth-orbit missions.\n\n(You'll notice that Apollo 13 is missing from the list above. If you've read the book "Lost Moon" or seen the movie "Apollo 13", then you know exactly why. ^.^)