{"id":8864,"date":"2017-05-13T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T07:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aso.com.tr\/first-person-on-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:31:35","slug":"first-person-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aso.com.tr\/en\/first-person-on-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Was the First Person to Walk on the Moon?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In short:<\/strong> The first person to walk on the Moon was American astronaut Neil Armstrong<\/strong>. On the Apollo 11<\/strong> mission he stepped onto the Sea of Tranquility<\/strong> on 20 July 1969<\/strong> (21 July 02:56 UTC), saying \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.\u201d Buzz Aldrin<\/strong> followed about 20 minutes later, while Michael Collins<\/strong> stayed in lunar orbit aboard Columbia.<\/div>\n
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Apollo 11 timeline<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date (UTC)<\/th>\nEvent<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
16 July 1969<\/td>\nLaunch on a Saturn V from Kennedy Space Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 July 1969, 20:17<\/td>\nLunar module Eagle lands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 July 1969, 02:56<\/td>\nArmstrong\u2019s first step<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24 July 1969<\/td>\nSplashdown in the Pacific<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The 12 Moonwalkers<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mission<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nAstronauts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Apollo 11<\/td>\nJul 1969<\/td>\nNeil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apollo 12<\/td>\nNov 1969<\/td>\nPete Conrad, Alan Bean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apollo 14<\/td>\nFeb 1971<\/td>\nAlan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apollo 15<\/td>\nJul\u2013Aug 1971<\/td>\nDavid Scott, James Irwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apollo 16<\/td>\nApr 1972<\/td>\nJohn Young, Charles Duke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apollo 17<\/td>\nDec 1972<\/td>\nEugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Neil Armstrong was born on 5 August 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, served as a naval aviator in the Korean War, studied aeronautical engineering at Purdue and died on 25 August 2012.<\/p>\n

Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n

Who was the first person on the Moon?<\/h3>\n

Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, on 20 July 1969 (21 July UTC).<\/p>\n

Who was the second person on the Moon?<\/h3>\n

Buzz Aldrin, about 20 minutes after Armstrong.<\/p>\n

How many people have walked on the Moon?<\/h3>\n

Twelve astronauts, all American, on six Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972.<\/p>\n

Who was the last person on the Moon?<\/h3>\n

Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17, December 1972.<\/p>\n