• Question: How many people went to space to walk on the moon?

    Asked by dust532tart to DrLukeF, Kirsty L on 16 Sep 2025.
    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 16 Sep 2025:

      12 NASA astronauts have walked on the moon: https://science.nasa.gov/moon/moon-walkers/
      Artemis 3 aims to return people, men and women, to the Moon quite soon: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/#missions

    • Photo: Luke Fountain

      Luke Fountain answered on 16 Sep 2025:

      As Kirsty has said, we’re planning on going back to the Moon with the Artemis Program. We’re sending 4 astronauts around the Moon early next year on Artemis 2, and astronauts will again walk on the Moon on Artemis 3. We’re also sending lots of science with them to figure out how to live on the Moon, including sending plants to the Moon on Artemis 3 and bringing them back for our team here at Kennedy Space Center to figure out the best ways to grow food on the Moon. It’s a very exciting time!

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