As part of theApollo program byNASA, 24astronauts flew nine missions to theMoon between December 1968 and December 1972. During six successful two-man landing missions, twelve men walked on the lunar surface, six of whom droveLunar Roving Vehicles as part of the last three missions. Three men have been to the Moon twice, one orbited once and took acircumlunar trajectory the second time, while the other two landed once apiece. Apart from these 24 men, no human being has gone beyondlow Earth orbit. As of January 2026^[update], five of the 24 remain alive.^{[1][better source needed]} Anumber of non-human animals have circled or orbited it, includingtwo tortoises,severalturtles, andfive mice.

Apollo missions8 and10–17 were the nine crewed missions to the Moon.Apollo 4–6 andAS-201 andAS-202 were uncrewed, whileAS-203 is considered a test flight. The Apollo program included three other crewed missions:Apollo 1 (AS-204) did not launch and its crew died in a ground-based capsule fire, whileApollo 7 andApollo 9 were low Earth orbit missions that tested spacecraft components and docking maneuvers.Apollo missions 18, 19, and 20 were canceled. Twelve astronauts later flew unusedApollo command modules in theApollo Applications Program'sSkylab andApollo–Soyuz Test Project. Of the 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon, two went on to command a Skylab mission, one commanded Apollo–Soyuz, one flew as commander forApproach and Landing Tests of theSpace Shuttle, and two commanded orbital Space Shuttle missions.

NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations during theGemini and Apollo programs wasDonald K. "Deke" Slayton, one of the originalMercury Seven astronauts, who was medically grounded in September 1962 due to a minor cardiacarrhythmia – paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Slayton was responsible for making all Gemini and Apollo crew assignments. In March 1972, Slayton was restored to flight status, and flew on the 1975Apollo–Soyuz Test Project mission.

The prime crew members selected for actual missions are here grouped by their NASA astronaut selection groups, and within each group in the order selected for flight. Two versions of theApollo Command/Service Module (CSM) spacecraft were developed: Block I, intended for preliminary low Earth orbit testing; and Block II, redesigned for the lunar landing. The Block I crew position titles were Command Pilot, Senior Pilot (second seat), and Pilot (third seat). The corresponding Block II titles were: Commander, Command Module Pilot, and Lunar Module Pilot. The second seat pilot was given secondary responsibility forcelestial navigation to keep the CSM's guidance computer accurately calibrated with the spacecraft's true position, and the third seat pilot served as a flight engineer, monitoring the health of the spacecraft systems.

• Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom began his career at NASA in 1959. In 1966, he was selected as Command Pilot for the first crewedApollo mission, a low Earth orbit test. This mission ended a month before its scheduled launch,^[2] when a cabin fire on the launch pad killed Grissom,Ed White andRoger Chaffee on January 27, 1967.^[3][4]
• Walter M. Schirra Jr. also began his NASA career in 1959. He was selected in October 1968 as Command Pilot forApollo 7, an 11-day,low Earth orbit shakedown test of the three-manApollo Command/Service Module and the first crewed launch for theApollo project.
• Alan B. Shepard Jr. – America's first man in space onFreedom 7 was originally selected to command Gemini 3, but was medically grounded for the duration of Gemini due toMénière's disease and assisted Slayton in Flight Operations. After corrective surgery, Shepard was restored to flight status and commandedApollo 14, the third successful Moon landing mission.

All of these astronauts flew on Gemini, and except for White, each commanded one Gemini and one Apollo mission:

• Edward H. White II – Second-seat veteran ofGemini 4 who made the United States' firstwalk in space, selected as Senior Pilot (second seat) on Apollo 1. White was killed in the Apollo 1 fire along with Grissom and Chaffee.
• James A. McDivitt – Commander of Gemini 4, selected in late 1966 to command the first Earth orbital flight test of theApollo Lunar Module with the CSM. This mission flew in March 1969 asApollo 9. After his flight, McDivitt was promoted to Manager of Lunar Landing Operations, and in August 1969 was promoted to Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program.
• Frank F. Borman II – Commander ofGemini 7, selected to command a higher Earth orbit test of the complete Apollo spacecraft. But when delays prevented the LM from being ready in time for its first flight in December 1968, Borman's mission was changed to the first lunar orbital flight of the CSM onApollo 8.
• James A. Lovell Jr. – Second-seat veteran of Gemini 7, and commander ofGemini 12, flew as Command Module Pilot (second seat) on Apollo 8. Lovell became the first to fly a second Apollo mission as commander ofApollo 13, the third lunar landing attempt. This mission was unsuccessful, due to a Service Module electrical system failure caused by an oxygen tank explosion. Lovell and his crew managed to return to Earth safely. Lovell is the only person to fly to the Moon twice without landing there.
• Thomas P. Stafford – Second-seat veteran of Gemini 6A and commander ofGemini 9A, commanded a lunar orbital test of the Lunar Module onApollo 10. He also commanded theApollo–Soyuz Test Project mission.
• John W. Young – Second-seat veteran ofGemini 3 and commander ofGemini 10, flew as Command Module Pilot onApollo 10. Young later commanded the successfulApollo 16 lunar landing. He also commanded the first Space Shuttle flight,STS-1Columbia, April 12–14, 1981, andSTS-9, also onColumbia, November 28 – December 8, 1983.
• Neil A. Armstrong – Commander ofGemini 8, commandedApollo 11, becoming the first human to set foot on the Moon.
• Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. – Second-seat veteran ofGemini 5 and commander ofGemini 11, commandedApollo 12, the second lunar landing. He went on to commandSkylab 2, successfully completing repairs to the spacecraft that saved it for this and two subsequent missions.

This was the first class of astronauts for which test pilot experience was not required, but military jet fighter pilot experience was acceptable.

Five of this group got their first spaceflight experience as second seat on Gemini:

• David R. Scott – Second-seat veteran ofGemini 8, flew as Command Module Pilot onApollo 9, and commanded theApollo 15 lunar landing.
• Eugene A. Cernan – Second-seat veteran onGemini 9A, flew as Lunar Module Pilot onApollo 10, and commanded the final lunar landing missionApollo 17.
• Michael Collins – Second-seat veteran onGemini 10, flew as Command Module Pilot onApollo 11.
• Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. – Second-seat veteran onGemini 12, flew as Lunar Module Pilot onApollo 11, the first Moon landing.
• Richard F. Gordon Jr. – Second-seat veteran onGemini 11, flew as Command Module Pilot onApollo 12. Gordon was selected to command theApollo 18 lunar landing, which was later canceled.

The remaining six members of this group were selected for their first space flights on Apollo:

• Roger B. Chaffee – Selected as Pilot (third seat) onApollo 1, was killed with Grissom and White in the fire.
• Donn F. Eisele – Flew second seat onApollo 7.
• R. Walter Cunningham – Flew third seat onApollo 7.
• Russell L. "Rusty" Schweickart – Flew as Lunar Module Pilot onApollo 9. Schweickart performed anEVA outside the spacecraft, testing theportable life support system used on the Moon.
• William A. Anders – Flew third seat onApollo 8.
• Alan L. Bean – Flew as Lunar Module Pilot onApollo 12. He later served as commander for Skylab 3.

In June 1965, NASA named a group of five scientist astronauts, the first group qualified by doctorate degrees rather than test or military fighter pilot experience.^{[nb 1]} GeologistHarrison H. "Jack" Schmitt participated heavily in the geological training of the lunar landing astronauts, as well as assisting in the analysis of returned samples and the preparation of mission reports. In 1970, he was selected as Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 backup crew, and prime crew on Apollo 18. When program cutbacks canceled missions 18 through 20, NASA's lunar geological community insisted on having a geologist on the Moon, so Slayton reassigned Schmitt toApollo 17.

NASA named a group of 19 more astronauts in April 1966. None had spaceflight experience before their Apollo mission.

• T. Kenneth Mattingly II – Selected as prime Command Module Pilot for Apollo 13, Mattingly was exposed toGerman measles days before the flight and was grounded by the flight surgeon, though ultimately did not contract the disease. He swapped places with his backup and flew onApollo 16. He also flew on STS-4 and STS-51-C.
• John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. – Flew as Mattingly's backup onApollo 13.
• Fred W. Haise Jr. – Flew as Lunar Module Pilot on the unsuccessful Apollo 13. Haise was selected to command the Apollo 19 lunar landing, which was canceled. Haise would later be named commander of the first crew for the Space Shuttle'sApproach and Landing Tests using the prototypeSpace ShuttleEnterprise.
• Stuart A. Roosa – Command Module Pilot onApollo 14.
• Edgar D. Mitchell – Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 14.
• Alfred M. Worden – Command Module Pilot onApollo 15.
• James B. Irwin – Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 15.
• Charles M. Duke Jr. – First achieved public recognition ascapsule communicator during the Apollo 11 Moon landing; notable for the quote: "...we copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue; we're breathing again. Thanks a lot."^[5] Duke flew as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16.
• Ronald E. Evans Jr. – Command Module Pilot onApollo 17.

• L. Gordon Cooper Jr. – from the Mercury Seven; veteran of MercuryFaith 7 and commander ofGemini 5, was replaced as Apollo 14 commander by Alan Shepard and resigned from NASA in 1970.
• Clifton C. "C.C." Williams Jr. – from Group 3; was named as Schweickart's Lunar Module Pilot backup crew, but was killed when theT-38 jet he was flying crashed nearTallahassee, Florida on October 5, 1967. He was replaced by Bean, who flew onApollo 12.
• Vance D. Brand – from Group 5; was on the support crew for Apollo 8 and Apollo 13; was named as Apollo 15 backup Command Module Pilot. Flew on the 1975Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (not a flight of the Apollo program). He also flew as commander ofSTS-5,STS-41-B andSTS-35.
• Edward G. Givens Jr. – from Group 5; was on the support crew of Apollo 7, but died in a car crash nearHouston, Texas on June 6, 1967.
• Joe H. Engle – from Group 5; was originally named as Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot, but lost his slot to Schmitt. After Apollo, he flew in theSpace ShuttleApproach and Landing Tests, then commandedSTS-2 andSTS-51-I.

Twelve men walked on theMoon during sixMoon landings of theApollo program between July 1969 and December 1972. All landed on the surface only once, and five missions consisted of two or more surfaceextravehicular activities (EVAs). Four of them are alive as of February 2026^[update] with an average age of 92.6years. Most astronauts at that time came from the military services and were considered to be on active duty during their NASA service. The few exceptions were considered civilian NASA astronauts, regardless of any prior military service.

On the last of their three Apollo 17 EVAs,Harrison Schmitt stepped out of theApollo Lunar Module onto the surface of the Moon afterGene Cernan, and is therefore the 12th and most recent person to have stepped out onto the Moon. When they re-entered the Lunar Module Cernan stepped in last, and is therefore the last person to have walked on the Moon.

Alan Shepard was the oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47 years and 80 days.Charles Duke was the youngest, at age 36 years and 201 days.

Jim Lovell andFred Haise were scheduled to walk on the Moon during theApollo 13 mission, but the lunar landing was aborted following an explosion in the spacecraftservice module en route to the Moon. Haise was scheduled to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 19, butApollo 18 and Apollo 19 were canceled on September 2, 1970.

Joe Engle had trained on the backup crew forApollo 14 to explore the Moon with Cernan, but he was replaced by Schmitt on the primary crew forApollo 17. Schmitt had previously been crewed withApollo 12Command Module pilotDick Gordon in anticipation of Apollo 18, but Schmitt replaced Engle on Apollo 17 after the cancellation of Apollo 18 and Apollo 19, leaving Gordon as the last Apollo astronaut to train extensively for lunar exploration without ever landing on the Moon.

Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon

	Portrait	Name and group	Born	Died	Age at first step	Mission	Lunar Module Landing Time (UTC)[6]	Lunar Module Ascent Time (UTC)[6]	Elapsed Time on Lunar Surface	LunarEVAs[6]	TotalEVA Duration[6]	Military service	Alma mater
1		Neil Armstrong (NASA Astronaut Group 2)	(1930-08-05)August 5, 1930	August 25, 2012(2012-08-25) (aged 82)	38y 11m 15d	Apollo 11	July 20, 1969 at 20:17	July 21, 1969 at 17:54	21 hours 37 minutes	1	2 hours 31 minutes	Civilian[nb 2] (Navy veteran)	Purdue University,University of Southern California
2		Buzz Aldrin (NASA Astronaut Group 3)	(1930-01-20)January 20, 1930 (age 96)		39y 6m 0d					1	2 hours 31 minutes	Air Force	United States Military Academy,MIT
3		Pete Conrad (NASA Astronaut Group 2)	(1930-06-02)June 2, 1930	July 8, 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 69)	39y 5m 17d	Apollo 12	November 19, 1969 at 6:54	November 20, 1969 at 14:25	1 day 7 hours 31 minutes	2	7 hours 45 minutes	Navy	Princeton University
4		Alan Bean (NASA Astronaut Group 3)	(1932-03-15)March 15, 1932	May 26, 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86)	37y 8m 4d					2	7 hours 45 minutes	Navy	University of Texas, Austin
5		Alan Shepard (Mercury Seven)	(1923-11-18)November 18, 1923	July 21, 1998(1998-07-21) (aged 74)	47y 2m 18d	Apollo 14	February 5, 1971 at 9:18	February 6, 1971 at 18:48	1 day 9 hours 30 minutes	2	9 hours 22 minutes	Navy	United States Naval Academy,Naval War College
6		Edgar Mitchell (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1930-09-17)September 17, 1930	February 4, 2016(2016-02-04) (aged 85)	40y 4m 19d					2	9 hours 22 minutes	Navy	Carnegie Mellon University,Naval Postgraduate School,MIT
7		David Scott (NASA Astronaut Group 3)	(1932-06-06)June 6, 1932 (age 93)		39y 1m 25d	Apollo 15	July 30, 1971 at 22:16	August 2, 1971 at 17:11	2 days 18 hours 55 minutes	3	18 hours 34 minutes	Air Force	University of Michigan,United States Military Academy,MIT
8		James Irwin (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1930-03-17)March 17, 1930	August 8, 1991(1991-08-08) (aged 61)	41y 4m 14d					3	18 hours 34 minutes	Air Force	United States Naval Academy,University of Michigan
9		John Young (NASA Astronaut Group 2)	(1930-09-24)September 24, 1930	January 5, 2018(2018-01-05) (aged 87)	41y 6m 28d	Apollo 16	April 21, 1972 at 2:23	April 24, 1972 at 1:25	2 days 23 hours 2 minutes	3	20 hours 14 minutes	Navy	Georgia Institute of Technology
10		Charles Duke (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1935-10-03)October 3, 1935 (age 90)		36y 6m 18d					3	20 hours 14 minutes	Air Force	United States Naval Academy,MIT
11		Eugene Cernan (NASA Astronaut Group 3)	(1934-03-14)March 14, 1934	January 16, 2017(2017-01-16) (aged 82)	38y 9m 7d	Apollo 17	December 11, 1972 at 19:54	December 14, 1972 at 22:54	3 days 3 hours 0 minutes	3	22 hours 3 minutes	Navy	Purdue University,Naval Postgraduate School
12		Harrison Schmitt (NASA Astronaut Group 4)	(1935-07-03)July 3, 1935 (age 90)		37y 5m 8d					3	22 hours 3 minutes	Civilian[nb 3]	Caltech,University of Oslo,Harvard University

Besides the 12 people who have walked on the Moon, 12 more have flown to within 0.001lunar distance of its surface. As of November 2025^[update], onlyFred Haise is alive at age 92 years. During each of the six missions with successful lunar landings, one astronaut remained in lunar orbit while the other two landed. In addition, the three-person crews ofApollo 8 andApollo 10 also entered lunar orbit, and the crew ofApollo 13 looped around the Moon on afree-return trajectory.

All nine crewed missions to the Moon took place as part of theApollo program over a period of just under four years, from December 21, 1968, to December 19, 1972. The 24 people who have flown to the Moon are the only people who have traveled beyondlow Earth orbit.

Jim Lovell,John Young, andEugene Cernan are the only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. Young and Cernan each set foot on it during their respective second lunar missions, while Lovell is the only person to have flown to the Moon twice without landing.

During Cernan's first lunar mission on Apollo 10, he tied the present record set byBill Anders on Apollo 8 as the youngest person to fly to the Moon. Each was 35 years and 65 days old on his launch date and 35 years and 68 days old when he entered lunar orbit. The oldest person to fly to the Moon wasAlan Shepard, who walked on its surface during theApollo 14 mission. Shepard was 47 years and 74 days old on his launch date and 47 years and 78 days old when he entered lunar orbit.

Jim Lovell andFred Haise were scheduled to walk on the Moon during theApollo 13 mission, but the lunar landing was aborted following a major malfunction en route to the Moon.^[7] Haise was again scheduled to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 19, butApollo 18 and Apollo 19 were canceled in 1970. Because of Apollo 13's free-return trajectory, Lovell, Swigert and Haise flew higher above the Moon's180° meridian (opposite Earth) than anyone else has flown (254 km/158 mi). Coincidentally, due to the Moon's distance from Earth at the time, they simultaneously set the present record for humans' greatest distance from Earth, reaching an altitude of 400,171 km (248,655 mi) above sea level at0:21 UTC on April 15, 1970.

Apollo astronauts who flew to the Moon without landing

	Portrait	Name and group	Born	Died	Age	Mission	Military service	Notes
1		Frank Borman (NASA Astronaut Group 2)	(1928-03-14)March 14, 1928	November 7, 2023(2023-11-07) (aged 95)	40	Apollo 8 December 21–27, 1968	Air Force
2		Jim Lovell (NASA Astronaut Group 2)	(1928-03-25)March 25, 1928	August 7, 2025(2025-08-07) (aged 97)	40 42	Apollo 8 December 21–27, 1968 Apollo 13 April 11–17, 1970	Navy	Intended to land on Apollo 13; only person to fly to the Moon twice without landing.
3		Bill Anders (NASA Astronaut Group 3)	(1933-10-17)October 17, 1933	June 7, 2024(2024-06-07) (aged 90)	35	Apollo 8 December 21–27, 1968	Air Force
4		Tom Stafford (NASA Astronaut Group 2)	(1930-09-17)September 17, 1930	March 18, 2024(2024-03-18) (aged 93)	38	Apollo 10 May 18–26, 1969	Air Force	Later flew onApollo–Soyuz Test Project.
5		Michael Collins (NASA Astronaut Group 3)	(1930-10-31)October 31, 1930	April 28, 2021(2021-04-28) (aged 90)	38	Apollo 11 July 16–24, 1969	Air Force
6		Dick Gordon (NASA Astronaut Group 3)	(1929-10-05)October 5, 1929	November 6, 2017(2017-11-06) (aged 88)	40	Apollo 12 November 14–24, 1969	Navy	Trained to land, slated forApollo 18 (canceled).[8]
7		Jack Swigert (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1931-08-30)August 30, 1931	December 27, 1982(1982-12-27) (aged 51)	38	Apollo 13 April 11–17, 1970	Air Force
8		Fred Haise (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1933-11-14)November 14, 1933 (age 92)		36	Apollo 13 April 11–17, 1970	Marines, Air Force	Intended to land; later trained to land and slated to commandApollo 19 (canceled);[8] flew the Space Shuttle on approach / landing tests.
9		Stuart Roosa (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1933-08-16)August 16, 1933	December 12, 1994(1994-12-12) (aged 61)	37	Apollo 14 January 31 – February 9, 1971	Air Force	In rotation to land onApollo 20 (canceled).
10		Alfred Worden (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1932-02-07)February 7, 1932	March 18, 2020(2020-03-18) (aged 88)	39	Apollo 15 July 26 – August 7, 1971	Air Force
11		Ken Mattingly (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1936-03-17)March 17, 1936	October 31, 2023(2023-10-31) (aged 87)	36	Apollo 16 April 16–27, 1972	Navy	Later flew two Space Shuttle missions.
12		Ronald Evans (NASA Astronaut Group 5)	(1933-11-10)November 10, 1933	April 7, 1990(1990-04-07) (aged 56)	39	Apollo 17 December 7–19, 1972	Navy

Armstrong descended theLunar ModuleEagle ladder and spoke his famousepigram, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."^[9] He then went to work on collecting the contingency sample, which was a scoop of the lunar surface collected early in the mission in case there was an emergency.^[10] Armstrong took the TV camera off the Lunar Module and mounted it to a tripod.^[11] After that, Aldrin descended the ladder to join Armstrong.^[12] Aldrin egressed to the surface about nineteen minutes after Armstrong.^[13] They had some trouble planting the American flag into the lunar soil, but were able to secure it into the surface. Aldrin positioned himself in front of a video camera and began experimenting with different locomotion techniques on the surface.^[14] During these experiments, Armstrong and Aldrin received a phone call from President Nixon, congratulating them for the successful landing.^[15]

Aldrin then set to work documenting the condition of the spacecraft to ensure it was in proper condition for their upcoming launch. After setting up a couple of experiments with Armstrong, Aldrin went to work hammering a tube into the lunar surface to obtain a core sample.^[16] Aldrin's EVA ended when they loaded the lunar samples into the spacecraft and tossed out unneeded items, just before sealing the hatch.^[11] Armstrong performed the majority of the photography on the surface, which is why there are only five photos of him on the Moon.^[17]

Soon after piloting the Lunar ModuleFalcon to a landing atHadley Rille, Scott accomplished the only stand-up EVA through the lander's top hatch, using it as a high place from which to refine the geology traverses he and Irwin would undertake during the following days. Scott became the first to drive a vehicle on the Moon as he drove theLunar Roving Vehicle, more than doubling Apollo 14's EVA time. After the final traverse, back outside the LM, Scott performed a demonstration ofGalileo's theory that all objects fall at the same rate in vacuum by dropping a hammer and a feather for the television camera.

Irwin came onto the lunar surface soon after his commander, Scott. As the LRV's first passenger, he had an often rough ride as Scott swerved to avoid craters.^[18] It was Irwin who, during the second EVA, first spotted theGenesis Rock and aided Scott in collecting this bit of the early lunar crust.^[19] A man of deep Christian religious faith, Irwin quoted fromPsalms while on the lunar surface and later became an evangelist.^[20]

In addition to the nine lunar missions, there were two crewed flights in the Apollo program that remained in Earth orbit to test fly the spacecraft.Apollo 7 was a crewed test flight of the CSM, andApollo 9 was a crewed flight test of the CSM and LEM. Of the six astronauts who participated in these missions, five were never rotated to a lunar mission. In addition, the threeSkylab missions andApollo–Soyuz Test Project used crewed CSMs in Earth orbit and are considered part of theApollo Applications Project. Although Conrad, Bean, and Stafford commanded three of these four flights, the remaining crew members were rookies and thus had long missed the opportunity to fly a Moon mission. Of the seven rookies who flew Skylab, three of them (Paul J. Weitz,Owen K. Garriott, andJack R. Lousma) would return to space aboard the Space Shuttle.Vance Brand flew on ASTP as Command Module Pilot and would command three Shuttle missions. Except for Garriott, all Apollo astronauts who also flew on the Shuttle served as commander.

• Walter M. Schirra Jr. – Commander ofApollo 7.
• Donn F. Eisele – Command Module Pilot ofApollo 7
• R. Walter Cunningham – Lunar Module Pilot ofApollo 7
• James A. McDivitt – Commander ofApollo 9
• Russell L. "Rusty" Schweickart – Lunar Module Pilot ofApollo 9
• Joseph P. Kerwin – Science Pilot ofSkylab 2
• Paul J. Weitz – Pilot ofSkylab 2
• Owen K. Garriott – Science Pilot ofSkylab 3
• Jack R. Lousma – Pilot ofSkylab 3
• Gerald P. Carr – Commander ofSkylab 4
• Edward G. Gibson – Science Pilot ofSkylab 4
• William R. Pogue – Pilot ofSkylab 4
• Vance D. Brand – Command Module Pilot ofApollo–Soyuz Test Project
• Donald K. Slayton – Docking Module Pilot ofApollo–Soyuz Test Project

Three astronauts died on the ground while training for the first crewed Apollo mission,Apollo 1.^[21]

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