Six manned spacecraft have landed on the Moon. I am collecting images of the places
where they landed.
Click on the image of the Moon to see the close-up picture of the landing site.
Three men went on each mission. The Commander and the Lunar Module Pilot went down to the surface leaving the Command Module Pilot circling the Moon ready to receive them on their return. Thus six men were left orbitting the Moon whilst twelve went down to the surface. These six men must have seen more of the far side of the Moon than anyone else.
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Apollo 11 landed at 20:17:40 UT on 20th July 1969 in Mare Tranquilitatis, 0.068°N 23.71°E Neil A. Armstrong, Commander Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot |
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Apollo 12 landed at 06:54:35 UT on 19th November 1969 in Oceanus Procellarium, 3.01°S 23.42°W Charles Conrad Jr., Commander Richard F. Gordon, Command Module Pilot Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot |
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Apollo 14 landed at 09:18:11 UT on 30th July 1971 near Fra Mauro, 3.65°S 17.47°W Alan B. Shepard, Commander Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module Pilot Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot |
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Apollo 15 landed at 22:16:29 UT on 30th July 1971 in the Apennine Mountains close to Hadley Rille, 26.13°N 3.63°E David R. Scott, Commander Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot |
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Apollo 16 landed at 02:23:35 UT on 21st April 1972 in the Descartes region, 8.97°S 15.50°E John W. Young, Commander Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module Pilot Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module Pilot |
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Apollo 17 landed at 19:54:57 UT on 11th December 1972 in Taurus Littrow, 20.19°N 30.77°E Eugene A. Cernan, Commander Ronald E. Evans, Command Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot |