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(Left) Near side of Earth's Moon, photographed by the Galileo spacecraft on its way to Jupiter. (Right) Far side of the Moon with some of the near side visible (upper right), photographed by the Apollo 16 spacecraft.
During the Apollo space program, a total of 12 astronauts walked on the surface of the Moon. While 24 American astronauts traveled to the Moon during the course of the program, only those 12 individuals had the opportunity to walk on its surface.123