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How Many People Have Been to the Moon?
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Apollo 11 Edward White Apollo 8: Earthrise photograph
Neil Armstrong Takes Humankind's First Steps on the Lunar Surface During NASA's Apollo 11 Mission
Illustration of a spacecraft above the lunar surface with the text "we're sending astronauts into DEEP SPACE" and a blue arrow pointing toward the spacecraft.
Eugene Cernan The Artemis II crew-Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman-smile and give thumbs up for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft with U.S. and Canadian flags visible. Infographic timeline of NASA's Apollo missions, showing key dates, mission patches, astronaut names, mission achievements, time and distance statistics, and a map of Apollo landing sites on the Moon. Includes milestones such as Apollo 11's first Moon landing, Apollo 13's survival after an explosion, and total moonwalkers and human visitors.

How Many People Have Been to the Moon?: References & Edit History

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  • Alicja Zelazko
    Alicja Zelazko is Associate Editor, Arts and Humanities, covering topics in the visual arts, architecture, music, and performance. Before joining Encyclopædia Britannica in 2017, she worked at the Art Institute of Chicago and taught courses in art appreciation.  

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added headlevels. Apr 15, 2026
Updated with information on Artemis I and Artemis II. Apr 13, 2026
Media added. Mar 13, 2026
Revised the subtitle. Jul 17, 2025
Subtitle updated, video and graphic added, introduction reworked, and a reference to the Apollo 13 movie added. Jun 24, 2025
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