Humans have landed on the Moon six times, all during NASA’s Apollo program between 1969 and 1972, with a total of twelve astronauts walking on the surface. There have also been many robotic (uncrewed) landers from several countries before and after Apollo.

Key numbers

  • Crewed Moon landings (humans on the surface): 6 missions (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17).
  • Astronauts who walked on the Moon: 12 people.
  • Total U.S. astronauts who traveled to the Moon (orbited or flew by): 24.
  • Robotic missions that have soft‑landed on the Moon: Dozens, starting with Luna 9 (USSR) in 1966 and continuing through recent missions like Chandrayaan‑3 (India), SLIM (Japan), Intuitive Machines landers, and others.

Quick timeline of human landings

  • 1969–1972:
    • Apollo 11 – first human landing (1969).
    • Apollo 12 – second landing (1969).
    • Apollo 14 – third landing (1971).
    • Apollo 15 – fourth landing, first with a lunar rover (1971).
    • Apollo 16 – fifth landing (1972).
    • Apollo 17 – sixth and last human landing so far (1972).

In total, humans have completed six Moon landings, while robots have made many more, including several new landings and sample‑return missions in the 2020s.

TL;DR: Six human Moon landings, twelve moonwalkers, and many more robotic landings up to the mid‑2020s.

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