Science quiz
Apollo astronauts: walked on the Moon or not?
Between 1968 and 1972, 24 astronauts made the trip on nine Apollo missions. A name appears and you click whether he walked on the Moon.
- Format
- Sort into groups
- Items
- 24 to sort
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Items
- 24
- Groups
- 2
- Time limit
- 2:00
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each astronaut appears in turn. Click its on the moon?, or press its number.
- The groups never move, so the number keys are quick.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click whether each astronaut walked on the Moon. The groups appear when you start.
About this quiz
Apollo 8, 10 and 13 went to the Moon without landing, and on each of the six landings one astronaut stayed in orbit in the command module.
- James Lovell flew to the Moon twice, on Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, and never landed.
- Michael Collins circled the Moon alone while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the surface.
- Press 1 for walked and 2 for did not land.
Sources
- [1]NASA. Who Has Walked on the Moon?.
Note on the data. The twelve moon walkers, the twelve Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon without landing and the missions of each are NASA's own list, read on 3 October 2026. Names are given without middle initials, and familiar first names such as Buzz, Pete, Gene and Jim are accepted. Later crewed flights around the Moon are not part of this Apollo quiz.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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