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12 Moon Walkers Listed After Apollo 17 Mission
A Houston AP summary lists twelve American astronauts who have walked on the moon, beginning with Neil Armstrong in 1969. It notes Armstrong’s first lunar footprint during Apollo 11 in July 1969, his background as a test pilot and Gemini 8 veteran, and his later career as a professor at the University of Cincinnati. It briefed Edwin Aldrin as another moonwalker and outlines early career details.
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University of Cincinnati
Edwin A. Aldrin
Aldrin
Air Force
Armstrong
Astronaut Corps
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Charles Conrad Jr
Philadelphia
Conrad
Edgar A. Mitchell
Texas
Mitchell
Navy
NASA
John W. Young
Young
Charles M. Duke
Duke
Charlotte
N.C
Chicago
Dawn
Harrison H. Schmitt
Schmitt
Santa Rita
N.M
Harvard