The last moon main stories

He was the precursor to space exploration – 24 NASA astronauts who traveled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s.

Loss of Apollo 13 Commander Jim LavelWho directed Safe Mission safely returned to Earth in 1970This means that there are now only five people left who have survived the relative security of the Earth’s orbit and have reached deep into space.

After a human last set on the moon over 50 years after the last set, the race to bring back people back to the lunar surface is once again heating up.

NASA hopes that its Artemis program will give birth to astronauts living on the moon in this decade. China is also aiming to place people on the lunar surface by 2030, Got into an investigation In June 2024, the Moon’s distance.

Many private companies have tried to send scientific crafts on the moon, however Accidents Has excluded Success,

NASA intended to launch Artemis 2, its first crew Chandra Abhiyan since Apollo 17 in 1972, but last year but last year but She slipped in the date 2026As the space agency says it needs more time to prepare.

Meanwhile, companies like SpaceX and Boeing continue to develop their techniques, although not without their failures.

Issues with Starlineer of Boeing Left two astronauts trapped at the international space station, while the aerospace was shameful for the legend, while “Rapid unwanted disambalities” of SpaceX’s Starship The space has become a customary scene for those who watch.

This delay highlights the fact that the number of remaining apollo astronauts is decreasing.

With Frank Borman and Bill Anders, Jim Lavel made history when all three made the first lunar mission on Apollo 8, later tested the command/service module and its life support systems in preparation for Apollo 11 landing.

His craft actually made 10 classes of the moon before returning home. Laval was later considered the fifth human to walk on the lunar surface as the commander of Apollo 13 – but of course, this never happened.

Instead, the story of her brush with death became immortal in Apollo 13 film, in which she was played by Tom Hax.

After his retirement from NASA in 1973, Laval acted in the telecommunication industry. More than 60 years of his wife Marlin, who focused a focus to the media during the infamous incident, died in August 2023.

But what is the remaining five moon men?

Who are they, and what are their stories?

On 21 July 1969, former fighter pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin left his lunar landing craft and became another person to step on the surface of the moon. About 20 minutes ago, his commander, Neel Armstrong, were first.

The first words of Aldrin were: “beautiful views”.

“It’s nothing?” Asked Armstrong. “Great vision here.”

“Fantastic desolate,” Aldrin replied.

The fact is that he was another, never sitting comfortably with him. His crew Michael Collins said Aldrin expressed “displeasure over the moon, as he appreciated the other”.

But Aldrin was still proud of his achievement; Many years later, when encountered by a person claiming Apollo 11, there was a detailed lie, 72 -year -old Aldrin punched him on the jaw.

And after the death of Neil Armstrong in 2012, Aldrin said: “I know that I have joined many millions of others around the world in the passage of a true American hero and the passage of the best pilot so far.”

Despite the struggle in later life, he never lost his thirst for adventure work and joined campaigns for both North and South Dhruvas, later at the age of 86.

Hugging his celebrity, he remains a lawyer especially for the space program. Mars needs to be detected,

“I don’t think we should just go there and come back – we did so with Apollo,” they say.

And his name is known for the new generations, which are inspiration for Buzz Lighter from the Toy Story series of films. In January 2023, at the age of 93, they married for the fourth time.

Only four people are still alive who have gone on the moon – Charlie Duke is one of them. He did it at the age of 36, making him the youngest person who set foot on the lunar surface.

In the later BBC interview, he spoke of a “magnificent area”.

“Its beauty … a sharp contrast between the blackness of the space and the horizon of the moon … I will never forget it. It was very dramatic.”

But he had already played another important role in the discovery of NASA’s Moon. After being touched by Apollo 11 in 1969, it was Duke – Capsule Communator in Mission Control, or Capcom – who said Neel Armstrong said that he was afraid to nervous at the other end of the line: “Houston, Tranquility Base. Eagle has landed here.”

In his specific Southern Draw, Duke replied: “Roger, Shanti. We copy you to the ground, you have found a bunch of people about turning blue, we are breathing again.”

“I really meant it, I was holding my breath in the last minute,” He later told BBC,

In 2022, Duke told the BBC that he was excited about NASA’s Artemis Mission – but warned that it would not be easy for the new generation astronauts.

“They are selected near the South Pole for landing, because if there is any snow on the moon, it will be down in that area. So it’s difficult – because it is actually down there. But we’ll pull it.”

Charlie Duke now lives outside Dorothy outside San Antonio, Texas, whom he has been married to 60 years.

Fred Hice Apollo 13 was part of the crew of 13 Narrowed disaster saved The mission was abolished after an on-board explosion in 1970 when the craft was more than 200,000 miles (321,000 km) from Earth.

The whole world was nervous because NASA tried to safely return the damaged spacecraft and its crew. Once back, Hice and his crew James Laval and Jack Swagart became famous celebrities, for their clear surprise.

Johnny Carson, the host of the talk show, told, “I think I was probably missing something when I was there,” he told the talk show host Johnny Carson when the crew appeared in the show tonight.

Hice never made the moon. Although Apollo was determined to be the commander of 19, the mission was canceled due to budget cuts, as all other flights after Apollo 17.

He later served as a test pilot on prototype space shuttle, enterprise.

After leaving NASA, many of their companions, like Apollo alumni, Hyce continued to work in the aerospace industry until its retirement.

Unlike most other astronauts at that time, Schmidt did not work as a pilot in the US forces.

A geologist and academic, initially instructed NASA’s astronauts to see what to see during his geological lunar region trips before becoming a scientific-estront in 1965.

In December 1972, Chandra, Apollo 17, and Commander with Eugan Sernan, Commander Eugene Cernon with one of the last two men was part of the final crew mission.

After leaving NASA in 1975, he was selected from his home state of New Mexico to the US Senate, but only one term. Since then, he has worked as an advisor in various industries and is also going on in academics.

He is also known for speaking against scientific consent on climate change.

David Scott of Apollo 15, David Scott, is one of the only four men who have moved to the moon – but he was also one of the first people to drive on him.

In 1971, Scott and Crumet James Irwin tested the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), “Man’s first wheels on the moon”, as said. Traveling at speeds up to 8 mph (12 km/h), LRV allowed astronauts to travel a large distance from the lunar lander, as they could walk.

“On a first mission you never know if it is going to work,” he remembered later. “The biggest adventure was to take it out, turn it on, and it actually worked.”

After returning from the moon, Scott acted in various management roles within NASA, before joining the private sector.

He has also worked as a consultant on several film and television projects, including Apollo 13 and HBO Minisaries from Earth to Moon.

What will be the next generation of lunar courageous people?