Who is the greatest Apollo program astronaut of all time?

From history's most famous first steps to the quieter heroes who kept every mission alive, this lineup spans everyone who ever left Earth orbit for the Moon. Who earns your vote as the greatest?

1

Neil Armstrong

Apollo 11 commander and the first human to walk on the Moon in 1969.

1000pts

2

Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 lunar module pilot and the second person to walk on the Moon.

710pts

3

John Young

Apollo 16 commander who later flew the first Space Shuttle mission.

631pts

4

Fred Haise

Apollo 13 lunar module pilot during the mission's dramatic aborted Moon landing.

609pts

5

Gene Cernan

Apollo 17 commander and the last person to walk on the Moon.

608pts

6

Charles Duke

Apollo 16 lunar module pilot and the youngest person to ever walk on the Moon.

473pts

7

Alan Bean

Apollo 12 lunar module pilot who later left NASA to become a full-time painter.

387pts

8

James Irwin

Apollo 15 lunar module pilot and the eighth person to walk on the Moon.

387pts

9

Edgar Mitchell

Apollo 14 lunar module pilot and the sixth person to walk on the Moon.

387pts

10

Stuart Roosa

Apollo 14 command module pilot who carried hundreds of tree seeds to the Moon and back.

387pts

11

Michael Collins

Apollo 11 command module pilot who orbited the Moon alone while his crewmates walked on it.

387pts

12

Alan Shepard

First American in space and Apollo 14 commander who famously hit golf balls on the Moon.

387pts

13

David Scott

Apollo 15 commander who was the first astronaut to drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

387pts

14

Ken Mattingly

Apollo 16 command module pilot who was famously grounded from Apollo 13 over measles exposure.

387pts

15

Jim Lovell

Apollo 13 commander who led his crew to a safe return after an onboard explosion.

284pts

16

Jack Swigert

Apollo 13 command module pilot who radioed the famous line about the mission's onboard problem.

284pts

17

Pete Conrad

Apollo 12 commander and the third person to walk on the Moon.

284pts

18

Harrison Schmitt

Apollo 17 lunar module pilot and the only professional geologist to walk on the Moon.

158pts

19

Al Worden

Apollo 15 command module pilot who performed the first deep-space spacewalk.

158pts