Apollo Astronauts Who Flew To The Moon Without Landing
Twelve more people have been within a few hundred kilometers of the Moon. On each of the missions listed above one astronaut orbited the Moon while the other two landed. In addition, the Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 13 missions had a three-person crew and closely encountered the Moon, entering orbit in the case of the former two missions, while Apollo 13 only passed around it. John Young and Eugene Cernan both flew to the Moon twice, each setting foot on it as part of their second journey, while Jim Lovell is the only human to have flown to the Moon twice without landing on it.
| Name | Born | Died | Age on mission | Mission | Mission dates | Service | Notes | |
| 1. | Frank Borman | (1928-03-14) March 14, 1928 (age 84) | 40 | Apollo 8 | December 21–27, 1968 | Air Force | ||
| 2. | Jim Lovell | (1928-03-25) March 25, 1928 (age 84) | 40 | Navy | also flew on Apollo 13 | |||
| 3. | Bill Anders | (1933-10-17) October 17, 1933 (age 79) | 35 | Air Force | ||||
| 4. | Tom Stafford | (1930-09-17) September 17, 1930 (age 82) | 38 | Apollo 10 | May 18–26, 1969 | Air Force | later flew on Apollo–Soyuz Test Project | |
| John Young | (1930-09-24) September 24, 1930 (age 82) | 38 | Navy | landed on Apollo 16; later flew two space shuttle missions | ||||
| Eugene Cernan | (1934-03-14) March 14, 1934 (age 78) | 35 | Navy | landed on Apollo 17 | ||||
| 5. | Mike Collins | (1930-10-31) October 31, 1930 (age 82) | 38 | Apollo 11 | July 16–24, 1969 | Air Force | ||
| 6. | Dick Gordon | (1929-10-05) October 5, 1929 (age 83) | 40 | Apollo 12 | November 14–24, 1969 | Navy | due to land on Apollo 18 | |
| Jim Lovell | (1928-03-25) March 25, 1928 (age 84) | 42 | Apollo 13 | April 11–17, 1970 | Navy | already flown on Apollo 8; intended to land | ||
| 7. | Jack Swigert | (1931-08-30)August 30, 1931 | December 27, 1982(1982-12-27) (aged 51) | 38 | NASA | |||
| 8. | Fred Haise | (1933-11-14) November 14, 1933 (age 79) | 36 | NASA | intended to land; due to land on Apollo 19; flew shuttle on approach / landing tests | |||
| 9. | Stu Roosa | (1933-08-16)August 16, 1933 | December 12, 1994(1994-12-12) (aged 61) | 37 | Apollo 14 | January 31 – February 9, 1971 | Air Force | due to land on Apollo 20 |
| 10. | Al Worden | (1932-02-07) February 7, 1932 (age 81) | 39 | Apollo 15 | July 26 – August 7, 1971 | Air Force | ||
| 11. | Ken Mattingly | (1936-03-17) March 17, 1936 (age 76) | 36 | Apollo 16 | April 16–27, 1972 | Navy | later flew two space shuttle missions. | |
| 12. | Ron Evans | (1933-11-10)November 10, 1933 | April 7, 1990(1990-04-07) (aged 56) | 39 | Apollo 17 | December 7–19, 1972 | Navy |
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