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In the whole history of human-kind, only 24 people have ever been more than a few hundred kilometers from Earth— astronauts who traveled to the Moon during the Apollo program. And only half of those two dozen men landed on the Moon and walked on another world.

Just twelve men.

Who are these twelve individuals? Astronauts are just the most visible members of a great team of people dedicated to space exploration; but they are also the ones risking their lives. What did these men do to earn the honor, the responsibility of representing humanity in our first exploration of another world? How were they chosen? How did they perform on the Moon? And what did they do after returning home from the ultimate journey?

Space program engineer and planetary scientist Eric Wegryn recounts the highlights, tragedies, and some of the trivia of the historic Apollo Moon landings, from the perspective of NASA's pioneering astronauts. COLOR pictures (of the men; the Moon is gray).