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    How many moon landings have there been?

    There were 6 piloted landings in the Apollo program (Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17) plus a number of robotic landings before and since then. Counting orbiters as well as landers, there were 9 3-man Apollo flights that reached the Moon between December 1968 and December 1972.

    David Morrison
    NAI Senior Scientist

    June 13, 2003