From 1968 to 1972, the Apollo Program sent men to the vicinity of the Moon and to its surface. The first to land was Apollo 11, which landed on the Moon on July 20th, 1969. A total of 12 men have walked on the surface, including, of course, Neil Armstrong. Although the main objective was completing an engineering task and planting the U.S. flag, the moonwalkers did accomplish quite a bit of science. They took hundreds of photographs and measurements of the surface. Apollo 11 even got a phone call from the President of the United States. Here is the video of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. After Apollo 11, there were five other landings on the lunar surface, each more ambitious than the previous. Apollo 16 was the first to land in a highland region. The last mission, Apollo 17, landed amid the Taurus Mountains of the Moon. Mission commander Gene Cernan summed up the acheivements of the Apollo program as he left the surface of the Moon for the last time. It has been over fifty years now since we last sent human beings to the Moon. Recent images by the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter have revealed details of the six landing sites. Will we return to the Moon any time soon?