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Apollo 12 - 1969
Crew members: Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Alan Bean. Significant events: Conducted detailed scientific lunar exploration; installed the first nuclear-powered generator station on the moon to power experiments.
Apollo 11 - 1969
Crew members: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins. Significant events: First manned moon landing; Armstrong and Aldrin performed the first moonwalk.
Apollo 15 - 1971
Crew members: David Scott, Alfred Worden, James Irwin. Significant events: First use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle; collected the 'Genesis Rock'; longest time spent on the moon during EVA.
Apollo 17 - 1972
Crew members: Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, Ronald Evans. Significant events: First scientist-astronaut to land on the moon (Schmitt); longest time spent on the lunar surface; last manned moon landing to date.
Apollo 16 - 1972
Crew members: John Young, Thomas Mattingly, Charles Duke. Significant events: Explored the Descartes Highlands; Young and Duke drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle 26.7 km; Mattingly performed a deep space EVA.
Apollo 14 - 1971
Crew members: Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, Edgar Mitchell. Significant events: Shepard hit two golf balls on the lunar surface; brought back a large number of lunar samples.
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