The men on the moon

First foot: Apollo 11 carried the hopes of humankind Photograph: Nasa

Apollo 11: Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Neil Armstrong Photograph: Nasa

Aldrin sets up a seismic experiment. The second man on the moon, Aldrin remains a tireless promoter of manned space exploration Photograph: Nasa

Apollo 12: Alan Bean and Charles Conrad Photograph: Nasa

Bean holds a vacuum-sealed lunar soil sample container Photograph: Nasa

Apollo 14: Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard Photograph: Nasa

Mitchell and the equipment transporter. Mitchell had an 'epiphany' on his way back from the moon and went on to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences Photograph: Nasa

Apollo 15: James Irwin and David Scott Photograph: Nasa

Scott and the first lunar rover. Scott went on to work on the set of the Hollywood blockbuster Apollo 13 Photograph: Nasa

Apollo 16: Charles Duke and John Young Photograph: Nasa

Duke taking samples at Station 11 Photograph: Nasa

Young takes the lunar rover on a speed workout in April 1972 in what came to be known as the 'Grand Prix run'. (Frame taken from 16mm film footage) Photograph: Nasa

Apollo 17: Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt and Gene Cernan in the lunar module. They were the last humans on the moon (so far) Photograph: Nasa

Cernan with the lunar rover Photograph: Nasa

Schmitt with Earth in the background Photograph: Nasa

The last photograph of an Apollo astronaut on the moon. Schmitt bounds past the US flag Photograph: Nasa