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Who has been to the moon?An incomplete register of characters from history and fiction that have walked on the moon.
Exceptions and special mentionsThere is no evidence that Frank Sinatra’s request
was ever granted. James Bond went to space, and a set of the moon, but not to the moon itself.
Pandora in Avatar is a moon, but not ours. Similarly, the Clangers’ ‘moon-like planet’ isn’t ours and
neither are any Discworld moons. We don’t believe that Neil from the Young Ones really
went to the moon, and we suspect the Bears Who Stayed Indoors did indeed stay indoors, and not go
to the moon. In Raymond Scott’s Rocket to the Moon, the travellers circle, but don’t visit, the moon.
The Cow only jumped over it, and Michael Collins etc orbited, but didn’t touch down. Comic books have been omitted because fitting the entire Marvel
universe would have caused chaos, but special mentions go to Dan Dare, Judge Dredd, Cerebus the Aardvark, Bananaman, Calvin and Hobbes and Moony.
Nellie Armstrong was discounted as she was only the first person on the moon in a parallel universe. Consider any implied moon visits in The Sentinel covered by the ‘et al.’ of the 2001: A Space Odyssey
entry. Button moon is a button, not the moon. The Truman Show’s production team operated from a moon, but that was just part of an elaborate set designed to fool Truman – it didn’t fool us.
The moon in The Mighty Boosh had a face, but we don’t think anyone visited it. We suspect Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s visit was a fly-by, rather than a landing, though please get in touch if you can prove
otherwise. Gru stole the moon, but only Vector actually ended up on it. Selene tended to drive the moon, but using it as a vehicle isn’t really the same as visiting.
Major Tom floated in his tin can far above the moon, but doesn’t touch down that we know of, and Pink Floyd didn’t actually go to the dark side of the moon.
Unconfirmed sightingsWe have heard rumour of lots of visits that we couldn’t confirm beyond doubt. If you can provide solid evidence of any of the following individuals having visited the moon, get in touch at @Ri_Science.John Cabal, Torchy the Battery Boy, Sailor Moon, Aquila, Pinky & the Brain, Timmy Turner, Maggot Moon, Tarzan, Curious George, The Fantastic Four, Donald Duck, Super Ted, Char-lie Bear, Blue Cow, Duck Dodgers, The Young Wizards, the Grey Knights, Mickey Mouse, Mr Benn, Alice Kramden, Master of the Moon, Reverend Smallwood, Harold and His Purple Crayon, Avvaiya Patti, Buck Rogers.
Key Book Legend/folk Song/Poem/Radio Film TV History Video gameInternal arrows indicate when the visit is set (eg: 2001: A Space Odyssea is set in 2001, so has an arrow pointing to roughly 2001 on the time-line). Note that the timeline is not to scale.
Anthony Lewis/Royal Institution of Great Britain. CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Superm
an II | General Zod et al.
Cadw
gan: Y Llygoden O
'r Lleuad | Cadw
gan S
alvage 1 | Harry B
roderick et al.
Space: 1999 | John K
oenig et al.
Moonbase 3 | D
avid Caulder & others
Six M
illion Dollar M
an | Steve A
ustin
The Goodies | B
ill Oddie et al.
Morgan the M
oon | William
McG
onagle Morgan
Apollo 16 | Harrison Schm
itt
Apollo 17 | Eugene Cernan
Apollo 16 | Charles Duke
Apollo 16 | John W. Young
Apollo 15 | James Irw
in
Apollo 15 | David Scott
Apollo 14 | Edgar Mitchell
UFO | Edward Straker et al.
Meg on the Moon | Meg and Mog
Apollo 14 | Alan Shepard
Apollo 12 | Alan Bean
Apollo 12 | Pete Conrad
Apollo 11 | Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11 | Neil Armstrong
Moon Zero Two | JJ Hubbard et al.
Countdown | Lee
2001: A space odysey | Heywood Floyd
Barbar's moon trip | Barbar
Tom and Jerry | Jerry Mouse
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | Cpt Scarlet
Dr Who | The Doctor et al.
The Time Tunnel | Douglas Phillips et al.
Thunderbirds | Jeff Tracy
Dunno on the Moon | DunnoThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Loonies et al. Everyone's Gone To The Moon | EveryoneDistance to the Moon | Vhd Vhd et al.
The Jetsons | George Jetson et al. Space Patrol | Berridge et al.
Fireball Xl5 | Steve Zodiac et al.
The Mouse on the Moon | Professor Kokintz et al.
A Fall of Moondust | Pat Harris et al.
U.N.E.X.A. Series | Chris Godfrey et al.
Kings of Space | Timothy Clinton et al.
Journey into sp
ace | Andrew ‘Jet’ M
organ et al.
Cat-Women of th
e moon | Helen Salinger et al.
Project Moonbase | C
olonel Brite
is et a
l.
Radar
Men fro
m the M
oon | Comman
do Cody
Destin
ation M
oon | C
harle
s Carg
raves
et al
.
Destin
ation
Moo
n | Tint
in et
al.
Loon
ey Tu
nes |
Bug
s Bun
ny
Frau
im M
ond
| Frie
de et
al.
Docto
r Doli
ttle
in th
e m
oon
| Doc
tor D
olittle
Rove
rand
om |
Rove
r
The
Excu
rsio
ns o
f Mr.
Brouče
k to
the
Moo
n an
d to
the
15th
Cen
tury
| M
atěj
Brouče
k
Littl
e Pe
ter's
Jou
rney
to th
e M
oon
| Pet
er e
t al.
Le v
oyag
e da
ns la
lune
| Pr
ofes
sor B
arfe
nfou
illis
et a
l.
From
the
earth
to th
e m
oon
| Im
pey
Bar
bica
ne e
t al.
The
Unp
aral
lele
d Ad
vent
ure
of O
ne H
ans
Pfaa
ll | H
ans
Pfaa
ll
Aike
n D
rum
Bar
on M
unch
ause
n's
Nar
rativ
e of
... |
Bar
on M
unch
ause
n
Com
ical
His
tory
... |
Cyr
ano
de B
erge
rac
Orla
ndo
Furio
so |
Ast
olfo
Pan
Tw
ardo
wsk
i
Div
ine
Com
edy
| Dan
te
The
Tale
of t
he B
ambo
o C
utte
r | P
rince
ss K
aguy
a
True
Sto
ries
| Luc
ian
of S
amos
ata
Man on the M
oon | John Lewis C
hristmas Advert
Sheila et al. | The First Hippo on the M
oon
Beans monster | Beans
The Nazis | Iron Sky
Max the Dog et al. | M
ax Goes to the M
oon
Wheatley et al. | Portal 2
Phineas and Ferb | Phineas and Ferb
Tom M
ason | Falling skies
Spongebob SquarePants | Spongebob SquarePants
Bambino et al. | La Luna
Nathan Walker et al. | Apollo 18
The Autobots | Transformers: Dark of the moon
Mordecai et al. | Regular Show
Peppa Pig | Peppa Pig
Mater | Moon Mater
Vector | Despicable Me
A boy | How to Catch a Star
Dougal | The Magic Roundabout
Ben and Holly | Ben and Holly's Little KingdomSam Bell | Moon
Q Pootle 5 | Q Pootle 5Barney the Dinosaur | Barney & FriendsJohn Hancock | HancockDr Manhattan | Watchmen
Commander Shepard | Mass Effect
Baby Bear | Whatever Next!
Toupie et Binou | Toupie et Binou
Willzyx & Tom Cruise | South Park
Bob | Man on the Moon
Stephanie et al. | Lazytown
Todd Ingram | Scott Pilgim vs The World
John Crichton et al. | Farscape
Titus et al. | Feed
Kipper | Kipper the Dog
William Hawk Hawkins et al. | Space Cowboys
Moonbear | Mooncake
Robbie the Reindeer | Hooves o
f fire
Bender et a
l. | Futurama
Dr Evil
| Austin
Powers: T
he Spy W
ho Shagged
Me
The N
SDF et a
l. | B
attlez
one
Sam an
d Max
| Sam
& M
ax Fr
eelan
ce P
olice
Mr S
wackh
amm
er | S
pace
jam
Dalziel
and
Pas
coe
| One
Sm
all S
tep
A bo
y | D
ream
works
intro
duct
ion
Itchy
and
Scr
atch
y |
Flay
Me
To T
he M
oon
Hum
pty
Dum
pty
| Hum
pty
Dum
pty
wen
t to
the
moo
n
Ms
Frizz
le e
t al.
| The
Mag
ic S
choo
l Bus
Wal
lace
and
Gro
mit
| A
Gra
nd D
ay O
ut
Jaso
n G
rant
et a
l. | M
oont
rap
Nat
han
Sprin
g et
al.
| Sta
r Cop
s
Bev
erly
Cru
sher
et a
l. | S
tar T
rek:
The
Nex
t Gen
erat
ion
Que
en L
ara
et a
l. | A
maz
on w
omen
on
the
moo
n
R. D
anee
l Oliv
aw e
t al.
| Fou
ndat
ion
and
Earth
Aur
ora
Willi
ams
et a
l. | T
his
Pla
ce h
as n
o A
tmos
pher
eD
ange
r Mou
se e
t al.
| Dan
ger M
ouse
Ted
Str
iker
et a
l. | A
irpla
ne 2
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uel
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ncat
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d G
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l. | E
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With special thanks to our lead supporter, Wellcome Trusthttp://rigb.org/advent
Who have we missed?Who else has walked on the moon? Show conclusive evidence of any visits we’ve missed or got wrong, and if there are enough we’ll include them in an updated version of this graphic in 2016. Let us know on twitter at @Ri_Science.
ThankyouThis list was curated by our awesome followers on Twitter and Facebook.
We are humbled by your detailed and obscure pop culture knowledge.