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A total of 71 astronauts flew into space on Apollo missions. These astronauts were divided across the 17 Apollo missions that included manned flights.
Three astronauts died in the Apollo 1 space accident: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee.
The Apollo 11 astronauts were in space for a total of 8 days. They launched on July 16, 1969, and landed back on Earth on July 24, 1969.
There were 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon as part of the Apollo program.
There were a total of 12 astronauts who walked on the Moon during the Apollo missions. Each mission had two astronauts who descended to the lunar surface, except for Apollo 13 which had to abort its landing due to a technical failure.
There have been a total of 11 Apollo missions that included astronauts going to space. This includes the Apollo 7 to Apollo 17 missions that took place between 1968 and 1972.