 The oldest person to fly to the Moon was Alan Shepard, who walked on its surface during the Apollo 14 mission.Shepard was 47 years and 74 days old on his launch date and 47 years and 78 days old when he entered lunar orbit.Because of Apollo 13's free-return trajectory, Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise flew higher above the Moon's 180° meridian (opposite Earth) than anyone else has flown (254 km/158 mi).