Editing Moon (section)

===Living on the Moon===
{{Main|Lunar habitation}}
[[File:Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base - GPN-2000-001102.jpg|thumb|Astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]] in [[Apollo/Skylab spacesuit|life-supporting suit]] looking back at the first [[lunar base|lunar habitat and base]], the [[Lunar Module Eagle|Lunar Module ''Eagle'']] of [[Tranquility Base]], during [[Apollo 11]] (1969), the first crewed [[Moon landing]]]]
The only instances of [[Space habitat (facility)#Extraterrestrial surface habitat|humans living on the Moon]] have taken place in an [[Apollo Lunar Module]] for several days at a time (for example, during the [[Apollo 17]] mission).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/saturn_apollo/documents/apollo17_overview.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930204141/http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/saturn_apollo/documents/apollo17_overview.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2006 |title=Mission Report: Apollo 17 – The Most Productive Lunar Expedition |publisher=NASA |access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref> One challenge to astronauts during their stay on the surface is that [[lunar dust]] sticks to their suits and is carried into their quarters. Astronauts could taste and smell the dust, which smells like gunpowder and was called the "Apollo aroma".<ref name="Aroma" /> This fine lunar dust can [[Lunar dust#Harmful effects of lunar dust|cause health issues]].<ref name="Aroma">{{cite web |url=https://www.space.com/moon-dust-problem-lunar-exploration.html |title=Moon Dust Could Be a Problem for Future Lunar Explorers |first=Leonard |last=David |website=[[Space.com]] |date=October 21, 2019 |access-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201103751/https://www.space.com/moon-dust-problem-lunar-exploration.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, at least one plant seed sprouted in an experiment on the [[Change 4#Lunar lander|Chang'e 4 lander]]. It was carried from Earth along with other small life in its ''Lunar Micro Ecosystem''.<ref name="Seeds">{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2182111/chinese-lunar-landers-cotton-seeds-lead-way-plant-life-germinates |title=Chinese lunar lander's cotton seeds spring to life on far side of the moon |last1=Zheng |first1=William |date=January 15, 2019 |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116174611/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2182111/chinese-lunar-landers-cotton-seeds-lead-way-plant-life-germinates |url-status=live}}</ref>