Fact #063
Strange but true
The Moon is silent. Not quiet. Silent. There's no air to carry a sound from one place to another.
Apollo astronauts standing a metre apart could only hear each other by radio. What they could hear was sound conducted through their own suits: their breathing, the pumps, a hammer strike travelling up the handle. Everything beyond the glove was absolute quiet.
Source: NASA Apollo surface operations (opens in a new tab) · checked Aug 2026