APOLLO 12

 
 
 
 
Apollo 12
Launch vehicle: Saturn 5
Launch: 14 November 1969
Recovery: 24 November 1969
Crew: Alan Bean, Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon
 

The mission made a precision landing on the lunar surface in the Sea of Storms on 19 November at 110 hours 32 minutes, 535 feet northwest of the unmanned lunarlander, Surveyor 3, which had soft-landed on 20 April 1967. Surveyor was examined, photographed and its l7 pound television camera and other parts recovered. The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was deployed and left on the moon's surface to gather scientific, seismic and engineering data over a long period. The mission collected 75 pounds of lunar material and ended after 244 hours 36 minutes with splashdown in the Pacific.

 
 
The Apollo 12 crew -  Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Alan Bean.

 
 
LM-6 at Kennedy Space Center.

 
 
 
Apollo crew  walkout on launch day -  November 14, 1969.

 
 
 
Apollo lift off under heavy overcast sky just before being struck by lightning.

 
 
 
 
Apollo 12 view of the Earth.

 
 
 
LM-6 docking target.

 
 
 
View of LM-6 starting to descend to moon surface.

 
 
 
 
 
Pete Conrad descends to the lunar surface on "Intrepids" (LM-6) ladder .

 
 
 
Allen Bean descending to the lunar surface - the "Sea of Storms".

 
 
 
 
Allen Bean unloading the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) .

 
 
The  Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) on the Lunar surface.

 
 
 
 
Allen Bean attaches Radioisotope Themoelectric Generator (RTG) to carry bar .

 
 
 
Pete Conrad holding core tube taking photo of Allen Bean  .

 
 
 
 
Surveyor III and LM-6 in background .

 
 
 
Pete Conrad, Surveyor III and LM-6 on "Sea of Storms".

 
 
 
 
 
LM-6 (Intrepid) on Sea of Storms .

 
 
 
 
Earth eclipse of the Sun during transearth journey .

 
 
 
Apollo 12 splash down.

 
Touch button for panoramic view of "The Sea of Storms".