Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
Explanation:
Apollo 12 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] was the second mission to land humans [ http://www.badastro…] on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the Moon [ http://www.nineplan…] three years earlier. In the above photograph [ http://www.hq.nasa.…images12.html#HiRes ], taken by lunar module pilot Alan Bean [ http://www.nasm.edu…], mission commander Pete Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] retrieves parts from the Surveyor. The lunar module [ http://www.moonland…] is visible [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the distance. Apollo 12 [ http://www.nasm.edu…] brought back many photographs and moon rocks. Among the milestones achieved by Apollo 12 was the deployment [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://www-sn.jsc.n…docs/ApolloCat/Part1 /ALSEP.htm ], which carried out many experiments including one that measured the solar wind [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 12 [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] Crew, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Moon
keyword:
Surveyor 3
keyword:
Apollo 12
facet_who:
Pete Conrad
facet_who:
Alan Bean
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Apollo 12
facet_what:
Surveyor 3
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap010303

Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
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