Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
An Apollo 12 Panorama
Explanation:
The Apollo 12 mission [ http://www.nasm.si.…] was the second [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] ever to land humans on the Moon. The mission was dedicated [ http://www.nasm.si.…] to studying the Moon [ http://www.nineplan…], developing techniques, and developing instruments that could be used in future lunar landings [ http://www.nasm.si.…]. Astronauts Charles (Pete) Conrad and Alan Bean [ http://www.lpi.usra…] spent just under two days on the lunar surface in November 1969, while Richard Gordon [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] orbited above in the Command Module [ http://www.msichica…]. Pictured above [ http://astrogeology…] in this digitally stitched panorama, Alan Bean works near the Lunar Module [ http://www.nasm.edu…]. Scrolling to the right will reveal a dark color panorama [ http://astrogeology…] where flat lunar terrain and a tall video camera are visible. Apollo 12 mission [ http://www.nasm.si.…] astronauts visited the site [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the nearby Surveyor 3 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] robot spacecraft that had landed on the moon three years earlier.
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 12 Crew [ http://www.hq.nasa.…], USGS [ http://astrogeology…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_who:
Alan Bean
facet_who:
Richard Gordon
facet_when:
November 1969
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Apollo 12
facet_what:
Surveyor 3
facet_when_year:
1969
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap040102

An Apollo 12 Panorama
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