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Conrad and Surveyor on the S …
Title Conrad and Surveyor on the Slope of a Crater
Full Description Charles Conrad Jr., Apollo 12 Commander, examines the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft during the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2). The Lunar Module (LM) "Intrepid" is in the right background. This picture was taken by astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot. The "Intrepid" landed on the Moon's Ocean of Storms only 600 feet from Surveyor III. The television camera and several other components were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to earth for scientific analysis. Surveyor III soft-landed on the Moon on April 19, 1967.
Date 11/20/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
Title Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
Explanation Is it art? In November of 1969, Apollo 12 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990408.html ] astronaut-photographer Charles "Pete" Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990715.html ] recorded this masterpiece [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS12/10075421.htm ] while documenting colleague Alan Bean's lunar soil collection activities on the Oceanus Procellarum [ http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano/ lunar/mare/mlm.html ]. The image is dramatic and stark [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960420.html ]. Bean is faceless. The harsh environment of the Moon's Ocean of Storms is echoed in his helmet's perfectly composed reflection of Conrad and the lunar horizon [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/ ]. Works of photojournalists originally intent on recording the human condition on planet Earth, such as Lewis W. Hine's [ http://www.geh.org/fm/lwhprints/htmlsrc2/ index.html ] images from New York City in the early 20th century, or Margaret Bourke-White's [ http://lkwdpl.org/wihohio/bour-mar.htm ] magazine photography are widely regarded as art. Similarly many documentary astronomy and space images [ http://www.nasa.gov/cool.html ] can be appreciated for their artistic and esthetic appeal.
Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
Title Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
Explanation Is it art? In November of 1969, Apollo 12 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990408.html ] astronaut-photographer Charles "Pete" Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990715.html ] recorded this masterpiece [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS12/10075421.htm ] while documenting colleague Alan Bean's [ http://www.alanbeangallery.com/ ] lunar soil collection activities on the Oceanus Procellarum [ http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano/ lunar/mare/mlm.html ]. The image is dramatic and stark [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960420.html ]. Bean is faceless. The harsh environment of the Moon's Ocean of Storms is echoed in his helmet's perfectly composed reflection of Conrad and the lunar horizon [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/ ]. Works of photojournalists originally intent on recording the human condition on planet Earth, such as Lewis W. Hine's [ http://www.geh.org/fm/lwhprints/htmlsrc2/ index.html ] images from New York City in the early 20th century, or Margaret Bourke-White's [ http://lkwdpl.org/wihohio/bour-mar.htm ] magazine photography are widely regarded as art. Similarly many documentary astronomy and space images [ http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov ] can be appreciated for their artistic and esthetic appeal [ http://heritage.stsci.edu/ ].
Apollo 12: Surveyor 3 and In …
Title Apollo 12: Surveyor 3 and Intrepid
Explanation On April 20, 1967, NASA's robot spacecraft Surveyor 3 landed [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html ] on the moon, touching down on the inside slope of a small lunar crater in the Ocean of Storms. Over 2 1/2 years later, on November 19, 1969, the lunar module Intrepid, piloted by Apollo 12 [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS12/ ] astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, flew overhead and landed nearby [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/expmoon/Apollo12/A12_lsite.html ] in the second visit by humans to the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/cover.html ]. Intrepid touched down about 600 feet away and the moon walking astronauts [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12j.html ] were easily able to reach the Surveyor [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/expmoon/surveyor/Surveyor3.html ] and examine the remote explorer that had preceded them. Intrepid is seen in the background of this striking high resolution [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#HiRes ] picture of Surveyor 3. Surveyor's leftmost foot pad appears dug in while its foreground foot pad has made two distinct imprints in the powdery lunar soil [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980327.html ] - clear indications that the Surveyor slid and bounced on landing. Using bolt cutters, the astronauts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961124.html ] removed Surveyor's TV camera (the cylinder shape at the right of the tall solar panel mast) and its sampling scoop (on the arm extended to the right), returning them to Earth for study.
Earth rises above the lunar …
Title Earth rises above the lunar horizon as seen from Apollo 12 in lunar orbit
Description A partially illuminated Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this photograph taken from the Apollo 12 spacecraft in lunar orbit.
Date 11.19.1969
Earth rises above the lunar …
Title Earth rises above the lunar horizon as seen from Apollo 12 in lunar orbit
Description A partially illuminated Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this photograph taken from the Apollo 12 spacecraft in lunar orbit.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
View of Surveyor III in its …
Title View of Surveyor III in its crater
Description An excellent view of the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft which was photographed during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, landed within 600 feet of Surveyor III in the Ocean of Storms. The television camera and several other pieces were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific examination.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
View of the Earth seen from …
Title View of the Earth seen from the Apollo 12 spacecraft
Description A view of one-third of Earth, with Australia on the horizon, as photographed from the Apollo 12 spacecraft after it lifted off on Nov. 14, 1969.
Date Taken 1969-11-14
View of the Earth seen from …
Title View of the Earth seen from the Apollo 12 spacecraft
Description A view of the Earth as photographed from the Apollo 12 spacecraft some three and a half hours after it lifted off on Nov. 14, 1969. Parts of the United States and Central America can be seen through the clouds. The area includes Texas, Lake Michigan, Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Date Taken 1969-11-14
Galileo spacecraft solid-sta …
Title Galileo spacecraft solid-state imaging system views of the Moon
Description Galileo spacecraft solid-state imaging system provided views of the moon during its first encounter with the Earth. On the western part of the lunar near side Galileo photographed a crescent view featuring Mare Imbrium, Copernicus and cratered lunar highlands where the landing sites of Apollo 12, 14 and 15 missions lie (55000) and a full moon view of Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Orientale (55001). Views provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with the alternate numbers P-37298 (55000) and P-37299 (55001).
Date Taken 1990-12-18
Galileo spacecraft solid-sta …
Title Galileo spacecraft solid-state imaging system views of the Moon
Description Galileo spacecraft solid-state imaging system provided views of the moon during its first encounter with the Earth. On the western part of the lunar near side Galileo photographed a crescent view featuring Mare Imbrium, Copernicus and cratered lunar highlands where the landing sites of Apollo 12, 14 and 15 missions lie (55000) and a full moon view of Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Orientale (55001). Views provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with the alternate numbers P-37298 (55000) and P-37299 (55001).
Date Taken 1990-12-18
Artist's concept of Surveyor …
Title Artist's concept of Surveyor III resting in the Ocean of Storms
Description Ryan Aeronautical Company artist's concept depicting a close-up view of Surveyor III resting in the Ocean of Storms on the lunar nearside. Two Apollo 12 astronauts are seen approaching in the background. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module is in the the left background. The Earth is in the right background.
Date Taken 1969-10-23
Rock sample brought to earth …
Title Rock sample brought to earth from the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description Close-up view of Apollo 12 sample 12,052 under observation in the Manned Spacecraft Center's Lunar Receiving Laboratory. This sample, collected during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) of Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., and Alan L. Bean, is a typical fine-grained crystalline rock with a concentration of holes on the left part of the exposed side. These holes are called vesicles and have been labeled as gas bubbles formed during the crystallization of the rock. Several glass-lined pits can be seen on the surface of the rock. An idea of the size of the rock can be gained by reference to the gauge on the bottom portion of the number meter.
Date Taken 1969-11-29
Rock sample brought to earth …
Title Rock sample brought to earth from the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description Close-up view of Apollo 12 sample 12,062 under observation in the Manned Spacecraft Center's Lunar Receiving Laboratory. This sample, collected during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) of Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., and Alan L. Bean, is a medium-grained rock with lath-shaped crystals of feldspar and pyroxene It contains vugs-holes-with crystals growing in them (note right side of exposed portion). An idea of the size of the rock can be gained by reference to the gauge on the bottom portion of the number meter.
Date Taken 1969-11-29
Rock sample brought to earth …
Title Rock sample brought to earth from the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, holds two lunar rocks which were among the samples brought back from the Moon by the Apollo 12 astronauts. The samples are under scientific examination in the Manned Spacecraft Center's Lunar Receiving Laboratory.
Date Taken 1969-11-29
Thin section of rock brought …
Title Thin section of rock brought back to earth by Apollo 12 mission
Description A photomicrographic of a thin section of one of the rocks brought back to earth by Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, revealing the mineralogy of the rock. Relatively large enuant crystals are visible. This texture, termed porphyritic, suggests differing rates of growth of the large crystals versus the groundmoss minerals. The large crystals are olivine and the groundmoss minerals are pyrexenes, feldspar and metal compounds - minerals which make up the bulk of the Apollo 12 rocks. The large crystals are approximately one millimeter across. The texture and the mineralogy are both common in volcanic rocks.
Date Taken 1969-12-16
Rock sample brought to earth …
Title Rock sample brought to earth from the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description A scientist's gloved hand holds one of the numerous rock samples brought back to Earth from the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. This sample is a highly shattered basaltic rock with a thin black-glass coating on five of its six sides. Glass fills fractures and cements the rock together. The rock appears to have been shattered and thrown out by a meteorite impact explosion and coated with molten rock material before the rock fell to the surface.
Date Taken 1969-11-29
Rock sample brought to earth …
Title Rock sample brought to earth from the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description Close-up view of Apollo 12 sample 12,065 under observation in the Manned Spacecraft Center's Lunar Receiving Laboratory. This sample, collected during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) of Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., and Alan L. Bean, is a fine-grained rock. Note the glass-lined pits. An idea of the size of the rock can be gained by reference to the gauge on the bottom portion of the number meter.
Date Taken 1969-11-29
Thin section of rock brought …
Title Thin section of rock brought back to earth by Apollo 12 mission
Description An idea of the mineralogy and texture of a lunar sample can be achieved by use of color microphotos. This thin section is Apollo 12 lunar sample number 12057.27, under polarized light. The lavender minerals are pyrexene, the black mineral is ilmenite, the white and brown, feldspar, and the remainder, olivine.
Date Taken 1970-01-01
Apollo 12 view of Solar Ecli …
Title Apollo 12 view of Solar Eclipse
Description This is one of a series of photographs of the eclipse of the Sun which was taken from the Apollo 12 spacecrft during its transearth journey home from the Moon. This view was created when the Earth moved directly between the Sun and the Apollo 12 spacecraft.
Date Taken 1980-08-01
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