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Apollo 12 and lunar landing and Moon of Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Photograph of prime Apollo 1
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Photograph of prime Apollo 12 lunar landing site |
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This photograph taken by Lunar Orbiter III shows the prime Apollo 12 lunar landing site, which is located 1000 feet east and 500 feet north of Surveyor III. The landing ellipse is 7.2 nautical miles by 2.6 nautical miles. The coordinates of the ellipse center are 2 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds (2.943 degrees) south latitude and 23 degrees 26 minutes 36 secondes (23.443 degrees) west longitude, and the elevation is 1,735,900 meters. |
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1969-11-05 |
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Photograph of possible Apoll
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Photograph of possible Apollo 12 lunar landing site in the Sea of Storms |
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If the Apollo 12 launch is postponed until November 16, 1969, the lunar landing will be made in this area in the Sea of Storms. This site (Site 5) is located at 41 degrees 40 minutes west longitude and 1 degree 40 minutes north latitude. This photograph was taken by Lunar Orbiter III on February 21, 1967, at an altitude of 32 miles (51.8 kilometers) above the moon. This view is looking west with the Sun almost directly behind the spacecraft. These approximates show the landing site as it will look to Apollo astronauts as they approach the site. The actual target site is represented by the ellipse which measure three by five miles. The lines indicate coordinates on the Moon near the target site. |
| Date Taken |
1969-10-13 |
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Rock sample brought to earth
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Rock sample brought to earth from the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission |
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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. |
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1969-11-29 |
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Activity in Mission Control
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Activity in Mission Control Center during Apollo 12 lunar landing mission |
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Overal view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, during the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. When this picture was made the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity was being televised from the surface of the Moon. |
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1969-11-19 |
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