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U.S.S. Hornet crewmen greete …
Title U.S.S. Hornet crewmen greeted by crew of Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description U.S.S. Hornet crewmen are greeted by the crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission as the three astronauts are transfered from a U.S. Navy helicopter to a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) aboard the prime recovery vessel. Charles Conrad Jr., right, commander, Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, left front, and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot splashed down safely at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969.
Date Taken 1969-11-24
Launch of the Apollo 12 luna …
Title Launch of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 12 (Spacecraft 108/Lunar Module 6/Saturn 507) space vehicles is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:22 a.m., November 14, 1969 (58883), View of the launch from across the water. Note the flocks of birds flying across the water as the Apollo spacecraft lifts off (58884).
Date Taken 1969-11-14
Photograph of prime Apollo 1 …
Title Photograph of prime Apollo 12 lunar landing site
Description 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.
Date Taken 1969-11-05
Launch of the Apollo 12 luna …
Title Launch of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 12 (Spacecraft 108/Lunar Module 6/Saturn 507) space vehicles is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:22 a.m., November 14, 1969.
Date Taken 1969-11-14
Astronaut Charles Conrad sit …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad sits in cockpit of Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, sits in the cockpit of a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) during a lunar simulation flight at Ellington Air Force Base. The LLTV is used to train Apollo crews in lunar landing techniques.
Date Taken 1969-10-25
Photograph of possible Apoll …
Title Photograph of possible Apollo 12 lunar landing site in the Sea of Storms
Description 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
Launch of the Apollo 12 luna …
Title Launch of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 12 (Spacecraft 108/Lunar Module 6/Saturn 507) space vehicles is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:22 a.m., November 14, 1969.
Date Taken 1969-11-14
Modified camera selected for …
Title Modified camera selected for use on Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description This modified camera, equipped to transmit color television, has been selected for use on the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. Here, a Westinghouse engineer adjusts the camera before it is placed in a thermal vacuum chamber at Westinghouse Defense and Space Center in Washington, D.C., where the camera was developed and built.
Date Taken 1969-11-07
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
Lightning bolt during the la …
Title Lightning bolt during the launch of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description The photograph captured a view of a lightning bolt during the launch of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. The silhouetted structure is the mobile launch tower. This electrical discharge between clouds and the ground took place at about 36.5 seconds after liftoff when the Apollo 12 space vehicle was about 6,000 feet atltutde.
Date Taken 1969-11-14
Launch of the Apollo 12 luna …
Title Launch of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 12 (Spacecraft 108/Lunar Module 6/Saturn 507) space vehicles is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:22 a.m., November 14, 1969 (58883), View of the launch from across the water. Note the flocks of birds flying across the water as the Apollo spacecraft lifts off (58884).
Date Taken 1969-11-14
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
Activity in Mission Control …
Title Activity in Mission Control Center during Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description 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.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
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
Lunar map showing landing ar …
Title Lunar map showing landing areas for Apollo manned lunar landing missions
Description This lunar map shows the landing areas for the Apollo manned lunar landing missions that have been accomplised and the locations of six candidate sites for the remainder of the Apollo flights. Those indicated are Sea of Tranquility (Apollo 11), Ocean of Storms (Apollo 12), Fra Mauro (Apollo 14), Hadley/Apennines (Apollo 15), and Marius Hills, Descartes, Davy and Copernicus.
Date Taken 1970-09-01
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