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Bean Descends Intrepid
Title Bean Descends Intrepid
Full Description Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of the Lunar Module (LM) "Intrepid" to join astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr., mission Commander, on the lunar surface.
Date 11/19/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Bean Samples The Ocean of St …
Title Bean Samples The Ocean of Storms
Full Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the extravehicular activity (EVA) in which Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Bean participated. Connrad, who took this picture, is reflected in the helmet visor of the Lunar Module pilot.
Date 11/20/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Bean with Tools on the Ocean …
Title Bean with Tools on the Ocean of Storms
Full Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot, pauses near a tool carrier during extravehicular activity (EVA) on the Moon's surface. Commander Charles Conrad Jr., who took the black and white photo, is reflected in Bean's helmet visor.
Date 11/20/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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
Conrad Unfurls Flag
Title Conrad Unfurls Flag
Full Description Apollo 12 astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad stands beside the United States flag after is was unfurled on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1), on November 19, 1969. Several footprints made by the crew can be seen in the photograph.
Date 11/19/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Apollo 12 Prime Crew
Title The Apollo 12 Prime Crew
Full Description Portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. From left to right they are: Commander, Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. Command Module pilot, Richard F. Gordon Jr. and Lunar Module pilot, Alan L.Bean. The Apollo 12 mission was the second lunar landing mission in which the third and fourth American astronauts set foot upon the Moon. This mission was highlighted by the Lunar Module nicknamed "Intrepid" landing within a few hundred yards of a Surveyor probe which was sent to the Moon in April of 1967 on a mapping mission as a precursor to landing.
Date 09/22/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
AS12-47-6921
Photographer: JSC Apollo 12 …
11/19/69
Description Photographer: JSC Apollo 12 mission deploys Ames developed special Lunar surface Magnetometer to measure magnetic fields on the moon (Tri-axis magnetometer)
Date 11/19/69
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 Visits Surveyor 3
Title Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
Explanation Apollo 12 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo12info.html ] was the second mission to land humans [ http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html ] on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/moon.html ]. The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html ] 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ] three years earlier. In the above photograph [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/ images12.html#HiRes ], taken by lunar module pilot Alan Bean [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12crew.htm ], mission commander Pete Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990715.html ] retrieves parts from the Surveyor. The lunar module [ http://www.moonlander.com/lmdata/ ] is visible [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951007.html ] in the distance. Apollo 12 [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12.htm ] brought back many photographs and moon rocks. Among the milestones achieved by Apollo 12 was the deployment [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951210.html ] of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010303.html http://www-sn.jsc.nasa.gov/PlanetaryMissions/EXLibrary/ docs/ApolloCat/Part1/ALSEP.htm ], which carried out many experiments including one that measured the solar wind [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html ].
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 Visits Surveyor 3
Title Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
Explanation Apollo 12 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo12info.html ] was the second mission to land humans [ http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html ] on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/moon.html ]. The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html ] 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ] three years earlier. In the above photograph [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#7134h ], taken by lunar module pilot Alan Bean [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12crew.htm ], mission commander Pete Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990715.html ] jiggles [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#7134h ] the Surveyor spacecraft to see how firmly it is situated. The lunar module [ http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/attm/nojs/a11.am.lm.1.html ] is visible [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951007.html ] in the distance. Apollo 12 [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12.htm ] brought back many photographs and moon rocks. Among the milestones achieved by Apollo 12 was the deployment [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951210.html ] of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package [ http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/docs/ApolloCat/Part1/ALSEP.htm ], which carried out many experiments including one that measured the solar wind [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html ].
An Apollo 12 Panorama
Title An Apollo 12 Panorama
Explanation The Apollo 12 mission [ http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/AS12/a12.htm ] was the second [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980503.html ] ever to land humans on the Moon. The mission was dedicated [ http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/AS12/a12mo.htm ] to studying the Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ], developing techniques, and developing instruments that could be used in future lunar landings [ http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/apollo.htm ]. Astronauts Charles (Pete) Conrad and Alan Bean [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo12/A12_Overview_crew.html ] spent just under two days on the lunar surface in November 1969, while Richard Gordon [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/gordon-rf.html ] orbited above in the Command Module [ http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/apollo/ ]. Pictured above [ http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarAtlas/panoramas/ ] in this digitally stitched panorama, Alan Bean works near the Lunar Module [ http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/attm/nojs/a11.am.lm.1.html ]. Scrolling to the right will reveal a dark color panorama [ http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarAtlas/panoramas/ ] where flat lunar terrain and a tall video camera are visible. Apollo 12 mission [ http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/AS12/a12.htm ] astronauts visited the site [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020713.html ] of the nearby Surveyor 3 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031005.html ] robot spacecraft that had landed on the moon three years earlier.
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.
Charles P. Conrad, Jr. 1930- …
Title Charles P. Conrad, Jr. 1930-1999
Explanation Known for his sense of humor and infectious grin, Charles P. "Pete" Conrad [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo12/conrad/index.html ], as commander of the Apollo 12 mission [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990408.html ], was the third person to walk on the moon. Not a tall man, Conrad stepped down onto the lunar surface in November of 1969 and gleefully commented [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12.eva1prelim.html ], "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." Born June 2nd, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton University in 1953 and went on to become a Navy test pilot. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1962, Conrad is seen here in 1965 [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/GT5/10074055.htm ] during a suiting up activity in preparation for his first space flight - the endurance record setting Gemini 5 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-v/gemini-v.html ]. His final space flight was to Skylab [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980510.html ] in 1973. Tragically [ ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-080.txt ], Conrad died from injuries in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, July 8 [ ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-079.txt ].
Astronaut Alan Bean deploys …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean deploys Lunar Surface Magnetometer on lunar surface
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, deploys the Lunar Surface Magnetometer (LSM) during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity on the Moon. The LSM is a component of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP). The Lunar Module can be seen in the left background.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Astronaut Alan Bean with sub …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean with subpackages of the ALSEP during EVA
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, traverses with the two subpackages of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA). Bean deployed the ALSEP components 300 feet from the Lunar Module (LM). The LM and deployed erectable S-band antenna can be seen in the background.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Astronaut Alan Bean steps fr …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean steps from ladder of Lunar Module for EVA
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, steps from the ladder of the Lunar Module to join Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, in extravehicular activity on November 19, 1969. Astronaut Ricard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, remained with the Command/Service Modules in lunar orbit.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Astronaut Alan Bean works on …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean works on Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, works at the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on the Apollo 12 Lunar Module during the mission's first extravehicular activity, EVA-1, on November 19, 1969.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
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 Central Station for …
Title View of Central Station for the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package
Description A view of the Central Station for the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), in the center of the photograph, and other ALSEP components deployed on the lunar surface by Apollo 12's two Moon explorers. The three components that can be seen in this photograph, near the Central Station, are the Passive Seismic Experiment (left of Central Station), Lunar Surface Magnetometer (left of center, background) and the Solar Wind Spectrometer (right of Central Station).
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Vertical view of crater Gamb …
Title Vertical view of crater Gambart taken by Apollo 12
Description A vertical view of the crater Gambart (near photo's edge), as photographed from the Apollo 12 spacecraft in November of 1969. Smaller craters which can be delineated are Turner, Turner F, Gambart N. The area shown is located just to the north, northeast of Fra Mauro. Coordinates of the center of the area pictured are 14 degrees west longitude and 2.5 degrees south latitude.
Date Taken 1969-11-12
Astronaut Alan Bean drives c …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean drives core sample tube into lunar surface
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, drives a core sample tube into the lunar surface during the Apollo 12 extravehicular activity. Good view of lunar soil.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
Oblique view of crater Coper …
Title Oblique view of crater Copernicus on lunar near side
Description An oblique view of the large crater Copernicus on the lunar near side, as photographed from the Apollo 12 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The coordinates of the center of Copernicus are approximately 20 degrees west longitude and 9.5 degrees north latitude. Note the key-shaped Fauth adn Hauth A crater located directly south of Copernicus. This view is generally north-northwest.
Date Taken 1969-11-12
Close-up view of set of tong …
Title Close-up view of set of tongs being used to pick up lunar samples
Description Close-up view of a set of tongs, an Apollo Lunar Hand Tool, being used by Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, to pick up lunar samples during the Apollo 12 extravehicular activity. This photograph shows Conrad's legs and a good view of the lunar soil.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Astronaut Charles Conrad ali …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad aligns antenna on Central Station for ALSEP
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, aligns the antenna on the Central Station for the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity. The ALSEP's Lunar Surface Magnetometer (LSM) is in the foreground. In the center background near Conrad are other ALSEP components.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
View of two U.S. spacecraft …
Title View of two U.S. spacecraft on the surface of the moon
Description View of two U.S. spacecraft on the surface of the moon, taken during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA-2). The Apollo 12 Lunar Module is in the background. The unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft is in the foreground.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
Astronaut Charles Conrad use …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad uses lunar equipment conveyer at Lunar Module
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, uses the lunar equipment conveyer (LEC) at the Lunar Module during the Apollo 12 extravehicular activity on the lunar surface. This photograph was taken by Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Apollo 12 Lunar Module, in l …
Title Apollo 12 Lunar Module, in landing configuration, photographed in lunar orbit
Description The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules. THe coordinates of the center of the lunar surface shown in picture are 4.5 degrees west longitude and 7 degrees south latitude. The largest crater in the foreground is Ptolemaeus, and the second largest is Herschel.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Oblique view looking toward …
Title Oblique view looking toward southeast shows highland area crater Ptolemaeus
Description This low oblique view, taken from the Apollo 12 spacecraft, is looking toward the southeast and it shows the highland area around the large crater Ptolemaeus (right center). Herschel is the terraced crater with central peaks in center of photo.
Date Taken 1969-11-12
Astronaut Alan Bean deploys …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean deploys ALSEP during first Apollo 12 EVA on moon
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Apollo 12 lunar module pilot, deploys components of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. The photo was made by Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Apollo 12 commander, using a 70mm handheld Haselblad camera modified for lunar surface usage.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Apollo 12 crewman with tools …
Title Apollo 12 crewman with tools and carrier of Apollo Lunar Hand Tools
Description One of the Apollo 12 crewman is photographed with tools and carrier of the Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT) during extravehicular activity (EVA) on the surface of the Moon. Several footprints made by the two Apollo 12 astronauts during their EVA are seen in the foreground.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
Photograph of core tube with …
Title Photograph of core tube with extension handle driven into lunar soil
Description A photograph of a core tube, with extension handle, driven into lunar soil during the Apollo 12 extravehicular activity. By joining the two core tubes in series, soil samples may be taken to a depth of approximately two feet.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Astronaut Alan Bean holds Sp …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean holds Special Environmental Sample Container
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the extravehicular activity (EVA) in which Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Bean participated. Connrad, who took this picture, is reflected in the helmet visor of the lunar module pilot.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
Apollo 12 stereo view of lun …
Title Apollo 12 stereo view of lunar surface
Description An Apollo 12 stereo view showing a three-inch square of the lunar surface. The exposure was made with an Apollo 35mm stereo close-up camera during extravehicular activity of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. The camera was developed to get the highest possible resolution of a small area.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
Apollo 12 stereo view of lun …
Title Apollo 12 stereo view of lunar surface
Description An Apollo 12 stereo view showing a three-inch square of the lunar surface. The exposure was made with an Apollo 35mm stereo close-up camera during extravehicular activity of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. The camera was developed to get the highest possible resolution of a small area.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
Astronaut Charles Conrad sta …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad stands at Modular Equipment Stowage Assemble
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, stands at the Modular Equipment Stowage Assemble (MESA) on the Lunar Module during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) on the lunar surface. The erectable S-band antenna is already deployed at right. The carrier for the Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT) is near Conrad.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Apollo 12 stereo view of lun …
Title Apollo 12 stereo view of lunar surface upon which astronaut had stepped
Description An Apollo 12 stereo view showing a three-inch square of the lunar surface upon which an astronaut had stepped. Taken during extravehicular activity of Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., and Alan L. Bean, the exposure of the boot imprint was made with an Apollo 35mm stereo close-up camera.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
Apollo 12 Lunar Module pictu …
Title Apollo 12 Lunar Module pictured as seen from Apollo 12 command/service module
Description Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), still attached to the Saturn V third (S-IVB) stage, is pictured as seen from Apollo 12 command/service modules (CSM) on the first day of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. This photograph was taken following CSM separation from LM/S-IVB and prior to Luanr Module extraction from the S-IVB stage. The Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) panels have already been jettisoned.
Date Taken 1969-11-24
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
Apollo 12 astronaut stands b …
Title Apollo 12 astronaut stands beside United States flag after is was unfurled
Description One of the Apollo 12 astronaut stands beside the United States flag after is was unfurled on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1), on Nov. 19, 1969. Several footprints made by the crew can be seen in the photograph.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
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
View of Surveyor III in its …
Title View of Surveyor III in its crater
Description View of the Surveyor III in its crater. In the far left the Apollo 12 Lunar Module can be seen.
Date Taken 1969-11-19
Astronaut Charles Conrad dur …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad during extravehicular activity on lunar surface
Description A close-up view of Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, photographed during the extravehicular activity (EVA) on the surface of the Moon. An EVA checklist is on Conrad's left wrist. A set of tongs, an Apollo Lunar Hand Tool (ALHT), is held in his right hand. Several footprints can be seen. Note lunar soil on the suit of Conrad, especially around the knees and below.
Date Taken 1969-11-20
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
U.S.S. Hornet moves toward t …
Title U.S.S. Hornet moves toward the Apollo 12 Command Module to retrieve it
Description U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery vessel for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, moves toward the Apollo 12 Command Module to retrieve the spacecraft. A helicopter from the recovery ship, which took part in the recovery operations, hovers over the scene of the splashdown.
Date Taken 1969-11-24
Astronaut Alan Bean assisted …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean assisted with egressing command module after landing
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, is assisted with egressing the Apollo 12 Command Module by a U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer during recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean. Already in the life raft are Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot. The Apollo 12 splashdown occured at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969 near American Samoa.
Date Taken 1969-11-24
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
Apollo 12 Command Module nea …
Title Apollo 12 Command Module nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Description The Apollo 12 Command Module, with Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean aboard, nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude the second lunar landing mission. The Apollo 12 splashdown occurred at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969, near American Samoa.
Date Taken 1969-11-24
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