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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: 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/ ].
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 ].
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 11.19.1969
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 11.19.1969
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 11.19.1969
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 11.19.1969
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 11.19.1969
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 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 11.19.1969
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 11.19.1969
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
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 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
Navy swimmer assists Apollo …
Title Navy swimmer assists Apollo 12 crew during recovery operations
Description A U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer assists the Apollo 12 crew during recovery operations in the Pacific. In the life raft are Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (facing camera), commander, Richard F. Gordon Jr., (in the middle), command module pilot, and Alan L. Bean (nearest camera), lunar module pilot. The Apollo 12 splashdown occured at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969 near American Samoa.
Date Taken 1969-11-24
Lunar Module 6 being moved t …
Title Lunar Module 6 being moved to integration work stand
Description Lunar Module 6, scheduled for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission in November of 1969, is being moved to an integration work stand in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building.
Date Taken 1969-06-23
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
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
Apollo 12 crew during prefli …
Title Apollo 12 crew during preflight news conference
Description The members of the Apollo 12 prime crew discuss their scheduled lunar landing mission at a preflight press conference which was held on October 11, 1969, in the Manned Spacecraft Center Auditorium. Left to right, are Astronauts Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, and Charles Conrad Jr., commander.
Date Taken 1969-10-11
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
Apollo 12 crewmembers greete …
Title Apollo 12 crewmembers greeted by family on arrival at Ellington
Description Members of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission's crew are greeted by their wives and children at the front of a large crowd on hand to welcome home the three. The Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), with the crew inside, arrived at Ellington Air Force Base aboard a U.S. Air Force C0141 transport jet on November 29, 1969. The crewmen, looking out the MQF window at the crowd, are (l-r) Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and ALan L. Bean. Their wives are, from left to right, Mrs. Barbara Gordon, Mrs Jane Conrad and Mrs. Sue Bean. The women are wearing leis, an Hawaii tradition (60759), Conrad talks by phone to members of his family standing outside the MQF. Beside him are Gordon (center) and Bean (60760).
Date Taken 1969-11-29
Apollo 12 crewmembers greete …
Title Apollo 12 crewmembers greeted by family on arrival at Ellington
Description Members of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission's crew are greeted by their wives and children at the front of a large crowd on hand to welcome home the three. The Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), with the crew inside, arrived at Ellington Air Force Base aboard a U.S. Air Force C0141 transport jet on November 29, 1969. The crewmen, looking out the MQF window at the crowd, are (l-r) Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and ALan L. Bean. Their wives are, from left to right, Mrs. Barbara Gordon, Mrs Jane Conrad and Mrs. Sue Bean. The women are wearing leis, an Hawaii tradition (60759), Conrad talks by phone to members of his family standing outside the MQF. Beside him are Gordon (center) and Bean (60760).
Date Taken 1969-11-29
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
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