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Apollo 12 by Alan Bean of Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Astronauts Alan Bean and Cha
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Astronauts Alan Bean and Charles Conrad on Lunar Surface |
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1969-11-20 |
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The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn Five launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. Aboard Apollo 12 was a crew of three astronauts: Alan L. Bean, pilot of the Lunar Module (LM), Intrepid, Richard Gordon, pilot of the Command Module (CM), Yankee Clipper, and Spacecraft Commander Charles Conrad. The LM, Intrepid, landed astronauts Conrad and Bean on the lunar surface in what?s known as the Ocean of Storms while astronaut Richard Gordon piloted the CM, Yankee Clipper, in a parking orbit around the Moon. Their lunar soil activities included the deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), finding the unmanned Surveyor 3 that landed on the Moon on April 19, 1967, and collecting 75 pounds (34 kilograms) of rock samples. In this photograph, one of the astronauts on the Moon?s surface is holding a container of lunar soil. The other astronaut is seen reflected in his helmet. Apollo 12 safely returned to Earth on November 24, 1969. |
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Apollo 12's Lunar Module Des
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Apollo 12's Lunar Module Descends |
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A few months after Apollo 11 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950922.html ]'s historic Moon landing [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950921.html ], Apollo 12 [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a12.summary.html ] with commander Charles Conrad Jr., Command Module pilot Richard Gordan, and Lunar Module pilot Alan Bean returned for more geographic and scientific exploration. Gordan took the above picture from the Command Module, where he stayed during the mission, while Conrad and Bean in the Lunar Module descend to the lunar [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950903.html ] surface, where they landed, collected samples and conducted scientific experiments. |
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Astronaut Alan Bean suits up
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Astronaut Alan Bean suits up during Apollo 12 prelaunch countdown |
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Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Apollo 12 lunar module pilot, suits up in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the Apollo 12 prelaunch countdown. |
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1969-11-14 |
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