Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 35

Apollo 12

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  14.11.1969
Launch time:  16:22 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  181 - 185 km
Inclination:  32,54°
Undocking CSM-LM:  19.11.1969, 04:16:02 UT
Moon landing:  19.11.1969, 06:54:35 UT
Landing point:  3° 0' 44.60" S 23° 25' 17.65" W
Docking CSM-LM:  20.11.1969, 17:58:20 UT
Landing date:  24.11.1969
Landing time:  20:58 UT
Landing site:  15° 78' S, 165° 15' W

walkout photo

Crew Apollo 12

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Conrad  Charles, Jr. "Pete"  CDR 3 10d 04h 36m  1,5 
2 USA  Gordon  Richard Francis, Jr. "Dick"  CMP 2 10d 04h 36m  1,5 
3 USA  Bean  Alan LaVern  LMP 1 10d 04h 36m  1,5 

Crew seating arrangement

1  Conrad
2  Gordon
3  Bean
Apollo Command and Service Module

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USA  Scott  David Randolph  CDR
2 USA  Worden  Alfred Merrill  CMP
3 USA  Irwin  James Benson "Jim"  LMP

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing 735 km southeast of Pogo-Pogo-Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Second manned lunar landing. After landing in Ocean of Storm Conrad and Bean performed several scientific work on the lunar surface. They also deployed an S-band antenna, solar wind composition experiment, the American flag and most important, the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) with a SNAP-27 atomic generator. This was done during the first EVA on November 19, 1969 (3 h 56m). Second EVA on November 20, 1969 (3h 49m) in which different samples were collected and photographic panoramas were obtained. Failure of the TV-camera, when it was pointed at the sun. They retrieved parts of the unmanned Surveyor 3, which had landed on the lunar surface on April 20, 1967. All in all 34,4 km of material gathered. After 31,5 hours on the lunar surface launch to the Command Module Yankee Clipper with Gordon in the moon orbit. Gordon had completed a lunar multispectral photography experiment and photographed proposed future landing sites during that time.

The crew was recovered by "USS Hornet".

Landing point

Photos / Drawings

Apollo spacecraft with Lunar Module Apollo Command Module

Source: www.astronautix.com/

 
Apollo control panel Lunar Module control panels
Apollo 12 rollout Apollo 12 on launch pad
Apollo 12 launch solar eclipse
EVA Conrad Apollo 12
EVA Bean Apollo 12 landing

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