Apollo 12

E48386

Apollo program mission crewed lunar landing mission

Apollo 12 was NASA’s second crewed mission to land humans on the Moon, notable for its precise landing near the Surveyor 3 probe in November 1969.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apollo program mission → crewed lunar landing mission →
ALSEPDeployed	yes →
callSignCommandModule	Yankee Clipper →
callSignLunarModule	Intrepid →
commander	Charles Conrad → Pete Conrad →
commandModule	Apollo Command Module Yankee Clipper →
commandModulePilot	Dick Gordon → Richard F. Gordon Jr. →
country	United States →
crewReturnedSafely	true →
crewSize	3 →
CSMName	Yankee Clipper →
followedBy	Apollo 13 →
landingSite	Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum → Ocean of Storms →
landingSiteFeature	near Surveyor 3 probe →
launchDate	1969-11-14 →
launchSite	KSC LC-39A → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A →
launchVehicle	Saturn V →
LMName	Intrepid →
lunarLandingDate	1969-11-19 →
lunarLiftoffDate	1969-11-20 →
lunarModule	Apollo Lunar Module Intrepid →
lunarModuleAscentStageUse	ascent from lunar surface →
lunarModuleDescentStageUse	lunar landing →
lunarModulePilot	Alan Bean → Alan L. Bean →
lunarOrbitInsertion	1969-11-18 →
lunarSurfaceStayTime	about 31.5 hours →
missionDuration	10 days 4 hours 36 minutes (approx.) →
missionNumber	11th crewed Apollo mission →
missionSequenceInLunarLandings	second crewed lunar landing →
notableFor	precise landing near Surveyor 3 → second successful crewed Moon landing →
numberOfEVAsOnMoon	2 →
operator	NASA →
precededBy	Apollo 11 →
program	Apollo program →
returnedHardware	parts of Surveyor 3 →
samplesReturned	lunar rock and soil samples →
scienceObjectives	deployment of Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package → examination of Surveyor 3 spacecraft → geological investigation of Ocean of Storms →
serviceModuleEngine	Service Propulsion System →
spacecraft	Apollo Command and Service Module →
splashdownDate	1969-11-24 →
totalLunarEVA_Time	about 7 hours 45 minutes →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo 11 →	followedBy
Apollo program →	lunarLandingMission
Apollo Lunar Module →	notableMission
Apollo command and service module →	usedInMission