Apollo 12

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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.


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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


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