Apollo 12 landing site

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The Apollo 12 landing site is the location on the Moon where NASA's second crewed lunar landing mission touched down in 1969, situated in the Ocean of Storms region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical location
lunar landing site
astronautEVA Alan L. Bean NERFINISHED
Charles Conrad Jr. NERFINISHED
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
EVAcount 2
followedBy Apollo 14 landing site
geologicEra Imbrian age basalts
hasHeritage site of second human landing on the Moon
hemisphere near side of the Moon
imageSubject Apollo 12 surface photography
instrumentDeployed ALSEP magnetometer NERFINISHED
ALSEP seismometer NERFINISHED
ALSEP solar wind experiment
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package NERFINISHED
landingDate 19 November 1969
1969-11-19
landingType crewed lunar landing
landingVehicle Apollo Lunar Module Intrepid NERFINISHED
latitudeApprox 3.0° S
locatedIn Mare Insularum region of the Moon NERFINISHED
Ocean of Storms NERFINISHED
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
longitudeApprox 23.4° W
lunarMare Oceanus Procellarum NERFINISHED
missionCommander Charles Conrad Jr. NERFINISHED
missionCommandModulePilot Richard F. Gordon Jr. NERFINISHED
missionLaunchDate 1969-11-14
missionLunarModulePilot Alan L. Bean NERFINISHED
missionNumberInApolloProgram second crewed lunar landing
missionReturnDate 1969-11-24
nearbySpacecraft Surveyor 3 NERFINISHED
notableFeature demonstration of pinpoint landing capability
proximity to Surveyor 3 probe
operator NASA
precededBy Apollo 11 landing site NERFINISHED
purposeOfSelection precision landing near Surveyor 3
relatedProgram Apollo program NERFINISHED
samplesReturned_kg about 34.4
scientificActivities deployment of scientific instruments
geological fieldwork
sample collection
surfaceType basaltic mare plain
totalEVATime_hours about 7.75
totalSurfaceTime_hours about 31.5
usedByMission Apollo 12 NERFINISHED
visitedBy Alan L. Bean NERFINISHED
Charles Conrad Jr. NERFINISHED

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Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum near Apollo 12 landing site
subject surface form: Mare Cognitum