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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical location
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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
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1969-11-19 ⓘ |
| landingType | crewed lunar landing ⓘ |
| landingVehicle | Apollo Lunar Module Intrepid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| latitudeApprox | 3.0° S ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mare Insularum region of the Moon
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ⓘ
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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mare Cognitum