Apollo 12 (28)
The Pinpoint Mission
Pad 39-A (6)
Saturn-V AS-507 ()
High Bay 3
MLP 2
Firing Room 2
Perform manned lunar landing and return from
mission safely. (Achieved).
November 14, 1969; 11:22:00 am EDT. Launch Complex 39-A Kennedy Space Center, FL.
Altitude: xxx miles
Inclination: xxx degrees
Orbits: 45 revolutions
Duration: 10 Days, 04 hours, 36 min, seconds
Distance: miles
Lunar Location: Ocean of Storms
Lunar Coords: 3.04 degrees South, 23.42 degrees West
November 24, 1969, Pacific Ocean. Recovery
Ship; USS Hornet.
Lunar Landing Site: Ocean of Storms. Retrieved parts of the unmanned Surveyor 3, which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package
(ALSEP) deployed. Lunar surface stay-time, 31.5 hours; in lunar orbit 89 hours, with 45 orbits. LM
descent stage impacted on Moon. 34kg (75 lbs) of material gathered.
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Crew
Charles Conrad Jr. Commander
Alan L. Bean
Lunar Module Pilot
Richard F.
Gordon Jr.
Command Module Pilot
Backup Crew
David R. Scott
Commander
James B. Irwin
Lunar Module Pilot
Alfred M. Worden
Command Module Pilot
Payload
Yankee Clipper (CM-108)
Intrepid (LM-6)
Milestones
03/09/69
- S-IVB ondock at KSC
04/21/69 - S-II Stage ondock at KSC
05/03/69 - S-1C Stage ondock at KSC
05/08/69 -
S-IU ondock at KSC
11/14/69 - Launch
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