This journal covers the flight of Apollo 12, from launch to splashdown. As a "living document" it will continue to grow and evolve and major changes will be intimated in the appropriate space discussion groups. It is the current intention of the authors to bring all the manned Apollo flights to the AFJ site.

Also available:

• Apollo 8 Flight Journal.
• Apollo 11 Flight Journal.
• Apollo 15 Flight Journal.
• Apollo 16 Flight Journal.

Apollo 12

• Travelling from the Earth to the Moon

  • Day 1: Launch and Reaching Earth Orbit
  • Day 1: Earth Orbit Translunar Injection
  • Day 1: Transposition, Docking and Extraction
  • Day 1: LM Inspection
  • Day 1: PTC and back over to the LM
  • Day 2: MCC-2 Burn
  • Day 2: Quiet end to the day
  • Day 3: Day of the Tuna Fish
  • Day 3: TV Show
  • Day 3/4: Lunar Orbit Insertion
  
  

• Lunar Orbit

  • Day 4: Lunar Orbit Revolution 2 to 5
  • Day 5: Prepare for Lunar Descent
  • Day 5: Yankee Clipper Rev 14 to 24
  • Day 6: Yankee Clipper Rev 24 to 28
  
  

• Final Days in Lunar Orbit

  • Day 6: From the Snowman to Docking
  • Day 6/7: LM Jettison, Rev 33 to 43
  
  

• Homeward journey to Earth

  • Day 7: Rev 44 to Trans-Earth Injection
  • Day 8: Cislunar Navigation and Geology Questions
  • Day 9: Navigate to Question Time
  • Day 10: Splashdown for 3 Tail Hookers

• Apollo 12 Documents

  • Apollo 12 Flight Plan
  • Apollo 12 SA-507 Saturn V Flight Manual (17.6MB PDF file)
  • Apollo 12 Launch Operations Checklist (4.92MB PDF file)
  • Apollo 12 CMP Solo Book (5.45MB PDF file)
  • Apollo 12 CSM Rescue Book (6.69MB PDF file)
  • Apollo 12 LM Timeline Book (1.96MB PDF file)
  • Apollo 12 LM Data Card Book (2.27MB PDF file)
  • Apollo 12 LM G&N Dictionary (7.04MB PDF file)
  • Apollo 12 LM Rendezvous/Abort Book (12.9MB PDF file)

• Apollo 12 Audio

  • Audio

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  Journal Essays

  • The Apollo On-board Computers - Phill Parker
    
  • Lunar Orbit Insertion - Frank O'Brien
    
  • Lunar Orbit Rendezvous - Frank O'Brien
    

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  Correspondence regarding corrections, additions and typographic errors are welcome and should be sent to David Woods at or to Lennox Waugh at . The most recent updates to the Journal are listed in the updates file.

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  Last updated 2008-12-03