Apollo 12
"Yankee Clipper "
NSSDC ID: 69-099A
Description:
The Apollo 12 spacecraft was part of the second mission in which humans landed on
the moon and returned to earth. The spacecraft consisted of three modules -- a lunar
module (LM), a command module (CM), and a service module, which linked with the command
module to form the command service module (CSM). The lunar module landed two men
(Commander Charles P. "Pete" Conrad and LM Pilot Alan L. Bean) on the surface
of the moon in the vicinity of Surveyor 3, while the piloted (by CM pilot Richard
F. Gordon Jr.) command module continued in orbit. An Apollo lunar surface experiments
package (ALSEP) was placed on the lunar surface, samples of the lunar terrain were
acquired, and various photographs of 16-, 35-, and 70-mm film sizes were exposed
from the lunar and command modules and by the astronauts during lunar surface activities.
The landing site was on the northwest rim of the Surveyor crater, about 200 meters
from the Surveyor 3 spacecraft, and parts were taken from the Surveyor 3 for examination.
The Apollo 12 spacecraft was launched on November 14, 1969, and was injected into
lunar orbit on November 18. The LM (69-099C) landed on the moon on November 19 and
returned to the command module on November 20, after a total stay on the Moon's surface
of 31 hours 31 minutes, involving two separate moonwalks totaling 7 hours 50 minutes.
The command module left lunar orbit on November 22 and returned to earth on November
24, 1969. Performance was very good for all aspects of the mission.
The Command Module "Yankee Clipper" is on display at the NASA Langley Research
Center in Hampton, Virginia. |
Crew:
Charles Conrad,
Jr., commander
Richard F. Gordon,
command module pilot
Alan L. Bean, lunar
module pilot |
Launch Information:
Launch Date/Time: 1969-11-14 at 16:22:00 UTC
Returned to Earth: 24 November 1969 UT 20:58:24
(03:58:24 PM EST)
Launch Site/Country: Cape Canaveral, United States
On-orbit dry mass: 28860.00 kg
Launch Vehicle: Saturn 5 |
Orbital Information:
Orbit: Orbiter
Central Body: Moon
Landed on Moon: 19 November 1969 UT 06:54:35
(01:54:35 AM EST)
Landing Site: Oceanus Procellarum - Ocean of
Storms (3.20 S, 23.38 W)
Epoch start date/time: 1969.322:00:00:00 (18
Nov.)
Epoch end date/time: 1969.325:00:00:00 (21 Nov.)
Orbital Period: 2.00 h |
Project Manager
Dr. Rocco A. Petrone
Address Unknown |
Project Scientist
Dr. Martin W. Molloy
Address Unknown |
Discipline(s)
Human Crew
Planetary Science |
Sponsoring Agencies/Countries
NASA-Office of Manned Space Flight/United States |
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