Apollo 12 (Spacecraft)

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Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the moon. Its crew included Pete Conrad, commander; Richard Gordon, command module pilot; and Alan Bean, lunar module pilot. To improve the quality of television pictures from the Moon, a color camera was carried on Apollo 12 (unlike the monochrome camera that was used on Apollo 11). Unfortunately, when Bean carried the camera to the place near the lunar module where it was to be set up, he inadvertently pointed it directly into the Sun, destroying the vidicon tube. Television coverage of this mission was thus terminated almost immediately. Conrad and Bean removed pieces of the Surveyor 3, to be taken back to Earth for analysis, and took two Moon-walks lasting just under four hours each. They collected rocks and set up equipment that took measurements of the Moon''s seismicity, solar wind flux and magnetic field, and relayed the measurements to Earth. (By accident Bean left several rolls of exposed film on the lunar surface.) Meanwhile Gordon, on board the Yankee Clipper in lunar orbit, took multispectral photographs of the surface. The ship is now open to the public as a museum in Alameda, California. The command module is displayed at the Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia.
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referencedIn Classified Subject Files, 1969 - 1971 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Apollo 12 Reports, 1970 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Apollo 12 - AS12-46-6715 through AS12-57-8455b National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Manila, Philippines: "Apollo 12 Postcard," FY [Fiscal Year] 70 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Freeman, John Wright, Jr., 1935-. Papers, 1965-1979. American Institute of Physics
referencedIn Research and Development Project Specification and Drawings Files, ca. 1966 - ca. 1975 National Archives at Atlanta
referencedIn AE 7: Apollo 12 Astronauts Visit to Vienna, 1970 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Mission Files Relating to the Apollo Missions, 1/1/1968 - 12/31/1971 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Santiago, Chile: "Apollo 12," FY [Fiscal Year] 70 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Apollo 12 Photographic and Scientific Debriefing- Operational Photography Lunar- Surface Photography- General Observations National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn Apollo 12 World Tour Bullseye Itinerary National Archives at College Park
referencedIn SP 10 - Apollo 12 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Apollo 12 World Tour Bullseye Circular Cables and Summaries National Archives at College Park
referencedIn USIS [United States Information Service] Buenos Aires: "Next Step - Apollo 12," (Leaflet), Spanish, FY [Fiscal Year] 70 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Country Files for Denmark, 1955 - 1971 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Photographic Negatives taken at the US Pavilion at Expo '70, 1970 - 1970 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Mission Analysis Files, ca. 1969 - ca. 1972 National Archives at Riverside
referencedIn IN Number 69-Fm-319: Apollo 12 Navigation Procedures National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn Downlink Television Kinescopes for Apollo Flight Operations, 1/1/1969 - 12/31/1972 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Fryxell, Roald, 1934-1974. Papers, 1950-1978. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Apollo 12 General National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Activities and Personnel of the Department of Energy and Predecessor Agencies, 1955 - 1979 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn IN Number 69-FM-297: Out-The Window Visibility During Lunar Descent of Apollo 12(Mission H-1) National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn 111-76-H558-RO-OO: Estimate of Apollo 12 Low Altitude LR Slant Range Error Due to Doppler Compensation National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn Voice Recordings Relating to Apollo Missions, 11/9/1967 - 1/10/1973 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Photographic Prints Taken at the US Pavilion at Expo '70, 1/1970 - 9/1970 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn INF 7 - 6 Apollo 12 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn IN Number 70-FM-28: Post flight Evaluation of the Apollo 12 Spacecraft National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn Apollo 12 World Tour Bullseye National Archives at College Park
referencedIn SEED-R 57(a): Investigation of PSE Anomalies- Apollo 12 Mission National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn USIS [United States Information Service] Santiago: "Apollo-12 Press Kits," Spanish, FY [Fiscal Year] 70 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Moon Report From Apollo 12 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records Concerning International Public Affairs Activities for the Apollo Program, 1/1963 - 12/1973 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators: Apollo-12 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn IN Number 69-FM-315: Apollo 12 (Mission H-1) Crew Charts National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn APOLLO 12 COVERAGE National Archives at College Park
referencedIn IN Number 69-FM-314: Predicted Launch Abort Landing Point Data Computed for Apollo 12 National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn SP 10 Apollo 12 Guidelines National Archives at College Park
referencedIn IN Number 69-FM-242: Spacecraft Operational Trajectory for Apollo 12 (Mission H-1) - Volume II- Operational Mission Profile Trajectory Parameters, Launched November 14,1969 National Archives at Fort Worth
referencedIn INF 7 - 6 Apollo 12 Reaction National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Apollo 12 World Tour Bullseye Miscellaneous Information, Photographs, etc. National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Spaceport News, November 13, 2009 United States. National Archives and Records Administration
referencedIn Extravehicular Activity Reference Files on Apollo Life Support, 1968 - 1974 National Archives at Fort Worth
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memberOf Bean, Alan, 1932-2018 person
memberOf Conrad, Pete, 1930-1999 person
associatedWith Freeman, John Wright, Jr., 1935- person
associatedWith Fryxell, Roald, 1934-1974. person
memberOf Gordon, Richard person
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Active 1969-11-14

Active 1969-11-24

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