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- After the CSM engine fired twice to achieve the proper lunar orbit, the LM separated and descended to the lunar surface. A precision target was selected, and a pinpoint landing by Intrepid was achieved. The Apollo 12 lunar landing occurred at 1:54:35 a.m. EST on November 19, 1969 in the Ocean of Storms.
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Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Jul 8, 2009 · Intrepid landed in the Ocean of Storms at 3 degrees, 11 hours, 51 minutes south, and 23 degrees, 23 minutes, and 7.5 seconds west. Landing was about 120 feet northeast of Head Crater, and about 535 feet northwest from where Surveyor III stood in its crater. Apollo 12 touched down approximately 950 miles west of where Apollo 11 had landed.
Oct 11, 2024 · The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM). The coordinates of the center of the lunar surface shown in picture are 4.5 degrees west longitude and 7 degrees south latitude.
Apollo 12 carried out a precision landing to successfully land on the Moon at a pinpointed destination. Landing within walking distance of the Surveyor III spacecraft , astronauts intended to bring back instruments from the Surveyor III, such as its camera, to examine the effects of long-term exposure to the lunar environment.
Apollo 12 was the second mission to land humans on the Moon. NASA astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed in Oceanus Procellarum, the "Ocean of Storms," on 19 November 1969 while Richard Gordon remained in lunar orbit inside the Apollo command and service module.
Nov 20, 2019 · The launch of Apollo 12 was the only time a sitting president, Richard M. Nixon, attended the launch of an Apollo mission. NASA achieved the second Moon landing and demonstrated the capability to achieve pinpoint landings on the lunar surface.
Sep 26, 2018 · Apollo 12 was the second crewed mission to land on the moon. The mission lifted off on Nov. 14, 1969, a little less than four months after two members of the Apollo 11 crew became the...
