Apollo-12 (28)

Pad 39-A (6)

Saturn-V AS-507 ()

High Bay 3

MLP 2

Firing Room 2

Crew:

Charles Conrad, Jr.

Richard F. Gordon, Jr.

Alan L. Bean

Backup Crew:

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

Payload:

Yankee Clipper (CM-108) and Intrepid (LM-6)

Mission Objective:

Launch:

November 14, 1969.

Orbit:

Altitude: xxx miles

Inclination: xxx degrees

Orbits:

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

Landing:

November 24, 1969

Mission Highlights:

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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