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Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the Apollo program. It was the second manned spacecraft to land on the Moon. Apollo 12 was launched on November 14, 1969. Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan Bean become the third and fourth persons to stand on the lunar surface, while Richard Gordon stayed in orbit around the Moon. The two astronauts spent over seven hours exploring the surface of the Ocean of Storms. They brought back pieces of Surveyor III which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. They set up a number of experiments which would continue to collect information after they left. The Lunar ascent stage, the part that helped it take off from the surface, was deliberately crashed back onto the Moon so that shock waves could be measured by seismic equipment left behind.

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  • Apollo 12 Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean rehearse lunar surface activities

    Conrad and Bean rehearse their lunar surface activities before the mission

  • Astronauts Pete Conrad (on left) and Alan Bean are shown in the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator

    Conrad and Bean in the LM simulator

  • Saturn V Apollo 12

    SA-507 en route to the launch pad, September 1969

  • Apollo 12 command and service modules hoisted above test stand

    The Apollo 12 CSM on a test stand, June 30, 1969

  • ALSEP AS12-47-6917

    Apollo 12's Passive Seismic Experiment

  • Putting the Plutonium 238 fuel into the SNAP 27

    Bean places the fuel element into the SNAP-27 RTG

  • Apollo 12 launches from Kennedy Space Center

    Apollo 12 launches from Kennedy Space Center, November 14, 1969

  • A view of one-third of Earth, with Australia on the horizon, as photographed by the three-man crew of Apollo 12

    View of Earth taken en route to the Moon

  • Lunar module AS12-51-7507

    Lunar Module Intrepid above the Moon. The small crater in the foreground is Ammonius; the large crater at right is Herschel. Photograph by Richard F. Gordon Jr. on board the Command Module Yankee Clipper.

  • Astronaut Alan L. Bean is about to step off the ladder of the Lunar Module

    Bean prepares to step onto the lunar surface

  • Apollo AS12-47-6897

    Conrad with the U.S. flag

  • Apollo 12 Gordon in simulator

    Gordon in the CM simulator

  • Apollo 12 view of Solar Eclipse (5052129615)

    A solar eclipse seen from Apollo 12

  • 20180320 Apollo 12 Virginia Air and Space Center-2

    Apollo 12 CM Yankee Clipper on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Apolo 12 para niños

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