Apollo 12

Apollo 12

Mission type	Crewed lunar landing
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1969-099A
SATCAT no.	04225
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Apollo CSM Apollo LM
Manufacturer	CSM: North American Rockwell LM: Grumman
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Pete Conrad Alan Bean Richard Gordon
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
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Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the Apollo program. It was the second crewed spacecraft to land on the Moon. Apollo 12 was launched on November 14, 1969.^[1]: 76 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.^[1]: 76 They brought back pieces of Surveyor III which had landed on the Moon in April 1967.^[2] 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.^[2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Furniss, Tim (2001). The History of Space Vehicles. London: Grange Books. ISBN 1-84013-370-8.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "NASA - Apollo 12". nasa.gov. 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2012.