COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Record
Name of Image:
View Twelve of Lunar Panoramic Scene
Full Description:
The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. Aboard Apollo 12 was a crew of three astronauts: Alan L. Bean, pilot of the Lunar Module (LM), Intrepid; Richard Gordon, pilot of the Command Module (CM), Yankee Clipper; and Spacecraft Commander Charles Conrad. The LM, Intrepid, landed astronauts Conrad and Bean on the lunar surface in what?s known as the Ocean of Storms while astronaut Richard Gordon piloted the CM, Yankee Clipper, in a parking orbit around the Moon. Lunar soil activities included the deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), finding the unmanned Surveyor 3 that landed on the Moon on April 19, 1967, and collecting 75 pounds (34 kilograms) of rock samples. This is the twelfth of 25 images captured by the crew in attempt to provide a 360 degree Lunar surface scene. Apollo 12 safely returned to Earth on November 24, 1969.
Date of Image:
1969-11-14
Category:
Saturn Apollo Program
term:
360 Degree Scene
facet_who:
Dr. Wernher von Braun
facet_what:
Apollo 12
facet_where:
Florida
facet_when:
April 19, 1967
facet_when_year:
1967
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
9407058
NIX #:
MSFC-9407058
MSFC Negative Number:
9407058
UID:
SPD-MARSH-9407058
