COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Record
Name of Image:
Apollo 12 Astronauts Wave Upon Entering the Mobile Quarantine Facility
Full Description:
Aboard the recovery ship, USS Hornet, Apollo 12 astronauts wave to the crowd as they enter the mobile quarantine facility. The recovery operation took place in the Pacific Ocean after the splashdown of the Command Module capsule. Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 12 crew. 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 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. Apollo 12 safely returned to Earth on November 24, 1969.
Date of Image:
1969-11-24
Category:
Saturn Apollo Program
term:
Apollo 12
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 #:
6903665
NIX #:
MSFC-6903665
MSFC Negative Number:
6903665
UID:
SPD-MARSH-6903665
