Monday, November 29, 2010

MISSION 12

APOLLO 12 MISSION:  (November 14-24, 1969)

Crew: Charles Conrad, Richard F. Gordon Jr, Alan L. Bean
Command Module: Yankee Clipper
Lunar Module: Intrepid
Landing Date: 19 November 1969
Landing Site: Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum)

Summary:
- The second moon landing mission.
- They performed first major experiments.
- Retrieved pieces of Surveyor spacecraft.
- Richard Nixon was the first US President to attend the launch of a manned spacecraft. He viewed Apollo 12 on November 14, 1969.

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