Apollo 12
Post-Armstrong lunar mission
Apollo 12 was the second crewed mission to land on the Moon, in November 1969.
Following Apollo 11's historic first landing four months earlier, Apollo 12 demonstrated precision landing capability by touching down near the Surveyor 3 probe.
The crew—Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon—conducted lunar surface experiments and returned with samples and parts from the earlier unmanned spacecraft.
- moon landingCraft settling on satellite
- moonwalkBackward-gliding dance step
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- space programOrganized effort for extraterrestrial exploration
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
Conrad · Bean · Gordon · lunar · lunar module · command module · Ocean · November · 1969 · Saturn · rocket · launch pad · capsule · splashdown · crater · moonrock · space · mission
- Moon missionsPeregrine, Artemis, lunar lander, moon landing, lunar landing
- Historic LandingsD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Juno Beach
mission prominence/fame
Apollo 12Apollo 11
First manned lunar landing
Apollo 13 · Apollo 1 · Neil Armstrong · one small step · Challenger disaster