Apollo 12

Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. The mission was commanded by Charles "Pete" Conrad. It was launched on 14 November 1969, four months after Apollo 11. Pete Conrad and Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar activity whilst Command Module pilot Richard F Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was the Ocean of Storms. Amongst the key ... more

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  • 10 days (Nov 14, 1969 — Nov 24, 1969)
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