The Apollo 12 backup crew was David R. Scott as commander, Alfred M. Worden as Command Module pilot, and James B. Irwin as Lunar Module pilot. They became the crew of Apollo 15 . [ 11 ] For Apollo, a third crew of astronauts, known as the support crew, was designated in addition to the prime and backup crews used on projects Mercury and Gemini.

On April 10, 1969, NASA formally announced the crew for Apollo 12, the sixth crewed Apollo mission. If all went well on the flights preceding it, Apollo 12 would make the second human lunar landing about four months after the initial landing.

2024年10月11日 · The three astronauts named by NASA as the prime crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. Left to right are Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean. (22 Sept. 1969)

2009年7月8日 · Following crew return to the command and service module, or CSM, a controlled burn of the remaining propellants in the empty ascent stage caused the stage to crash into the moon, providing a measurable seismic shock impulse. This is the official crew insignia for Apollo 12, the United States’ second lunar landing mission.

2013年5月13日 · Portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. From left to right they are: commander Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr., command module pilot Richard F. Gordon Jr. and lunar module pilot Alan L. Bean.

The Apollo 12 crew launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 14 November 1969 into rainy skies. Lightning struck their Saturn V rocket twice during ascent, knocking out the crew’s altitude control indicators and switching power for the command and …

Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the Apollo program. It was the second crewed spacecraft to land on the Moon . Apollo 12 was launched on November 14, 1969.

The mission plan for Apollo 12, the second lunar landing mission, had several objectives for the crew to accomplish: perform a survey of the area and collect samples; deploy a number of experiments; develop techniques for point landing capability; further develop the capability to work in the lunar environment; and obtain photographs of ...

Apollo 12 was an iconic mission, not only for its pinpoint landing, but also for some serious issues that the crew and ground support personnel dealt with, often in a humorous but always capable way. All photos courtesy of NASA. Major Mission Objectives: • Attempt a pinpoint landing. • Study another mare (sea) – the Ocean of Storms.

Apollo 12 was launched on November 14, 1969. Despite being struck by lightning twice during the first minute of flight, it went on to perform the second successful human landing on the Moon. Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module Intrepid in the Ocean of Storms, a mere 535 feet from the ...