Apollo 12 Crew Training to Use Tools on the Moon
Dublin Core
Title
Apollo 12 Crew Training to Use Tools on the Moon
Alternative Title
Apollo 12 Crew Training
Subject
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Apollo Project (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Apollo 12 (Spacecraft)
Astronauts--United States
Conrad, Pete, 1930-1999
Conrad, Charles, 1930-1999
Bean, Alan, 1932-
Description
Mission Commander Pete Conrad (1930-1999) and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean (1932-) training to use tools during their Moon landing at the Flight Crew Training Facility of John F. Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. Apollo 12 was the second mission which landed men on the moon and the first to bring a color television camera to the lunar surface, but transmission was lost after Bean accidently destroyed the camera by pointing it at the Sun. The mission crew was composed of Conrad, Bean, and Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (1929-). The spacecraft was launched November 14, 1969. The mission gathered samples, deployed equipment to perform experiments, and retrieved parts of the Surveyor 3 lander probe, which had been on the Moon's surface since April 20, 1967. The significance of the recovery of Surveyor III parts allowed scientist to examine the long term effects of the lunar environment on spacecraft.
Source
Original black and white photographic prints, September 30, 1969: Larry Summers Collection.
Date Created
1969-09-30
Contributor
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic prints, September 30, 1969.
Is Part Of
Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
223 KB
Medium
2 black and white photographic prints
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Larry Summers and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"APOLLO 12 (AS-507)." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Accessed July 8 , 2015. http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo12.cfm.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
2 black and white photographic prints
Collection
Citation
“Apollo 12 Crew Training to Use Tools on the Moon,” RICHES, accessed June 3, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6015.