Apollo 12 Crew Training to Use Tools on the Moon

Apollo 12 Crew Training to Use Tools on the Moon

Apollo 12 Crew Training

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-

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.

Original black and white photographic prints, September 30, 1969: Larry Summers Collection.

1969-09-30

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic prints, September 30, 1969.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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2 black and white photographic prints

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John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

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History Teacher

Civics/Government Teacher

Copyright to this resource is held by Larry Summers and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"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.

2 black and white photographic prints