Saturn V | Apollo 12
Launch information
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Apollo 12 was the second manned mission to the surface of the moon. The commander of the mission was Charles Conrad, Jr. , the Command Module Pilot was Richard Gordon, Jr. , and the Lunar Module Pilot was Alan Bean. The mission was launched on November 14th 1969 and the Capsule safely splashed down in the ocean on November 24th 1969
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Saturn V | Apollo 12’.

Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: Nov. 14, 1969, 4:22 p.m.
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Apollo 12 (LO) |
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Launcher |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Rocket |
Saturn V |
Location |
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA |
Pad |
Launch Complex 39A |
Type |
Human Exploration |
Orbit |
Lunar Orbit (LO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
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Orbital Launch
#1030
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Location Launch
#7
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Pad Launch
#6
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Agency Launch
#101
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Orbital Launch
#112
Year 1969
Location Launch
#4
Year 1969
Pad Launch
#3
Year 1969
Agency Launch
#4
Year 1969
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55 Years Ago: Preps for Apollo 13 and 14, Apollo 12 Crew on World Tour
With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Fred Haise, and backups John Young, John Swigert, and Charles Duke continued to train for the 10-day mission planned to land in the Fra Mauro highlands region...

On This Day: Apollo 12 Lands on the Moon
NASA astronaut Alan Bean steps off the lunar module ladder in this photo from Nov. 19, 1969, joining astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. on the Moon in the area called the Ocean of Storms. The two would then complete two spacewalks on the lunar surface, deployin...

55 Years Ago: Apollo 12 Makes a Pinpoint Landing on the Moon
In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Alan L. Bean completed the second crewed lunar landing mission. Conrad and Bean achieved a pinpoint landing ...
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