268K views · 6.9K reactions | On Nov 19, 1969, #Apollo12 makes the second human landing on the Moon. While mission planners targeted a landing site just over 1000 feet from the Surveyor III robotic lander, Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed just 535 feet (163 m) away. Pinpoint landing: check ✅ | NASA History | Facebook

🌔 Remembering the Apollo 12 Landing 🌑 Apollo 12 landed on the Moon a little before 1:00 a.m. Houston time on Nov. 19, 1969, four months after Apollo 11. In images of the landing site taken more than four decades later by our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a number of artifacts are clearly visible, including: -the descent stage of the lunar module -the life-support backpacks, discarded at the foot of the lunar module ladder -the shadow of the American flag -the components of the Apollo Lunar Sur

NASA Apollo 12 Mission Launch Countdown Relive History: An Apollo 12 Crew Tribute The Apollo 12 full mission begins with the countdown and eventual launch on November 14th, 1969 on the second lunar landing mission. Onboard are astronauts Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Alan Bean. This video covers the last 3 hours of the countdown through to launch and orbit. The launch is infamous as the one that was struck by lightning, which caused electrical issues in the spacecraft but not to the Saturn V. Aud