Apollo 12 Lands on the Moon
Apollo 12's lunar module landed on the Moon on November 19, 1969, carrying Charles Conrad and Alan Bean.
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The Event
Apollo 12's lunar module landed on the Moon on November 19, 1969, carrying Charles Conrad and Alan Bean. Richard Gordon remained in lunar orbit.
The Wider Story
The landing placed the astronauts near the robotic Surveyor 3 spacecraft, demonstrating improved precision. Surface work included experiments, sample collection and examination of the earlier lander.
Putting the Event in Perspective
The mission launched on November 14.
Reading the Historical Record
A landing-day recreation should use two astronauts on the surface and the correct lunar hardware, without depicting the orbiting crew member as joining them.
About the Historical Recreation
The accompanying visual is an illustrative reconstruction: an illustrative Apollo 12 lunar module on the Moon with two distant astronauts and Surveyor 3 nearby. It is not authentic archival footage, an eyewitness record or additional evidence for the event.
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