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Apollo 12
1. Apollo 12
By: John Thompson
Assignment name: Apollo 12 (lunar
mission)
2. Thesis Statement
Apollo 12 was a successful lunar mission made
from NASA. Apollo 12 included a lunar module
named Surveyor 3.
3. Apollo 12 CSM Details
(Command Module)
Name: Yankee Clipper
Commander: Charles P. Conrad
Command Module Pilot: Richard F.
Gordon
Details: Apollo 12 Command Module
Launch took place under cloudy, rain-
swept skies on Saturn V SA-507 on 14
November 1969 at 16:22:00 UT
(11:22:00 a.m. EST) from Pad 39A at
Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 12
Command Module took sample of the
moon. Apollo 12 splashed down in the
Pacific Ocean on 24 November 1969 at
20:58:24 UT (3:58:24 p.m. EST) after a
mission elapsed time of 244 hrs, 36
mins, 24 secs. The splashdown point
was 15 deg 47 min S, 165 deg 9 min W,
near American Samoa and 6.9 km (4.3
mi) from the recovery ship USS Hornet.
4. Apollo 12 CSM
(Lunar Module)
Name: Intrepid
Lunar Module Pilot: Alan L. Bean
Details: Conrad and Bean entered the LM and
it separated from the CSM at 04:16:03 UT on
19 November. The LM descent engine fired
for 29 seconds at 05:47 UT, and the LM
landed in Oceanus Procellarum near the rim
of Surveyor crater at 06:54:35 UT. Conrad and
Bean performed two surface EVA's, one on
19 November and one on 20 November,
during which an Apollo lunar surface
experiments package (ALSEP) was placed on
the lunar surface, 34.35 kg of samples of the
lunar terrain were acquired, various
photographs were exposed by the astronauts
during lunar surface activities, and parts were
taken from the Surveyor 3 spacecraft for
examination.
The LM lifted off from the Moon on 20
November at 14:25:47 UT after 31 hours 31
minutes on the lunar surface. After docking
with the CSM at 17:58:22 UT, the LM was
jettisoned at 20:21:30 and intentionally
crashed into the Moon creating the first
recorded artificial moonquake. Transearth
injection began at 20:49:16 UT on 21
November with a firing of the CSM main
engine. A mid-course correction was made
on 22 November. The CM separated from the
SM on 24 November at 20:29:21.
5. Apollo 12 Landing Date
and Landing Site
Details: Apollo 12 splashed down in
the Pacific Ocean on 24 November
1969 at 20:58:24 UT (3:58:24 p.m. EST)
after a mission elapsed time of 244
hrs, 36 mins, 24 secs. The splashdown
point was 15 deg 47 min S, 165 deg 9
min W, near American Samoa and 6.9
km (4.3 mi) from the recovery ship USS
Hornet.
6. Accomplishments
Details:
• Lunar Module launch successful
• Apollo 12 was the second successful
mission where humans walked on the
moon`s surface.
• Apollo 12 was one of the many
mission with successful re-entry to the
earth`s atmosphere (without burning
up).
• one of the many successful retrievals
of the command module and lunar
module.
7. Other Information
Details:
•During launch, Apollo 12 modules
were struck by lighting twice, but were
repaired a few minutes later (once
they entered space).
• Apollo 12 helped make the
government try to redouble the
attempt to bring peace.
8. Translation of Information
Details:
•The Apollo 12 module launched
November 14, 1969.
•It took samples of the moon (such as
its soil), and the crew stayed and
proceeded with a list of experiments.
•These included hammering a core
tube into the lunar soil and taking
some of it to examine during their stay.
9. Conclusion
Details: The Apollo 12 mission was a
successful mission, and was used to
collect data from the moon and
transfer them back to earth.
