Object Details
Astronaut
Alan L. Bean
Charles Conrad, Jr.
Manufacturer
North American Rockwell
Astronaut
Richard F. Gordon
Summary
This is the Apollo 12 Command Module, which took astronauts to land on the moon for the second time. It was launched aboard a Saturn V rocket on November 14, 1969, carrying Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean. Conrad and Bean successfully landed the "Intrepid" just 600 feet from the Surveyor III spacecraft in the Ocean of Storms. During two lunar EVAs that lasted about 8 hours, Conrad and Bean deployed several scientific instruments and retrieved lunar samples and pieces of Surveyor III. Approximately 34 kg of lunar samples were returned to Earth when the "Yankee Clipper" splashed down in the Pacific Ocean of November 24, 1969.
NASA transferred the Apollo 12 capsule to the Smithsonian Institution in 1973.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19730364000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
SPACECRAFT-Crewed
Materials
Aluminum alloy, stainless steel, and titanium structures. Outer shell - stainless steel honeycomb between stainless steel sheets. Crew compartment inner shell - aluminum honeycomb between aluminum alloy sheets.
Epoxy-resin ablative heat shield covers outside.
Dimensions
Overall: 127 in. high x 154 in. wide (base) (322.6 x 391.2cm)
Other: 127in. (322.6cm)
Support (at base): 154in. (391.2cm)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19730364000
