The Week in SpaceNovember 16-22, 2009
An Encore Performance After the history-making Apollo 11 mission, the first to land astronauts on the Moon, NASA raised the bar. The Apollo 12 mission, launched forty years ago this week, proved that astronauts could achieve lunar landings with almost pinpoint accuracy. Astronauts Alan Bean (above) and Charles “Pete” Conrad (reflected in helmet visor) landed their Lunar Module Intrepid about 600 feet from the robotic Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. The two astronauts walked to Surveyor 3 and brought parts of it back to Earth. In the image above, Bean is standing next to the Hand Tool Carrier. Mounted on his chest is a 70mm Hasselblad camera, and strapped to his left wrist is a spiral-bound checklist which helped guide him through surface activities. Weekly CalendarNovember 16-22, 2009Holidays - Sky Events - Space History
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