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Apollo 12

This Day in Space History: Apollo 12 and SCE to AUX

November 14, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter 43 years ago today, on November 14, 1969, Apollo 12 successfully launched to the Moon. But it wasn’t without a little drama. The weather that day at Cape Canaveral in Florida was overcast with light rain and winds, but at 11:22 [...]

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Best Views Yet of Historic Apollo Landing Sites

March 7, 2012

Just over 42 years after Neil and Buzz became the first humans to experience the “stark beauty” of the lunar surface, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the remnants of their visit in the image above, acquired Nov. 5, 2011 from an altitude of only 15 miles (24 km). This is the highest-resolution view yet of [...]

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Alan Bean

September 26, 2010

Alan Bean is an aeronautical engineer and former astronaut who became the fourth person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 12 space mission. He retired from the Navy in 1975, but continued to work for Astronaut Candidate Operations and Training Group until his resignation in 1981. Bean was selected as part Astronaut Group [...]

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The Artist of Apollo 12

November 14, 2009

40 years ago today, Apollo 12 launched on their mission to the Moon. On board was Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Alan Bean. Bean is a gifted artist who has shared his experiences on the Moon like no other astronaut has through his paintings, which offer a unique look at both real and imagined events [...]

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Apollo 12

October 1, 2009

Normally being second is a bad thing, but in the case of Apollo 12 that isn’t true. Apollo 12 was the second lunar landing and the sixth manned Apollo spacecraft. The mission was launched a short four months after Apollo 11. The landing site for the mission was the Ocean of Storms. Some of the [...]

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