by APOD Robot » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:05 am
Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
Explanation: Apollo 12 was the second mission to
land humans on the
Moon. The landing site was picked to be near the location of
Surveyor 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the
Moon three years earlier. In the featured
photograph, taken by lunar module pilot
Alan Bean, mission commander
Pete Conrad jiggles the Surveyor spacecraft to see how firmly it is situated. The
lunar module is
visible in the distance.
Apollo 12 brought back many photographs and moon rocks. Among the milestones achieved by Apollo 12 was the
deployment of the
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, which carried out many experiments including one that measured the
solar wind.
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