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September 22, 1969 The crew of Apollo 12
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September 22, 1969 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot
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May 21, 1969 Apollo 12 S-II in VAB
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June 4, 1969 Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean, Lunar Module Pilot, prepares to enter the Command Module in the Altitude Chamber
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June 19, 1969 Mr. Gordon Oxborrow is shown taking chemical samples of LM-6
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June 23, 1969 LM-6 being moved to integration work stand
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June 25, 1969 Apollo 12 Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean enters spacecraft for altitude chamber test
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July 2, 1969 Apollo 12 spacecraft being prepared for mating in High Bay 3
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September 8, 1969 Apollo 12 rolls out of the VAB
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September 8, 1969 Apollo 12 crew at rollout
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September 20, 1969 Apollo 12 recovery training
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September 20, 1969 Apollo 12 recovery training
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September 29, 1969 Apollo 12 crew during spacecraft checkout at North American Rockwell Space Division
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September 1969 EVA training session in Flight Crew Training Building at KSC
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September 1969 Conrad and Bean during EVA training
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October 6, 1969 Apollo 12 crewmembers participate in lunar surface extravehicular simulations
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October 21, 1969 Charles Conrad and Alan Bean in the LM simulator
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October, 1969 Closeup of Apollo 12 crew in front of simulator
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October 25, 1969 Charles Conrad flies the Lunar Module Trainer
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October 29, 1969 Apollo 12 astronauts being suited up for Countdown Demonstration Test
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November 6, 1969 Apollo 12 astronaut during EVA training
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November 14, 1969 Personnel within Firing Room 2 of the Launch Control Center monitor pre-launch activities
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 crew at pre-launch breakfast
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 commander Charles Conrad during suit-up (notice that the technician is putting a sandwich in Conrad’s knee pocket)
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November 14, 1969 Close-up of Conrad suiting on launch day
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon fastening strap of communications cap during suiting up prior to launch
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November 14, 1969 Gordon and Bean suiting on launch day
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November 14, 1969 President and Mrs. Nixon arrive to view Apollo 12 launch
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November 14, 1969 Crew walkout on launch day
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 crew disembarks transfer van at the pad
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November 14, 1969 View of White Room activities as the Apollo 12 crew enters the Command Module prior to the beginning of the mission
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November 14, 1969 Jack King, Chief of Public Information at KSC, carefully follows activities as he provides launch commentary during the Apollo 12 launch
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November 14, 1969 Kennedy Space Center press site on launch day
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket rollout from the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida on
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket rollout from the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida on
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 liftoff viewed from launch tower
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November 14, 1969 A technician works atop the white room, through which the astronauts will enter the spacecraft, while other technicians look on from the launch tower at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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November 14, 1969 Saturn V SA-506 at the moment of ignition
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 lifts off under a heavily overcast sky
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November 14, 1969 Launch of Apollo 12
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November 14, 1969 Medium distance view of Apollo 12 liftoff
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November 14, 1969 Shortly after liftoff, lightning struck both the Saturn V and the launch tower
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November 14, 1969 Medium distance view of Apollo 12 liftoff
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November 14, 1969 Technicians in the Firing Room listen to Apollo 12 and Mission Control overcome lightning-induced electrical problems
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November 14, 1969 Technicians in the Firing Room listen to Apollo 12 and Mission Control overcome lightning-induced electrical problems
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 liftoff
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November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 climbs during liftoff
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November 14, 1969 All eyes and cameras on the Spaceport site followed the Apollo 12 liftoff. Nearly 2,000 accredited newsmen covered the voyage to the Moon
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November 14, 1969 All eyes and cameras at the KSC press site follow the Apollo 12 liftoff from a vantage point located about 3.5 miles from the launch pad
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November 14, 1969 Cameras at the KSC press site follow the Apollo 12 liftoff
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November 14, 1969 A 70mm Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera, mounted in a pod on a cargo door of a U.S. Air Force EC-135N aircraft photographed this event in the early moments of the Apollo 12 launch
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November 14, 1969 Gene Kranz watches Apollo 12
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November 14, 1969 Command Module lithium hydroxide cannisters (which absorb carbon dioxide) were modified to purify the air in the LM
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November 14, 1969 View of Earth and cloud formations from Apollo 12
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November 19, 1969 View from LM of the Moon
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November 19, 1969 View from LM of Command Module and the Moon
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November 19, 1969 Alan Bean in the LM
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November 24, 1969 Apollo 12 CM nears splashdown
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November 24, 1969 Apollo 13 splashes down
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November 24, 1969 Mission Control celebrates the safe return of Apollo 12
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November 24, 1969 A helicopter from the U.S.S. Hornet hovers nearby as frogmen assist the Apollo 12 crew in egressing their Command Module following splashdown
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November 24, 1969 View of Apollo 12 crew members aboard life rafts during recovery operations
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November 24, 1969 View of Apollo 12 crew members aboard life raft during recovery operations
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November 24, 1969 Apollo 12 crewmember being lifted to recovery helicopter following splashdown
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November 24, 1969 CM prior to being hoisted aboard Iwo Jima
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November 24, 1969 CM by Iwo Jima just prior to being brought aboard
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November 24, 1969 Apollo 12 CM being hoisted aboard recovery ship U.S.S. Hornet
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November 24, 1969 the Apollo 12 CM after being hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Hornet
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November 24, 1969 Apollo 12 CM being hoisted aboard recovery ship U.S.S. Hornet
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November 24, 1969 U.S.S. Hornet crewmen are greeted by the crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission as the three astronauts are transfered from a U.S. Navy heli to a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) aboard the prime recovery vessel.
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November 25, 1969 Rear Admiral Donald C. David, Commander, Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force, Pacific, welcomes the crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery vessel for the mission
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November 25, 1969 Apollo 12 crewmembers greeted by family on arrival at Ellington
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November 25, 1969 Apollo 12 crewmembers greeted by family on arrival at Ellington
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November 26, 1969 Inspection of Surveryor 3’s camera at Hughes Aircraft Company
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November 26, 1969 Apollo 12 astronauts l-r Gordon, Bean and Conrad, during lunar debriefing aboard Hornet
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November 26, 1969 Apollo 12 astronauts Richard Gordon during debriefing aboard Hornet
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November 27, 1969 Apollo 12 debriefing aboard Hornet
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November 27, 1969 Dr. Donald K. Slayton (center foreground), MSC Director of Flight Crew Operations, talks with Dr. Wernher von Braun (left)
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Apollo astronauts & Soyuz 9 crew at a backyard party (left-to-right: Armstrong, Aldrin, Anders, Nikolayev, McDivitt, Conrad, Cunningham, Stafford, Swigert, Gordon, Schweickart, Scott, Lovell, Slayton, Sevastyanov)
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