Proving that the LMs could make a pinpoint landing was the most important objective.
Apollo 12 was the second moon mission.
Apollo 12
Less than a minute into the mission the Apollo 12 spaceship was struck by lightening twice. This overloaded the systems and nearly caused the mission to be aborted.
There were a total of 19 Apollo missions: Apollo-1A : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 2 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 3 : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 1 : Manned orbital mission, cancelled due to fatal accident. Apollo - 4 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 5 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 6 : Unmanned orbital fligth Apollo - 7 : Manned orbital mission Apollo - 8 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo - 9 : Manned orbital mission Apollo -10 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo- 11 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 12 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 13 : Lunar Landing mission, aborted due to accident Apollo- 14 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 15 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 16 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 17 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo -18 : Space rendevous mission with Soviet Soyuz spacecraft (Apollo-Soyuz)
Each Apollo mission carried 3 crew members.
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Apollo 12 was the second moon mission.
Apollo 12
Less than a minute into the mission the Apollo 12 spaceship was struck by lightening twice. This overloaded the systems and nearly caused the mission to be aborted.
There were a total of 19 Apollo missions: Apollo-1A : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 2 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 3 : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 1 : Manned orbital mission, cancelled due to fatal accident. Apollo - 4 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 5 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 6 : Unmanned orbital fligth Apollo - 7 : Manned orbital mission Apollo - 8 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo - 9 : Manned orbital mission Apollo -10 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo- 11 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 12 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 13 : Lunar Landing mission, aborted due to accident Apollo- 14 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 15 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 16 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 17 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo -18 : Space rendevous mission with Soviet Soyuz spacecraft (Apollo-Soyuz)
Apollo 12 was launched 4 months after Apollo 11, on November 14, 1969. It is a 6-manned flight mission headed by Charles Conrad and Alan Bean. The mission ended successfully on November 24.
Charles "Pete" Conrad was mission commander of Apollo 12
Each Apollo mission carried 3 crew members.
The other landing missions were Apollos 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. Apollo 13 was supposed to be a landing mission but the accident prevented that from ocurring.
The following Apollo mission each brought moon rocks back to earth, they were Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
Yes. Alan Bean and Charles Conrad walked on the moon as part of the Apollo 12 mission.
Alan L. Bean