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Apollo 12

Saturn V

Fri, 14 Nov 1969 16:22:00 GMT

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Historical mission record

This page records Saturn V | Apollo 12 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

Source record updated Jun 14, 2023, 8:37 AM UTC. This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.

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Mission status

Launch Successful

Status reported by the mission data provider.

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Mission

Apollo 12 was the second manned mission to the surface of the moon. The commander of the mission was Charles Conrad, Jr. , the Command Module Pilot was Richard Gordon, Jr. , and the Lunar Module Pilot was Alan Bean. The mission was launched on November 14th, 1969 and the Capsule safely splashed down in the ocean on November 24th, 1969

Launch vehicle: Saturn V
Mission type: Human Exploration
Destination orbit: Lunar Orbit
Spacecraft: LM Intrepid
Destination: Lunar Surface
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Programs: Apollo

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Launch vehicle

Saturn V

The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.

Height: 110.6 m
Diameter: 10.1 m
Stages: 3
Recorded launches: 13
First flight: 1967-11-09