🌔 Remembering the Apollo 12 Landing 🌑 Apollo 12 landed on the Moon a little before 1:00 a.m. Houston time on Nov. 19, 1969, four months after Apollo 11. In images of the landing site taken more than four decades later by our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a number of artifacts are clearly visible, including: -the descent stage of the lunar module -the life-support backpacks, discarded at the foot of the lunar module ladder -the shadow of the American flag -the components of the Apollo Lunar Sur

268K views · 6.9K reactions | On Nov 19, 1969, #Apollo12 makes the second human landing on the Moon. While mission planners targeted a landing site just over 1000 feet from the Surveyor III robotic lander, Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed just 535 feet (163 m) away. Pinpoint landing: check ✅ | NASA History | Facebook

195K views · 9.7K reactions | 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0... Lift-off. 50 years ago today, Apollo 12 was struck by lightning seconds after launch twice. A flight controller's quick action restored systems to normal function. The mission was successfully guided to land on the Moon's Ocean of Storms. Watch: https://go.nasa.gov/32J5MKJ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook