Fewer people paid attention when NASA sent its second mission to the moon four months later: Apollo 12, which landed on Nov. 19, 1969 — 55 years ago today. And that was ironic. Because while ...
On November 14, 1969, the Apollo 12 mission launched to the moon. This was the second moon landing of the Apollo program. The two astronauts on board were Pete Conrad and Alan Bean.
A look at the Apollo 12 landing site. Astronaut Alan Bean is shown working near the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on the Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM) during the mission’s first ...