On this date in 1969, the command module of Apollo 12, Yankee Clipper, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean around 4 p.m. EST, completing a 10-day mission. Commanded by Charles Conrad, with lunar module pilot Alan Bean and command module pilot Richard Gordon, the mission successfully followed up Apollo 11 by landing the lunar module Intrepid at Oceanus Procellarum. They retrieved instruments from the unmanned Surveyor 3 robot craft, which had landed in the area two years earlier. The mission proved accurate, targeted landings were possible on the moon, and also returned 75 pounds of lunar samples to Earth.
I just thought someone ought to make note of it, is all.
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Thakns for the reminder. It's nice to know that I was alive back in the days when men could travel to the moon and return. I figure I won't live to see it happen again. And so as not to end on that sad thought note, a Happy Thanksgiving to all.
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