Apollo 12: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- November 14, 1969
- Declared end
- November 24, 1969
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The Apollo 12 was the second mission that allowed humans to walk on the Moon. It consisted of the Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM). The CSM took images of the surface and communicated with Earth. The LM carried the Astronauts and Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) to the surface.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Other targets declared
- SOLAR WIND (plasma stream)
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.apollo_12
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/