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Ten days ago, their Saturn V rocket had blasted Bean and his crew mates out of earth’s gravitational pull. Now their home planet was pulling them back at more than 24,000 miles per hour, twelve times faster than a high-speed rifle bullet. “Boy,” said Bean, “we are really hauling!”
Apollo 12 splashdown
Apollo 12 recovery
Apollo 12 mobile quarantine
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Dick Gordon opened the tunnel to Intrepid, saw his companions floating in a dirty cloud of moon dust, and slammed the hatch closed. He called out, “You guys ain’t gonna mess up my nice clean spacecraft!”
LM Rendezvous Radar and CSM Target Orientation
LM docking with CM over the Moon
Intrepid descent stage
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After a total of 31.6 hours on the moon, the Lunar Module ascent stage fired for about 7 minutes placing Intrepid into an orbit of 10 miles by 54 miles.
Post EVA 2 checklist
Pan view out of Intrepid’s windows
Post EVA Cabin Cleanup Checklist
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Toward the end of January 1967, it was revealed that Lunar Module 1 would not reach the Cape in February, as expected. This meant, the moon landing might be delayed because the lander was not ready. But the mission planners could not wait for the Apollo engineers to iron out all the problems. They had to plan for a landing in 1969 and hope that the hardware would catch up with them.
Lunar Module Diagram
John Disher Explains Apollo Components
Lunar Module Test Article LTA-2R
