Show Notes
The story of the Apollo 12 second lunar landing mission is told by Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean. Bean, the last member of NASA Astronaut Group 3 to fly in space, narrates his experience with the tightly-knit, all-Navy crew commanded by Gemini veteran Pete Conrad, and accepts with humor and grace his responsibility for the failure of the first color TV camera on the lunar surface, and for almost fracturing his own skull by failing to properly secure the Command Module's TV camera before splashdown.
Episode 7 links:
Apollo 12 Launch
SCE to AUX from Vintage Space
Surveyor 3 NASA Footage
Apollo 12 PDI to Touchdown from Apollo Flight Journal
FTETTM Apollo 12 Landing Scene
Apollo 12 First Steps on Moon (Conrad says “Whoopie…” at 15:26)
Al Bean Breaks the TV Camera (Original)
Apollo 12 Onboard Camera Film Footage
Apollo 12 Checklists from Vintage Space
Apollo 12 Checklists from Apollo Lunar Surface Journal High Res, all pages, all images
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