Today, we mark the #Apollo50th anniversary of Apollo 12’s remarkable pinpoint Moon landing. At 1:55am (ET) on November 19th, 1969, #Apollo12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed the Lunar Module, "Intrepid", in the Ocean of Storms on the lunar surface. While the preliminary landing site was projected to be 1000 feet (~0.3 km) from #NASA's 1967 Surveyor III lander, Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed just over 500 feet (~0.15 km) away. Pinpoint landing: Check. Next up: Become the third and fourth

You can hear how excited Astronauts Pete Conrad and Al Bean were to find the target for the Apollo 12 Moon landing. 🌔🚀 55 years ago today, they landed just 535 feet (163 m) away from the Surveyor 3 probe! 🎯 Crew: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (Commander) Alan L. Bean (Lunar Module Pilot) Richard F. Gordon Jr. (Command Module Pilot) We Believe In Astronauts 🎥Credit: NASA History Office | National Astronaut Day

Gemini and Pete Conrad — two of my favourite historical topics together at last! But really this is super interesting. A two second launch window is just wild. It speaks to how much the Gemini program accomplished in 20 months. So many firsts and so many lessons learned. #author #history #space #nasa #science #coldwar | Amy Shira Teitel