Launch of Apollo 12 (The Pinpoint Mission)

November 14, 1969

Mission Objective
Perform manned lunar landing and return from mission safely. (Achieved).

Launch
November 14, 1969; 11:22:00 am EDT. Launch Complex 39-A Kennedy Space Center, FL.

Orbit
Altitude: xxx miles
Inclination: xxx degrees
Orbits: 45 revolutions
Duration: 10 Days, 04 hours, 36 min, seconds
Distance: miles
Lunar Location: Ocean of Storms
Lunar Coords: 3.04 degrees South, 23.42 degrees West

Landing
November 24, 1969, Pacific Ocean. Recovery Ship; USS Hornet.

Mission Highlights
Lunar Landing Site: Ocean of Storms. Retrieved parts of the unmanned Surveyor 3, which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) deployed. Lunar surface stay-time, 31.5 hours; in lunar orbit 89 hours, with 45 orbits. LM descent stage impacted on Moon. 34kg (75 lbs) of material gathered.