- SPLASHDOWN TRAINING, AERIAL VIEW OF LANDING SITE, THE SURVEYOR III PROBE AT ITS LANDING SITE -

APOLLO 12 (the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit).

A collection of 4 original vintage NASA press photographs - with purple mimeographed captions on the rear - related to the Apollo 12 mission to the Moon, October-December 1969.

A total of 4 original vintage NASA gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper. Each with purple mimeographed NASA captions on the verso, giving publication date, photo number etc. Size: (inc. white margins) approx. 25.5cm x 20.5cm / 10in x 8in.

Very Good condition. Nicely preserved. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, and view gallery images closely.

These vintage and historic NASA photographs are all related to the Apollo 12 mission, and each has the tell-tale purple mimeographed caption on the rear, attesting to it being a contemporary photographic print produced at or around the time of the mission in 1969.

In photo release date order, the photographs show:

October 6, 1969 - photo no. 69-H-1597 / 69-HC- 1023 - the crew during water egress training.

October 12, 1969 - photo no. 69-H-1686 - image taken by Lunar Orbiter III of the planned Apollo 12 landing site.

November 20, 1969 - photo no. 69-H-1982 - the footpad of the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft.

December 12, 1969 - photo no. 69-H-1771 / AS/12-48-7115 - the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft.