Apollo XII Command Module - Hampton, Virginia
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flyingmoose
N 37° 01.451 W 076° 20.645
18S E 380443 N 4098400
Original Module on display in the Virginia Air & Space Science Center.
Waymark Code: WM187AH
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2023
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This Apollo command module carried three astronauts to the lunar orbit in November 1969 during the Apollo 12 mission, which made the second manned landing on the moon. Astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean descended to the lunar surface in the lunar module Intrepid, which Richard Gordon remained in orbit in this spacecraft, named Yankee Clipper.
The command module, built by North American Aviation, weighed about 13,500 pounds at launch. it is the only part of the Apollo-Saturn vehicle that returned to Earth at the end of the Mission.
On loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Command Module
Tail Number: (S/N): NA
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Museum
inside / outside: inside
Other Information:: Not listed
Access restrictions: Not listed
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