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Apollo 12 Lunar Module, in landing configuration, photographed in lunar orbit
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Apollo 12 Lunar Module, in landing configuration, photographed in lunar orbit

NASA / JSC · 1969-11-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS12-51-7507 (19 Nov. 1969) --- The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM). The coordinates of the center of the lunar surface shown in picture are 4.5 degrees west longitude and 7 degrees south latitude. The largest crater in the foreground is Ptolemaeus; and the second largest is Herschel. Aboard the LM were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot.

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APOLLO 12 FLIGHTAPOLLO PROJECTCONFIGURATIONSCRATERSLANDINGLUNAR MODULELUNAR ORBITSLUNAR SURFACEPHOTOGRAPHY
Credit lineApollo 12 Lunar Module, in landing configuration, photographed in lunar orbit. NASA/JSC, 1969-11-19. Public domain. ID: as12-51-7507.
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