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Apollo 12

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:22:00

Friday November 14, 1969

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Mission Details

Launch Notes

The launch vehicle was struck by two lightning strikes during ascent causing the instrumentation to malfunction. The crew managed to resolve the problem, and the mission continued as planned.

Apollo 12

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The Apollo 12 mission landed on November 19, 1969, on an area of the Ocean of Storms (Latin Oceanus Procellarum) that had been visited earlier by several unmanned missions (Luna 5, Surveyor 3, and Ranger 7). The International Astronomical Union, recognizing this, christened this region Mare Cognitum (Known Sea).

Trans Lunar Injection

1 Payload

45,870 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Saturn V

Active 1967 to 1973

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Agency

NASA

Price

$1160.00 million

Rocket

Height: 110.6m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 140,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

35,100 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Launch Site

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours

Stats

Saturn V

7th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1969

1969

112th

Orbital launch attempt