55 years ago, the countdown began for Apollo 12. ⁣ ⁣ Building on the success of the first Moon landing, Apollo 12’s mission called for making a pinpoint landing in the Ocean of Storms and conducting two spacewalks during a much longer stay on the lunar surface. The precision landing would enable the astronauts to visit and examine the Surveyor 3 spacecraft that landed on the Moon two and a half years earlier.⁣ ⁣ On Nov. 14, 1969, Apollo 12 launched. Five days later, Commander Charles P. “Pete” Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean landed on the Moon while the Command and Service Module remained in lunar orbit with pilot Richard F. Gordon. ⁣ ⁣ Image description: The Saturn V rocket is spotlit by bright lights in this nighttime scene. ⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA⁣ ⁣ #OTD #NASAHistory #Apollo12 #Apollo #Moon #SaturnV #Astronaut #Artemis #MoonLanding