{"id":12003,"date":"2024-09-19T18:07:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T22:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/55-years-ago-celebrations-for-apollo-11-continue-as-apollo-12-prepares-to-revisit-the-moon-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T22:07:56","slug":"55-years-ago-celebrations-for-apollo-11-continue-as-apollo-12-prepares-to-revisit-the-moon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/55-years-ago-celebrations-for-apollo-11-continue-as-apollo-12-prepares-to-revisit-the-moon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"55 Years Ago: Celebrations for Apollo 11 Continue as Apollo 12 Prepares to Revisit the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">55 Years Ago: Celebrations for Apollo 11 Continue as Apollo 12 Prepares to Revisit the Moon<\/h2>\n<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<p>In September 1969, celebrations continued to mark the successful first human Moon landing two months earlier, and NASA prepared for the next visit to the Moon. The hometowns of the Apollo 11 astronauts held parades in their honor, the postal service recognized their accomplishment with a stamp, and the Smithsonian put a Moon rock on display. They addressed Congress and embarked on a 38-day presidential round the world goodwill tour. Eager scientists received the first samples of lunar material to study in their laboratories. Meanwhile, NASA prepared Apollo 12 for November launch as the astronauts trained for the mission with an increased emphasis on lunar science. Plans called for additional Moon landings in 1970, with spacecraft under construction and astronauts in training.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Apollo 11<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For Apollo 11 astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/former-astronauts\/former-astronaut-neil-a-armstrong\/\">Neil A. Armstrong<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-michael-collins\/\">Michael Collins<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-edwin-buzz-aldrin\/\">Edwin E. \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin<\/a>, their busy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/55-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-end-quarantine-feted-from-coast-to-coast\/\">August 1969<\/a> postflight schedule continued into September with events throughout the United States and beyond. These included attending hometown parades, dedicating a stamp to commemorate their historic mission, unveiling a display of a Moon rock they collected, addressing a Joint Meeting of Congress, and visiting contractor facilities that built parts of their rocket and spacecraft. They capped off the hectic month with their departure, accompanied by their wives, on a presidential round-the-world goodwill tour that lasted into early November.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733346\" height=\"154\" width=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-1-apollo-11-armstrong-welcome-home-parade-wapakoneta-oh-sep-6-1969-ohio-historical-society.jpg\" alt=\"Neil A. Armstrong at his hometown parade in Wapakoneta, Ohio\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-1-apollo-11-armstrong-welcome-home-parade-wapakoneta-oh-sep-6-1969-ohio-historical-society.jpg 873w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-1-apollo-11-armstrong-welcome-home-parade-wapakoneta-oh-sep-6-1969-ohio-historical-society.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-1-apollo-11-armstrong-welcome-home-parade-wapakoneta-oh-sep-6-1969-ohio-historical-society.jpg?resize=768,516 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-1-apollo-11-armstrong-welcome-home-parade-wapakoneta-oh-sep-6-1969-ohio-historical-society.jpg?resize=400,269 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-1-apollo-11-armstrong-welcome-home-parade-wapakoneta-oh-sep-6-1969-ohio-historical-society.jpg?resize=600,403 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733347\" height=\"154\" width=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-2-apollo-11-montclair-nj-aldrin-hometown-parade-sep-6-1969.jpg\" alt=\"Edwin E. \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin at his hometown parade in Montclair, New Jersey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-2-apollo-11-montclair-nj-aldrin-hometown-parade-sep-6-1969.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-2-apollo-11-montclair-nj-aldrin-hometown-parade-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-2-apollo-11-montclair-nj-aldrin-hometown-parade-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=400,265 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733349\" height=\"154\" width=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Collins at his adopted hometown parade in New Orleans, Louisiana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=300,205 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=768,525 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=1024,700 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=400,273 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=600,410 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-3-apollo-11-new-orleans-parade-collins-sep-6-1969.jpg?resize=900,615 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"><br \/><em>Left: Neil A. Armstrong at his hometown parade in Wapakoneta, Ohio. <strong>Image credit: Ohio Historical Society.<\/strong> Middle: Edwin E. \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin at his hometown parade in Montclair, New Jersey. <strong>Image credit: Star-Register<\/strong>. Right: Michael Collins at his adopted hometown parade in New Orleans, Louisiana. <strong>Image credit: AP Photo.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Sep. 6, each astronaut appeared at hometown events held in their honor. Apollo 11 Commander Armstrong\u2019s hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, welcomed him with a parade and other events.\u00a0 Montclair, New Jersey, held a parade to honor hometown hero Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Aldrin. And New Orleans, Louisiana, the adopted hometown of Command Module Pilot (CMP) Michael Collins, honored him with a parade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733350\" height=\"278\" width=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, left, Neil A. Armstrong, and Edwin E. \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin with Postmaster General Winton M. Blount display an enlargement of the stamp commemorating the first Moon landing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg 3291w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=300,238 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=768,610 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=1024,814 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=1536,1221 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=2048,1628 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=400,318 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=600,477 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=900,715 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=1200,954 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-4-apollo-11-stamp-unveil-dc-sep-9-1969-s69-52218.jpg?resize=2000,1590 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733351\" height=\"278\" width=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg\" alt=\"Aldrin, left, Collins, and Armstrong examine a Moon rock with Smithsonian Institution Director General of Museums Frank A. Taylor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg?resize=300,261 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg?resize=768,669 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg?resize=1024,892 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg?resize=400,348 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg?resize=600,523 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg?resize=900,784 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-5-apollo-11-crew-present-moon-rock-to-smithsonian-director-frank-taylor-sep-15-1969.jpg?resize=1200,1045 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\"><br \/><em>Left: Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, left, Neil A. Armstrong, and Edwin E. \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin with Postmaster General Winton M. Blount display an enlargement of the stamp commemorating the first Moon landing. Right: Aldrin, left, Collins, and Armstrong examine a Moon rock with Smithsonian Institution Director General of Museums Frank A. Taylor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Three days later, the astronauts reunited in Washington, D.C., where they appeared at the dedication ceremony of a new postage stamp that honored their mission. The U.S. Postal Service had commissioned artist Paul Calle in 1968 to design the stamp. The Apollo 11 astronauts had carried the stamp\u2019s master die to the Moon aboard the Lunar Module (LM) Eagle and after its return to Earth the Postal Service used it to make the printing pages for the 10\u00a2 postage stamp. At the National Postal Forum, Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin unveiled the stamp together with Postmaster General Winton M. Blount, and each astronaut received an album with 30 of the \u201cFirst Man on the Moon\u201d stamps. On Sep. 15, the crew returned to Washington to present a two-pound rock they collected in the Sea of Tranquility during their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/50-years-ago-one-small-step-one-giant-leap\">historic Moon walk<\/a> to Frank A. Taylor, the Director General of Museums at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The rock went on public display two days later at the Smithsonian\u2019s Arts and Industries Building, the first time the public could view a Moon rock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"163\" width=\"243\" class=\"wp-image-733352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-6-apollo-11-crew-address-congress-aldrin-speaking-sep-16-1969.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, left, Edwin E. \u201cBuzz Aldrin, and Neil A. Armstrong each addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress, with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and Speaker of the House John W. McCormack seated behind them\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-6-apollo-11-crew-address-congress-aldrin-speaking-sep-16-1969.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-6-apollo-11-crew-address-congress-aldrin-speaking-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-6-apollo-11-crew-address-congress-aldrin-speaking-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=768,516 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-6-apollo-11-crew-address-congress-aldrin-speaking-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=400,269 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-6-apollo-11-crew-address-congress-aldrin-speaking-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=600,403 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"163\" width=\"193\" class=\"wp-image-733353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 11 astronauts\u2019 wives Joan Aldrin, left, Patricia Collins, and Janet Armstrong receive recognition in the Visitors Gallery of the House Chamber\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg 1394w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=300,254 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=768,651 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=1024,868 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=400,339 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=600,508 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=900,762 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-7-apollo-11-astronaut-wives-in-house-gallery-sep-16-1969.jpg?resize=1200,1017 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"163\" width=\"240\" class=\"wp-image-733354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg 1129w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg?resize=768,522 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg?resize=1024,697 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg?resize=400,272 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg?resize=600,408 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-8-apollo-11-astronauts-and-wives-cut-cake-at-capitol-reception-cropped.jpeg?resize=900,612 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"><br \/><em>Left: Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, left, Edwin E. \u201cBuzz Aldrin, and Neil A. Armstrong each addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress, with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and Speaker of the House John W. McCormack seated behind them. Middle: Apollo 11 astronauts\u2019 wives Joan Aldrin, left, Patricia Collins, and Janet Armstrong receive recognition in the Visitors Gallery of the House Chamber. Right: The Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives cut at a cake at a reception at the Capitol.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>With their wives observing from the Visitors Gallery of the House of Representatives, on Sep. 16 Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hq.nasa.gov\/alsj\/a11\/A11CongressJOD.html\" rel=\"noopener\">addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress<\/a>. In this same chamber in May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the nation to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of decade. In a sense, the astronauts reported on the safe and successful completion of that challenge. Speaker of the House John W. McCormack introduced the astronauts to the gathering, as Vice President Spiro T. Agnew looked on. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-zcmB-byDhs&#038;t=221s\" rel=\"noopener\">Each astronaut reflected<\/a> on the significance of the historic mission.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong noted that their journey truly began in the halls of Congress when the Space Act of 1958 established NASA. Aldrin commented that \u201cthe Apollo lesson is that national goals can be met when there is a strong enough will to do so.\u201d Collins shared a favorite quotation of his father\u2019s to describe the value of the Apollo 11 mission: \u201cHe who would bring back the wealth of the Indies must take the wealth of the Indies with him.\u201d Armstrong closed with, \u201cWe thank you, on behalf of all the men of Apollo, for giving us the privilege of joining you in serving \u2013 for all mankind.\u201d After their speeches, the astronauts presented one American flag each to Vice President Agnew in his role as President of the Senate and to Speaker McCormack. The flags, that had flown over the Senate and House of Representatives, had traveled to the Moon and back with the astronauts. Speaker McCormack recognized the astronauts\u2019 wives Jan Armstrong, Joan Aldrin, and Pat Collins for their contributions to the success of the Apollo 11 mission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733371\" height=\"170\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-9-apollo-11-armstrong-collins-visit-to-nar-sep-26-1969-s69-53808.jpg\" alt=\"Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins address North American Rockwell employees in Downey, California\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733372\" height=\"282\" width=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-10-apollo-11-giantstep-world-tour-departure-plane-at-eafb-sep-29-1969.png\" alt=\"Presidential Boeing VC-137B jet at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston to take the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives on the Giantstep goodwill world tour\"><br \/><em>Left: Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins address North American Rockwell employees in Downey, California. Right: Presidential Boeing VC-137B jet at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston to take the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives on the Giantstep goodwill world tour.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Sep. 26, Armstrong and Collins visited two facilities in California of North American Rockwell (NAR) Space Division, the company that built parts of the Saturn V rocket and Apollo 11 spacecraft. First, they stopped at the Seal Beach plant that built the S-II second stage of the rocket, where 3,000 employees turned out to welcome them. Armstrong commented to the assembled crowd that during the July 16, 1969, liftoff, \u201cthe S-II gave us the smoothest ride ever.\u201d Collins added that despite earlier misgivings about using liquid hydrogen as a rocket fuel, \u201cafter the ride you people gave us, I sure don\u2019t have doubts any longer.\u201d About 7,000 employees greeted the two astronauts and showered them with confetti at their next stop, the facility in Downey that built the Apollo Command and Service Modules. Both Armstrong and Collins thanked the team for building an outstanding spacecraft that took them to the Moon and returned them safely to Earth. The astronauts inspected the Command Module (CM) for Apollo 14, then under construction at the plant.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of Sep. 29, a blue and white Boeing VC-137B<em> <\/em>presidential jet touched down at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston. Neil and Jan Armstrong, Buzz and Joan Aldrin, and Mike and Pat Collins boarded the plane and joined their entourage of State Department and NASA support personnel. They departed Houston for Mexico City, the first stop on the Apollo 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-return-from-around-the-world-goodwill-tour\/\">Giantstep<\/a> goodwill world tour. They didn\u2019t return to the United States until Nov. 5, having visited 29 cities in 24 countries, just nine days before Apollo 12 took off on humanity\u2019s second journey to land on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733373\" height=\"221\" width=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg\" alt=\"Distribution of Apollo 11 lunar samples to scientists at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center, now NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg 5639w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-11-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52151.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733374\" height=\"221\" width=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg\" alt=\"Distribution of Apollo 11 lunar samples to scientists at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center, now NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg 5633w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-12-apollo-11-moon-rock-distribution-to-pis-lrl-sep-17-1969-s69-52148.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\"><br \/><em>Distribution of Apollo 11 lunar samples to scientists at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center, now NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Back in Houston, distribution to scientists of samples of the lunar material returned by the Apollo 11 astronauts began on Sep. 17 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-on-the-way-to-the-moon-3\/\">Lunar Receiving Laboratory<\/a> (LRL) at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Daniel H. Anderson, curator of lunar samples at the LRL, supervised the distribution of approximately 18 pounds \u2013 about one-third of the total Apollo 11 lunar material \u2013 to 142 principal investigators from the United States and eight other countries according to prior agreements. The scientists examined the samples at their home institutions and reported their results at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-apollo-11-lunar-science-conference\/\">conference in Houston<\/a> in January 1970. They returned to the LRL any of the samples not destroyed during the examination process.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Apollo 12<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In September 1969, NASA continued preparations for the second Moon landing mission, Apollo 12, scheduled for launch on Nov. 14. The Apollo 12 mission called for a pinpoint landing in Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) near where the robotic spacecraft Surveyor 3 had touched down in April 1967. They planned to stay on the lunar surface for about 32 hours, compared to Apollo 11\u2019s 21 hours, and conduct two surface spacewalks totaling more than 5 hours. During the first of their two excursions, the astronauts planned to deploy the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/50-years-ago-first-apollo-lunar-surface-experiment-package-accepted\">Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package<\/a> (ALSEP) and collect lunar samples. During the second spacewalk, they planned to visit Surveyor 3 and remove some of its equipment for return to Earth and collect additional lunar samples. The Apollo 12 prime crew of Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-charles-pete-conrad-jr\/\">Charles \u201cPete\u201d Conrad<\/a>, CMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-richard-f-gordon-jr\/\">Richard F. Gordon<\/a>, and LMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-bean\/\">Alan L. Bean<\/a> and their backups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-david-r-scott\/\">David R. Scott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/worden_alfred.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c1771a\">Alfred M. Worden<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/irwin_james.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c17840\">James B. Irwin<\/a> continued intensive training for the mission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733375\" height=\"278\" width=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg\" alt=\"The Apollo 12 Saturn V exits the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Launch Pad 39A\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg 3021w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=238,300 238w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=768,969 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=812,1024 812w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=1217,1536 1217w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=1623,2048 1623w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=317,400 317w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=475,600 475w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=713,900 713w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=951,1200 951w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-13-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52255.jpg?resize=1585,2000 1585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733376\" height=\"278\" width=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg\" alt=\"The Apollo 12 Saturn V rolling up the incline as it approaches Launch Pad 39A\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg 2996w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=239,300 239w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=768,966 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=814,1024 814w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=1221,1536 1221w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=1628,2048 1628w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=318,400 318w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=477,600 477w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=716,900 716w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=954,1200 954w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-14-apollo-12-rollout-to-39a-sep-8-1969-s69-52256.jpg?resize=1590,2000 1590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733377\" height=\"278\" width=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-15-apollo-12-crew-at-rollout-sep-8-1969-ap12-ksc-69pc-525.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 12 astronauts Alan L. Bean, left, Richard F. Gordon, and Charles \u201cPete\u201d Conrad pose in front of their Saturn V during the rollout to the pad\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-15-apollo-12-crew-at-rollout-sep-8-1969-ap12-ksc-69pc-525.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-15-apollo-12-crew-at-rollout-sep-8-1969-ap12-ksc-69pc-525.jpg?resize=318,400 318w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-15-apollo-12-crew-at-rollout-sep-8-1969-ap12-ksc-69pc-525.jpg?resize=477,600 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\"><br \/><em>Left: The Apollo 12 Saturn V exits the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Launch Pad 39A. Middle: The Apollo 12 Saturn V rolling up the incline as it approaches Launch Pad 39A. Right: Apollo 12 astronauts Alan L. Bean, left, Richard F. Gordon, and Charles \u201cPete\u201d Conrad pose in front of their Saturn V during the rollout to the pad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Sep. 8, the Saturn V rocket with the Apollo 12 spacecraft on top rolled out from Kennedy Space Center\u2019s (KSC) Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. The rocket made the 3.5-mile trip to the pad in about 6 hours, with Conrad, Gordon, and Bean on hand to observe the rollout. Workers at the pad spent the next two months thoroughly checking out the rocket and spacecraft to prepare it for its mission to the Moon. The two-day Flight Readiness Test at the end of September ensured that the launch vehicle and spacecraft systems were in a state of flight readiness. In addition to spending many hours in the spacecraft simulators, Conrad and Bean as well as their backups Scott and Irwin rehearsed their lunar surface spacewalks including the visit to Surveyor 3. Workers at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, shipped an engineering model of the robotic spacecraft to KSC, and for added realism, engineers there mounted the model on a slope to match its relative position on the interior of the crater in which it stood on the Moon. Conrad and Scott used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/50-years-ago-on-the-way-to-the-moon-8\">Lunar Landing Training Vehicle<\/a> (LLTV) at Ellington Air Force Base (AFB) near MSC to train for the final 200 feet of the descent to the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733382\" height=\"211\" width=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 12 astronauts Alan L. Bean, left, and Charles \u201cPete\u201d Conrad rehearse their lunar surface spacewalks at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg 4672w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=300,243 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=768,623 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=1024,831 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=1536,1247 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=2048,1662 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=400,325 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=600,487 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=900,730 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=1200,974 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-16-apollo-12-c2f2-suit-checks-ksc-sep-17-1969-conrad-bean-s69-52746.jpg?resize=2000,1623 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733383\" height=\"211\" width=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg\" alt=\"Conrad trains in the use of the Hasselblad camera he and Bean will use on the Moon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg 2992w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-17-apollo-12-eva-training-19690923-108-ksc-369c-274-08.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733384\" height=\"211\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg\" alt=\"Bean, left, and Conrad train with an engineering model of a Surveyor spacecraft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg 3456w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=284,300 284w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=768,812 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=968,1024 968w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=1452,1536 1452w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=1936,2048 1936w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=378,400 378w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=567,600 567w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=851,900 851w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=1135,1200 1135w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-18-apollo-12-eva-trng-ksc-sep-30-1969-s69-55367.jpg?resize=1891,2000 1891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><br \/><em>Left: Apollo 12 astronauts Alan L. Bean, left, and Charles \u201cPete\u201d Conrad rehearse their lunar surface spacewalks at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Middle: Conrad trains in the use of the Hasselblad camera he and Bean will use on the Moon. Right: Bean, left, and Conrad train with an engineering model of a Surveyor spacecraft.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With regard to lunar geology training, the Apollo 12 astronauts had one advantage over their predecessors \u2013 they could inspect actual Moon rocks and soil returned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/50-years-ago-apollo-11-returns-to-houston\">Apollo 11<\/a> crew. On Sep. 19, Conrad and Bean arrived at the LRL, where Lunar Sample Curator Anderson met them. Anderson brought out a few lunar rocks and some lunar soil that scientists had already tested and didn\u2019t require to be stored under vacuum or other special conditions, allowing Conrad and Bean to examine them closely and compare them with terrestrial rocks and soil they had seen during geology training field trips. This first-hand exposure to actual lunar samples significantly augmented Conrad and Bean\u2019s geology training. To highlight the greater emphasis placed on lunar surface science, the Apollo 12 crews (prime and backup) went on six geology field trips compared to just one for the Apollo 11 crews.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733385\" height=\"230\" width=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 12 astronauts Charles \u201cPete\u201d Conrad, left, Richard F. Gordon, and Alan L. Bean prepare for water egress training aboard the MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg 2454w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=203,300 203w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=768,1132 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=695,1024 695w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=1042,1536 1042w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=1389,2048 1389w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=271,400 271w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=407,600 407w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=610,900 610w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=814,1200 814w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-19-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52982.jpg?resize=1357,2000 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733386\" height=\"230\" width=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg\" alt=\"Wearing Biological Isolation Garments and assisted by a decontamination officer, standing in the open hatch, Apollo 12 astronauts await retrieval in the life raft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg 2935w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=300,267 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=768,683 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=1024,911 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=1536,1366 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=2048,1821 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=400,356 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=600,534 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=900,800 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=1200,1067 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-20-apollo-12-water-egress-training-sep-20-1969-s69-52990.jpg?resize=2000,1779 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733387\" height=\"230\" width=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg\" alt=\"The recovery helicopter hoists the third crew member using a Billy Pugh net\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg 4133w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=296,300 296w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=768,778 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=1011,1024 1011w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=1517,1536 1517w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=2023,2048 2023w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=395,400 395w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=593,600 593w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=889,900 889w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=1185,1200 1185w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-21-apollo-12-water-egress-third-crewman-in-billy-pugh-s69-52375.jpg?resize=1975,2000 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\"><br \/><em>Left: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles \u201cPete\u201d Conrad, left, Richard F. Gordon, and Alan L. Bean prepare for water egress training aboard the MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico. Middle: Wearing Biological Isolation Garments and assisted by a decontamination officer, standing in the open hatch, Apollo 12 astronauts await retrieval in the life raft. Right: The recovery helicopter hoists the third crew member using a Billy Pugh net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/50-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-leave-quarantine\">Apollo 11 astronauts<\/a> returned from the Moon in excellent health and scientists found no evidence of any harmful lunar microorganisms, NASA managers still planned to continue the postflight quarantine program for the Apollo 12 crew members, their spacecraft, and the lunar samples they brought back. The first of these measures involved the astronauts donning Biological Isolation Garments (BIG) prior to exiting the spacecraft after splashdown. Since they didn\u2019t carry the BIGs with them to the Moon and back, one of the recovery personnel, also clad in a BIG, opened the hatch to the capsule after splashdown and handed the suits to the astronauts inside, who donned them before exiting onto a life raft.<\/p>\n<p>On Sep. 20, the Apollo 12 astronauts rehearsed these procedures, identical to the ones used after the first Moon landing mission, in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas, using a boilerplate Apollo CM and supported by the Motorized Vessel (MV) Retriever. As it turned out, NASA later removed the requirement for the crew to wear BIGs, and after their splashdown the Apollo 12 crew wore overalls and respirators.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Apollo 13<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733389\" height=\"259\" width=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 13 prime crew members James A. Lovell and Thomas K. \u201cKen\u201d Mattingly in the Command Module (CM) for an altitude chamber test \u2013 Fred W. Haise is out of the picture at right \u2013 at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg?resize=300,261 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg?resize=768,669 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg?resize=1024,891 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg?resize=400,348 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg?resize=600,522 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-22-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-lovell-and-mattingly-aug-28-1969.jpg?resize=900,783 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733390\" height=\"259\" width=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-23-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-476hr.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 13 backup astronaut John L. \u201cJack\u201d Swigert prepares to enter the CM for an altitude chamber test\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733391\" height=\"259\" width=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo 13 backup crew members John W. Young, left, and Swigert in the CM for an altitude chamber test \u2013 Charles M. Duke is out of the picture at right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg 1951w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=768,1116 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=705,1024 705w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=1057,1536 1057w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=1409,2048 1409w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=275,400 275w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=413,600 413w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=619,900 619w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=826,1200 826w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-24-apollo-13-cm-alt-chamber-test-young-and-swigert-aug-29-1969-ap13-70-h-477hr.jpg?resize=1376,2000 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\"><br \/><em>Left: Apollo 13 prime crew members James A. Lovell and Thomas K. \u201cKen\u201d Mattingly in the Command Module (CM) for an altitude chamber test \u2013 Fred W. Haise is out of the picture at right \u2013 at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Middle: Apollo 13 backup astronaut John L. \u201cJack\u201d Swigert prepares to enter the CM for an altitude chamber test. Right: Apollo 13 backup crew members John W. Young, left, and Swigert in the CM for an altitude chamber test \u2013 Charles M. Duke is out of the picture at right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Preparations for Apollo 13 continued in parallel. In KSC\u2019s Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB), Apollo 13 astronauts completed altitude chamber tests of their mission\u2019s CM and LM. Prime crew members Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-james-a-lovell\/\">James A. Lovell<\/a>, CMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mattingly-thomas.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c1795c\">Thomas K. \u201cKen\u201d Mattingly<\/a>, and LMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-fred-haise\/\">Fred W. Haise<\/a> completed the CM altitude test on Sep. 10, followed by their backups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-w-young\/\">John W. Young<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-l-jack-swigert\/\">Jack L. Swigert<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-charles-m-duke-jr\/\">Charles M. Duke<\/a> on Sep. 17. The next day, Lovell and Haise completed the altitude test of the LM, followed by Young and Duke on Sep. 22. At the time of these tests, Apollo 13 planned to launch on March 12, 1970, on a 10-day mission to visit the Fra Mauro highlands region of the Moon. To prepare for their lunar surface excursions, Lovell, Haise, Young, and Duke, accompanied by geologist-astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-harrison-schmitt\/\">Harrison H. \u201cJack\u201d Schmitt<\/a> and Caltech geologist <a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov\/JSCHistoryPortal\/history\/oral_histories\/SilverLT\/silverlt.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Leon T. \u201cLee\u201d Silver<\/a>, spent the last week of September in Southern California\u2019s Orocopia Mountains immersed in a geology boot camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Apollo 14 and 15<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733395\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"At North American Rockwell\u2019s (NAR) Downey, California, facility, workers assemble the Apollo 14 Command Module (CM), left, and Service Module\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg 3189w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-25-apollo-14-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52710-cropped.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733396\" height=\"240\" width=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"NAR engineers work on the CM originally intended for Apollo 15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg 3124w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=300,221 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=768,565 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=1024,753 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=1536,1130 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=2048,1506 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=400,294 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=600,441 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=900,662 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=1200,883 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-26-apollo-15-at-nar-sep-8-1969-s69-52701-cropped.jpg?resize=2000,1471 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\"><br \/><em>Left: At North American Rockwell\u2019s (NAR) Downey, California, facility, workers assemble the Apollo 14 Command Module (CM), left, and Service Module. Right: NAR engineers work on the CM originally intended for Apollo 15.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looking beyond Apollo 13, the Apollo 14 crew of Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\">Alan B. Shepard<\/a>, CMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/roosa_stuart.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c17a74\">Stuart A. Roosa<\/a>, and LMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/mitchell_edgar.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c17b75\">Edgar D. Mitchell<\/a> and their backups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-eugene-a-cernan\/\">Eugene A. Cernan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/evans-ronald.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c17c75\">Ronald E. Evans<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/engle_joe.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c17d72\">Joe H. Engle<\/a> had started training for their mission planned for mid-year 1970. At the NAR facility in Downey, engineers prepared the CM and SM and shipped them to KSC in November 1969. Also at Downey, workers continued assembling the CM and SM planned for the Apollo 15 mission in late 1970. As events transpired throughout 1970, plans for those two missions changed significantly.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>NASA management changes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733397\" height=\"278\" width=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of NASA astronaut James A. McDivitt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg 3262w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=286,300 286w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=768,805 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=976,1024 976w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=1465,1536 1465w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=1953,2048 1953w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=381,400 381w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=572,600 572w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=858,900 858w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=1144,1200 1144w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-27-mcdivitt-portait-1971-s71-59425.jpg?resize=1907,2000 1907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-733398\" height=\"278\" width=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-28-paine-swearing-in-low-as-nasa-deputy-administrator-69-h-2010.jpg\" alt=\"NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine, right, swears in George M. Low as NASA deputy administrator\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-28-paine-swearing-in-low-as-nasa-deputy-administrator-69-h-2010.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-28-paine-swearing-in-low-as-nasa-deputy-administrator-69-h-2010.jpg?resize=300,211 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-28-paine-swearing-in-low-as-nasa-deputy-administrator-69-h-2010.jpg?resize=768,541 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-28-paine-swearing-in-low-as-nasa-deputy-administrator-69-h-2010.jpg?resize=400,282 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/moon-landing-2-months-28-paine-swearing-in-low-as-nasa-deputy-administrator-69-h-2010.jpg?resize=600,423 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\"><br \/><em>Left: Portrait of NASA astronaut James A. McDivitt. Right: NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine, right, swears in George M. Low as NASA deputy administrator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 25, NASA appointed veteran astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/mcdivitt_james.pdf?emrc=66ec9e6c17e72\">James A. McDivitt<\/a> as the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office at MSC. McDivitt, selected as an astronaut in 1962, commanded two spaceflights, Gemini IV in June 1965 that included the first American spacewalk and Apollo 9 in March 1969, the first test of the LM in Earth orbit. He succeeded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-management-changes-at-nasa\/\">George M. Low<\/a> who, in that position since April 1967, led the agency\u2019s efforts to recover from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/55-years-ago-tragedy-on-the-launch-pad\/\">Apollo 1 fire<\/a> and originated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-considered-changes-to-apollo-8\/\">idea to send Apollo 8 on a lunar orbital mission<\/a>. Under his tenure, NASA successfully completed five crewed Apollo missions including the first human Moon landing. MSC Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/johnson\/building-on-a-mission-the-project-management-building-home-to-the-centers-directors\/\">Robert R. Gilruth<\/a> initially assigned Low to plan future programs until Nov. 13, when President Richard M. Nixon nominated him as NASA deputy administrator. The Senate confirmed Low\u2019s nomination on Nov. 25, and NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine swore him in on Dec. 3. Low filled the position vacant since March 20, 1969.<\/p>\n<p><em>To be continued \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>News from around the world in September 1969:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 2 \u2013 The first automated teller machine is installed at a Chemical Bank branch in Rockville Center, New York.<\/p>\n<p>September 13 \u2013 Hannah-Barbera\u2019s \u201cScooby Doo, Where Are You?\u201d debuts on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>September 20 \u2013 John Lennon announces in a private meeting his intention to leave The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>September 22 \u2013 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays becomes the second player, after Babe Ruth, to hit 600 career home runs.<\/p>\n<p>September 23 \u2013 \u201cButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,\u201d starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, premieres.<\/p>\n<p>September 24 \u2013 Tokyo\u2019s daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun announced that it would be the first to deliver an edition electronically, using a FAX machine that could print a page in five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>September 26 \u2013 Apple Records releases \u201cAbbey Road,\u201d The Beatles\u2019 11<sup>th<\/sup> studio album.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\n<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h2 class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/65-years-ago-first-powered-flight-of-the-x-15-hypersonic-rocket-plane\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<div 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