NASA Saturn V Apollo 12
Saturn V
Status
Success
Date
14 NOV 1969
16:22
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission Overview
Apollo 12 was the second manned mission to the surface of the moon. The commander of the mission was Charles Conrad, Jr. , the Command Module Pilot was Richard Gordon, Jr. , and the Lunar Module Pilot was Alan Bean. The mission was launched on November 14th, 1969 and the Capsule safely splashed down in the ocean on November 24th, 1969
Rocket
Saturn V
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
Height
110.6 m
Diameter
10.1 m
Launch Mass
2,970 T
Thrust
35,100 kN