Apollo Yankee Clipper CSM-108
CSM-108 "Yankee Clipper" was an Apollo Command & Service Module used in the Apollo 12 mission.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Saturn V • Launch Complex 39A (FL)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Saturn V • LC-39A
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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
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CSM-108 "Yankee Clipper" was an Apollo Command & Service Module used in the Apollo 12 mission.
Flown on Apollo 12. Descent stage on lunar surface at Ocean of Storms, ascent stage deliberately crashed into Moon.
The Apollo spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
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

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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
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.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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