Thursday, July 28, 1994

Apollo 12 (Intrepid)

  1969-099C


Lunar Module 6 was flown on the second landing mission, Apollo 12. Crewmembers Charles Conrad and Alan Bean named it `Intrepid'. This time, the landing came a full 60 seconds before the abort point.

Conrad reported from the LM footpad - "Whoopee, man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me". His first words from the surface were, "Off the footpad - ooo, is that soft and queasy".


Intrepid (LM 6) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Nov 14  1622  Launch aboard Saturn V (SA-507)  KSC LC39A 
 2035  Extracted from S-4B-507 by CSM 108 
 2320  Hatch open, crew entry 
 2358  Power up 
1969 Nov 15  0042  Crew return to CSM 
 0257  Crew entry to switch off light 
 0300? Crew return to CSM 
1969 Nov 17  0700  Crew entry for checkout 
 0800  Crew return to CSM 
1969 Nov 18   Crew entry, return 
1969 Nov 19  0100Crew entry 
 0416:10  Undocked from CSM 108 
 0545:40  DPS DOI burn  15 x 112 
 0546:08  DOI cutoff 
 0642:39  RCS ullage burn 
 0642:46  DPS PDI 12:26 
 0654:44  Landed at Surveyor Crater, Mare Insularum 
 1128  Depress at 3.5 psi (Apollo rule) 
 1129  Depress valve full open 
 1130:10  Depress LEVA-1 at 0.2psi 
 1132:45  Hatch open  
 1139  CDR egress 
 1144  CDR on surface 
 1212  LMP egress 
 1214  LMP on surface 
 1222  Camera pointed at Sun 
 1222  S-band deployed 
 1234  SWC deploy 
 1254:48 Deploy ALSEP package 1 
 1257  Deploy ALSEP package 2 
 1314  Carrying ALSEP  
 1320  Arrive at ALSEP site 
 1421  Complete installation of ALSEP 
 1427  Traverse to Head Crater 
 1512  LMP off surface 
 1514  LMP ingress 
 1524  CDR off surface 
 1525  CDR jettisons waste bag 
 1527  CDR ingress 
 1528  119:06:38 Hatch closed 
 1529  119:08:00 Repress after 03:57:23 (04:01 from 3.5psi) 
 1530  Repress complete 
1969 Nov 20  0351  Depress LEVA-2 from 3.5psi 
 0354  At 0.2psi 
 0354 Hatch open 
 0357  Jettison bag ejected 
 0359  CDR egress 
 0359  Left stowage bag 1 jettisoned 
 0400:50  CDR on surface 
 0408  LMP egress 
 0410  LMP on surface 
 0430  Sampling at Head crater 
 0500 Sampling at Bench crater 
 0516 Sharp crater, 360 m from LM 
 0543 Near Halo crater 
  Traverse to Surveyor-3 
 0618  At Surveyor 3 
 0640  Retrieve parts of Surveyor 
 0655  Leave Surveyor 
 0702  At Block crater 
 0718  At LM, retrieve SWC 
 0730  LMP off surface 
 0732  LMP ingress 
 0741  CDR off surface 
 0743  CDR ingress 
 0744 Hatch closed 
 0745 Repress after 03:49 
 0849 Ready for ED 
 0855? Depress for equipment dump 
  Jettison left stowage bag 2 (LHSSC)  
  (with boots, forearm rest, water bags, scale) 
  Jettison 2 PLSS 
 0900? ED repress initiated
 0907  ED repress completed 


LM 6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Nov 20  1425:56  Launch from LM6 DS, Surveyor Crater 
 1433:08  APS shutdown, LOI 17 x 115? 
 1434?  Corrective burn  16 x 86 
 1523:51  CSI burn 
 1524:32  CSI  77 x 94 
 1622:11  CDH  75 x 82 
 1658:26  TPI  81 x 111 
 1741:37  TPF  108 x 115 
 1758:28  Dock with CSM 108 
  Crew and cargo transfer 

2021:40  Undocked from CSM 108
 2150:14  Deorbit burn ignition105 x 123 x 165.5 
 2151:36  Deorbit burn cutoff  -115 x 106 x 164.4  
 2217:25  Impact Montes Riphaeus, 5.3S 23.4W 

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