| The picture shows a front and back view of this Old United States Apollo 12 Space Mission Commemorative Medal Coin. The year that it was made is unknown. Also unknown is the maker. It is made of a silver colored metal but it has not been tested for silver. One side has an image of the Moon with craters and three stars. The other side has an image of a Moon surface scene. There are two Astronauts (Commander Charles ''Pete'' Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean), some equipment, the Lunar Module, the Command Module, Earth, and footprints. It is marked on the two sides as follows: APOLLO
CONRAD - BEAN - GORDON
APOLLO TWELVE
NOVEMBER 14, 1969 The coin measures 1-9/16'' wide. It appears to be in excellent to near mint condition as pictured. Below here, for reference, is some additional information about the Apollo XII mission: Apollo 12
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mission statistics
Mission name: Apollo 12
Spacecraft name: CSM: Yankee Clipper
LM: Intrepid
Command Module: CM-108 Mass: 28,838 kilograms (63,580 lb)
Service Module: SM-108
Lunar Module: LM-6 Mass: 15,235 kilograms (33,590 lb)
Crew size: 3
Call sign: CSM: Yankee Clipper
Launch vehicle: Saturn V SA-507
Launch pad: LC 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida, U.S.A.
Launch date: November 14, 1969 16:22:00 UTC
Lunar landing: November 19, 1969 06:54:35 UTC
Lunar EVA duration: First: 3 hours 56 minutes 03 seconds, Second: 3 hours 49 minutes 15 seconds, TotalÊ7 hours 45 minutes 18 seconds
Lunar surface time: 1 day 7 hours 31 minutes 11.6 seconds
Lunar sample mass: 34.35 kg (75.729 lb)
Number of lunar orbits: 45
Total CSM time in lunar orbit: 88 hours 58 minutes 11.52 seconds
Landing: November 24, 1969 20:58:24 UTC South Pacific Ocean
Mission duration: 10 days 4 hours 36 minutes 24 seconds
Apogee: 189.8 km
Perigee: 185 km
Apolune: 257.1 km
Perilune: 115.9 km
Orbital period: 88.16 m
Orbital inclination: 32.54¡ Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the American Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon (an H type mission). It was launched on November 14, 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission Commander Charles ''Pete'' Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms. Key objectives were achievement of a more precise landing (which had not been achieved by Apollo 11), and to visit the Surveyor 3 probe to remove parts for analysis. The mission ended on November 24 with a successful splashdown, having completed the main mission parameters successfully. |
