The crew of Apollo 12, NASA's second manned mission to the moon, from left, astronauts Charles 'Pete' Conrad Jr. (1930 - 1999), Richard Francis Gordon Jr., and Alan LaVern Bean, as they sit on ...

This NASA documentary tells the story of Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the moon. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, command module pilot Richard Gordon, and lunar module pilot Alan ...

Perhaps most famous is John Aaron, the "super EECOM" responsible for, among other things, the "SCE to aux" call that likely saved Apollo 12 from a mission-terminating launch abort.

A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface interactions," according to NASA. Credit: Patrick Moran, NASA Ames ...

Apollo 12 launched to the moon 50 years ago today ... While the topic of that interview has not been released yet, it's very possible these NASA astronauts will mention the anniversary.

Bean was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing, in 1969. Later in life, as a painter, he chronicled the people and experience of the Apollo program.

Astronaut Alan Bean, Apollo 12’s artistic moonwalker, dies at 86 after sudden illness by Alan Boyle on May 26, 2018 at 1:05 pm May 26, 2018 at 1:11 pm Share 306 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...