When missions headed to the moon from 1969 to 1972, their vessels were packed with items for research, survival, safety, and emergency. Some of these items were meant to be left behind and some were to return to Earth. Last minute changes to these items were recorded in a second inventory. You'll help researchers better understand the details of the lunar missions with these Apollo 12 Revision Notices.
**NOTE** For obvious reasons the stowage lists had to be prepared several weeks in advance of the launch. Planning, however, went on up to the last minute. For most missions stowage list changes were reported in "Revision Notices" - lists amended just prior to launch. These lists contain "Change Date" and "Change Reason" fields, which should be transcribed using the same conventions as the stowage location field and the dates using the mm-dd-yyyy format, as described in the instructions.
When missions headed to the moon from 1969 to 1972, their vessels were packed with items for research, survival, safety, and emergency. Some of these items were meant to be left behind and some were to return to Earth. Last minute changes to these items were recorded in a second inventory. You'll help researchers better understand the details of the lunar missions with these Apollo 12 Revision Notices.
**NOTE** For obvious reasons the stowage lists had to be prepared several weeks in advance of the launch. Planning, however, went on up to the last minute. For most missions stowage list changes were reported in "Revision Notices" - lists amended just prior to launch. These lists contain "Change Date" and "Change Reason" fields, which should be transcribed using the same conventions as the stowage location field and the dates using the mm-dd-yyyy format, as described in the instructions.
Launched November 14, 1969, Apollo 12 demonstrated precise navigation by landing near Surveyor 3, an unmanned robotic spacecraft that landed on the moon in April of 1967. Astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan Bean deployed the first nuclear-powered Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) and conducted two walks, instead of the single excursion made on Apollo 11 four months earlier. Richard Gordon piloted the mothership in orbit around the Moon. During nearly 8 hours on the Moon, Conrad and Bean collected 34 kilograms (75 pounds) of lunar material and parts of Surveyor 3 for examination back on Earth.
The mission was equipped with a wide variety of gear, provisions, tools and equipment. Some of the items were left on the lunar surface or discarded with spent portions of their spacecraft. Compare and explore the contents with the "As Flown" Stowage lists of Apollo 12. Some were returned in the command module and many form the basis of one of the largest collections of objects in the National Air and Space Museum collection. You can make a difference in what we understand about the missions by transcribing and reviewing these notices.