Reviews for Apollo 12: The NASA Mission Reports, Volume 2 (with DVD)

The average rating for Apollo 12: The NASA Mission Reports, Volume 2 (with DVD) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-04-21 00:00:00 Laurent Lalonde Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, was planned and executed as a precision landing. The astronauts landed the Lunar Module within walking distance of the Surveyor III spacecraft which had landed on the Moon in April of 1967. The astronauts brought instruments from Surveyor III back to Earth to examine the effects of long-term exposure to the lunar environment. Lunar Module: Intrepid Command and Service Module: Yankee Clipper Crew: Charles Conrad, Jr, commander Richard F. Gordon, command module pilot Alan Bean, lunar module pilot Launch: November 14, 1969 16:22:00 UTT (11:22:00 a.m. EST) Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A Landing Site: Oceanus Procellarum - Ocean of Storms (3.01S, 23.42W) (site 7) Landed on Moon: November 19, 1969 6:54:35 UT ( 1:54:35 a.m. EST) EVA duration: 7 hr. 45 min. [EVA 1: 3 hr. 55 min., EVA 2: 3 hr. 50 min.] Moon Rocks Collected: 34.4 kilograms LM Departed Moon: November 20, 1969 14:25:47 UT (9:25:47 a.m. EST) Time on Lunar Surface: 31 hr. 31 min. Returned to Earth: November 24, 1969 splashdown 20:58:24 UT ( 3:58:24 p.m. EST) Mission Duration: 244 hr 36 min 24 sec. Retrieval site: Pacific Ocean 15° 47' S, 165° 9' W Retrieval ship: U.S.S. Hornet Special Payload: Flags from 136 nations, the UN, 50 states and four U.S. possessions were aboard the lunar module. Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), color TV camera, seismometer, electric generator (plutonium power source). Highlights/Notes: Saturn rocket hit by lightning twice, 32 sec. and 52 sec. after launch temporarily cutting electrical power and telemetry. TV camera was damaged shortly after Moon landing. Extensive EVAs, second covering approx. 1300 meters. Crew examined Surveyor III spacecraft which landed on Moon 2.5 years previous and returned some of its instruments to Earth. After leaving Moon, LM crashed into lunar surface creating first recorded artificial earthquake. The crew remained in quarantine for 21 days from completion of the second EVA.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-28 00:00:00 Kay Roberts The Apollo lunar flights are arguably the greatest adventure in human history. Here astronauts who have traveled to the moon describe their experiences. Quotes from interviews with twenty-three Apollo astronauts create a unique account of their lunar experiences and shape a spectacular narrative that speaks to the entire arc of the lunar journey. Alongside the text are more than one hundred sixty breathtaking rare images from NASA's high-resolution scans of the photos these explorers took during each of the missions. The book offers readers an extraordinary first-person chronicle of their lunar adventures. Highly recommended.