Apollo 12 landed near Surveyor 3 ?
I had no memory of this:
source: https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/31/man-and-machine/
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source: https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/202/apollo-12-mission-image-view-of-the-surveyor-iii-craft-which-landed-april-19-1967/
The reason for my re-discovering the Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 connection is that it was mentioned on this page about the Jaxa SLIM lander:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/a-japanese-spacecraft-faceplanted-on-the-moon-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/
It made an accurate landing but one of the engines malfunctioned and it wasn't able to land correctly. One of the mini-robots took this picture:
I betcha I've got this Apollo 12 info in my scrapbook but at the time I was probably too busy saving the newspaper and magazine stories than reading them completely. The only thing I dimly remember was that the TV camera was messed up (didn't one of the astronauts try to tap (repair) it with his geology hammer ?) so maybe that is why this walk to Surveyor 3 isn't a memory. If it wasn't on TV it didn't happen ? :)
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| Alan Bean with Surveyor 3, Apollo 12 in background |
source: https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/31/man-and-machine/
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| bounce print |
source: https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/202/apollo-12-mission-image-view-of-the-surveyor-iii-craft-which-landed-april-19-1967/
The reason for my re-discovering the Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 connection is that it was mentioned on this page about the Jaxa SLIM lander:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/a-japanese-spacecraft-faceplanted-on-the-moon-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/
It made an accurate landing but one of the engines malfunctioned and it wasn't able to land correctly. One of the mini-robots took this picture:
I betcha I've got this Apollo 12 info in my scrapbook but at the time I was probably too busy saving the newspaper and magazine stories than reading them completely. The only thing I dimly remember was that the TV camera was messed up (didn't one of the astronauts try to tap (repair) it with his geology hammer ?) so maybe that is why this walk to Surveyor 3 isn't a memory. If it wasn't on TV it didn't happen ? :)
I do remember the Apollo 13 mission problems. I was a sophomore in high school and I can remember talking to Miss Broetzman, my freshman English teacher about Apollo 13.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
