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Apollo 12 - Astronaut
Oceanus Procellarum, Moon

This 3-D view (obtained by Charles Conrad) features Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean performing scientific tasks on the Moon. Bean is holding a drill core tube used for extracting deep soil samples. The large square object at right is a tool carrier.

Apollo 12 landed in November 1969 in eastern Oceanus Procellarum, a basaltic lava plain that formed roughly 3.1 billion years ago. A small crater and several small boulders are visible at left.

Image numbers AS12-49-7318 and AS12-49-7319.