a12_v_c_o_AKP (S-69-59062)
“Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, completes his climb down the Lunar Module (LM) ladder after egressing the LM to become the third man in history to step foot on the Moon. He and fellow crewman, Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot (LMP), were preparing to begin their preliminary phases of the first of two scheduled Apollo 12 periods of Extravehicular Activity (EVA). This reproduction was taken from live color television transmitted back to Earth during the sixth period of TV transmission for the Apollo 12 mission.”
You can make out LM Intrepid in the center of Conrad's visor, even the distinction between the descent stage, with the gold/orange color of the Kapton insulation, to the rendezvous radar antenna 'peak' of the ascent stage. The red and blue of the U.S. flag is also discernible on his left shoulder, with his raised left hand immediately next to it.
A shame that the camera was inadvertently rendered inoperative...these initial television transmissions really looked promising. Actually looked to be better than the inferior Apollo 14 broadcasts a little over a year later.
a12_v_c_o_AKP (S-69-59062)
“Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, completes his climb down the Lunar Module (LM) ladder after egressing the LM to become the third man in history to step foot on the Moon. He and fellow crewman, Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot (LMP), were preparing to begin their preliminary phases of the first of two scheduled Apollo 12 periods of Extravehicular Activity (EVA). This reproduction was taken from live color television transmitted back to Earth during the sixth period of TV transmission for the Apollo 12 mission.”
You can make out LM Intrepid in the center of Conrad's visor, even the distinction between the descent stage, with the gold/orange color of the Kapton insulation, to the rendezvous radar antenna 'peak' of the ascent stage. The red and blue of the U.S. flag is also discernible on his left shoulder, with his raised left hand immediately next to it.
A shame that the camera was inadvertently rendered inoperative...these initial television transmissions really looked promising. Actually looked to be better than the inferior Apollo 14 broadcasts a little over a year later.