a12_v_bw_o_n (108-KSC-69P-518)
“Engineers working within the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building prepare the Apollo 12 lunar module, LM-6, for enclosure within the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter. Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr., and Richard Gordon, Jr., are to descend in this lunar module to the Moon’s surface while Alan Bean orbits overhead in the command module.”
Just transcribing the above as it was printed on the verso. Maybe the writer had fond memories of the crew of Gemini 11 & transposed it to this. Then again, maybe just incompetence and/or cluelessness.
Note all of the exposed innards of Intrepid, both ascent & descent stage, in addition to the lack of the RCS plume deflectors. I don't know the timeline/workflow of LM/SLA encapsulation, but this looks like it may have been an early fit check/test.
a12_v_bw_o_n (108-KSC-69P-518)
“Engineers working within the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building prepare the Apollo 12 lunar module, LM-6, for enclosure within the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter. Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr., and Richard Gordon, Jr., are to descend in this lunar module to the Moon’s surface while Alan Bean orbits overhead in the command module.”
Just transcribing the above as it was printed on the verso. Maybe the writer had fond memories of the crew of Gemini 11 & transposed it to this. Then again, maybe just incompetence and/or cluelessness.
Note all of the exposed innards of Intrepid, both ascent & descent stage, in addition to the lack of the RCS plume deflectors. I don't know the timeline/workflow of LM/SLA encapsulation, but this looks like it may have been an early fit check/test.