Pete Conrad's shadow in a lunar surface opposition surge instant. This was happening 52 years ago #Today go.nasa.gov/2fs41dh #Apollo12 Image
A famous crossed lunar selfie: Alan Bean's picture of Pete Conrad taking Alan's picture during #Apollo12's extravehicular activity, 52 years ago #Today go.nasa.gov/2g6SmjS Image
At Pete's left wrist, his checklist open to one of the pages on which the backup crew pasted pics of Playboy Playmates bit.ly/2fgFrhS #Apollo12, #52YearsAgoToday Image
The only time humans visited a probe landed before them on another world: the Apollo 12 crew visited the landing site of Surveyor 3, 52 years ago #Today during their second extra-vehicular activity go.nasa.gov/2g6SmjS Image
52 years ago #Today, Alan Bean and Pete Conrad walked on the Moon for the second time in human history. After the extraveicular activities, they returned back to the command module: this is a sped up video of the docking buff.ly/344KMzL #Apollo12

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