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Apollo 12 Yankee Clipper-Intrepid crewed lunar-landing spacecraft family

NASA Apollo 12 spacecraft family carried the second crewed lunar-landing mission, made a precision landing near Surveyor 3, deployed surface experiments, and returned lunar samples in November 1969.

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Identity

Aliases
Apollo 12Apollo 12 spacecraftYankee ClipperIntrepidApollo 12 command and service moduleApollo 12 lunar module
Family Name
Apollo 12
Full Name
Apollo 12 Yankee Clipper-Intrepid crewed lunar-landing spacecraft family
Roles
crewed_spacecraftorbiterlandersample_returnresearch
Status
retired
Type
spacecraft

Details

Description
NASA Apollo 12 spacecraft family carried the second crewed lunar-landing mission, made a precision landing near Surveyor 3, deployed surface experiments, and returned lunar samples in November 1969.
First Flight Year
1,969
Last Flight Year
1,969
Operator
Propulsion Configurations
  • Entries
    • Count
      1
      Placement
      spacecraft
      Propulsion System
      Role
      main
      Stage
      service-module
      Variant Notes
      Single Aerojet AJ10-137 Service Propulsion System on the Yankee Clipper service module; the existing Apollo CSM Block II integrated-system identity is reused without changing the propulsion identity.
    • Count
      2
      Placement
      spacecraft
      Propulsion System
      Role
      attitude-control
      Stage
      command-module
      Variant Notes
      Two independent Command Module reaction-control subsystems; the existing Apollo CSM Block II integrated-system identity is reused without inferring individual engine variants.
    • Count
      4
      Placement
      spacecraft
      Propulsion System
      Role
      attitude-control
      Stage
      service-module
      Variant Notes
      Four Service Module reaction-control quad packages distributed around the service-module periphery, matching the existing Apollo CSM Block II integrated-system boundary.
    Name
    Apollo 12 Yankee Clipper CSM Block II propulsion
    Notes
    The Block II CSM boundary includes service propulsion and separate command-module and service-module reaction-control systems. Saturn launch-vehicle propulsion is outside this spacecraft-family packet.
  • Entries
    • Count
      1
      Placement
      spacecraft
      Propulsion System
      Role
      landing
      Stage
      descent
      Variant Notes
      One integrated Lunar Module Descent Propulsion System used for Apollo 12 powered descent; the existing integrated-system identity is retained rather than inventing a mission-specific engine model.
    • Count
      1
      Placement
      spacecraft
      Propulsion System
      Role
      takeoff-lift
      Stage
      ascent
      Variant Notes
      One integrated Lunar Module Ascent Propulsion System used for Apollo 12 ascent-stage liftoff and rendezvous; no exact engine variant is inferred from generic evidence.
    Name
    Apollo 12 Intrepid lunar-module propulsion
    Notes
    The Intrepid lunar-module configuration models the integrated descent and ascent propulsion systems documented for Apollo 12. No exact canonical Lunar Module RCS dependency is substituted, and no mission-specific engine variant is inferred.

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Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 09:06:25 UTC
Updated Time
August 25, 2026 at 19:13:52 UTC
Apollo 12 Yankee Clipper-Intrepid crewed lunar-landing spacecraft family - AeroVia