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Charles " Pete " Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot, and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962.
- December 1973
Nov 19, 2019 · NASA. Fifty years ago, astronaut Pete Conrad stepped out of the lunar module onto the surface of the moon. His first words were: "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but...
Pete Conrad, the Commander of Apollo 12, exclaimed "Yippee!" upon setting foot on the surface – properly capturing the excitement many felt about a successful return to the Moon. Apollo 12 carried out a precision landing to successfully land on the Moon at a pinpointed destination.
Sep 28, 2023 · As one of the best pilots in the astronaut corps, Pete Conrad flew on four space missions and became the third man to step onto the surface of the Moon with Apollo 12. After arriving at the orbiting workshop on the delayed Skylab 2 mission, Conrad and his crew first had to deploy a specially designed parasol to cool the station and conduct a ...
Nov 20, 2019 · Apollo 12 astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad and Alan L. Bean were in high spirits when they re-entered their Lunar Module (LM) Intrepid on the Moon’s Ocean of Storms. They had completed two Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) or spacewalks on the lunar surface, spending a total of 7 hours and 45 minutes outside.
Nov 18, 2019 · Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Alan L. Bean excitedly described the lunar features as they flew over them for the first time, right up to the terminator when it became too dark for the TV camera.
Nov 14, 2019 · That was Pete Conrad, the Neil Armstrong of Apollo 12. Conrad was indeed shorter than Armstrong, but the astronaut was trying to make a point. Back on Earth, a reporter had suggested that NASA...
