# \#apollo-12

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## [The Calm Lunar Landing of Apollo 12](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-calm-lunar-landing-of-apollo-12/3316)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [15 June 2023 19:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-calm-lunar-landing-of-apollo-12/3316 "2023-06-15T19:43:00Z")

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Compared to Apollo 11’s lunar landing, interrupted by program alarms and worries about running out of fuel, Apollo 12’s pinpoint landing next to the crater where Surveyor 3 had landed on 1967-04-20, was rem…

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## [The Strange Voyage of Apollo 12's S-IVB Stage](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-strange-voyage-of-apollo-12s-s-ivb-stage/2659)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [26 January 2023 14:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-strange-voyage-of-apollo-12s-s-ivb-stage/2659 "2023-01-26T14:26:59Z")

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When Apollo 12 was launched in November 1969, the mission plan was to dispose of the expended S-IVB third stage of its Saturn V launcher by slingshotting around the Moon to throw it into an orbit around the…