268K views · 6.9K reactions | On Nov 19, 1969, #Apollo12 makes the second human landing on the Moon. While mission planners targeted a landing site just over 1000 feet from the Surveyor III robotic lander, Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed just 535 feet (163 m) away. Pinpoint landing: check ✅ | NASA History | Facebook

50 years ago, the #Apollo13 crew was making its closest approach to the Moon, though they would not land. Scientific visualizers recreated what the crew of Apollo 13 saw during their flyby using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. When the mission ran into some unexpected trouble, the astronauts knew that landing on the lunar surface was not an option. However, the crew journeyed on, traveling around the far side of the Moon and briefly losing radio contact with mission control. This