3 Pete Conrad (November 1969)
- Full name: Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr.
- Born: June 2, 1930
- Died: July 8, 1999
- Age at moon landing: 39
- Spaceflight/Moon landing mission: Apollo 12
- Launch date: November 14, 1969
- Launch site: Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
- Spacecraft that put him on the moon: Apollo CSM-108/Apollo LM-6
- Moonwalk date: November 19 (EVA 1) and November 20 (EVA 2), 1969
- Return landing date: November 24, 1969
- Return landing site: South Pacific Ocean
- What you may not know about Pete Conrad: Conrad won a $500 bet by making a pun to Armstrong’s quote upon touching the moon’s surface.
Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me. -Pete Conrad
4 Alan Bean (November 1969)
- Full name: Alan LaVern Bean
- Born: March 15, 1932
- Age at moon landing: 37
- Spaceflight/Moon landing mission: Apollo 12
- Launch date: November 14, 1969
- Launch site: Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
- Spacecraft that put him on the moon: Apollo CSM-108/Apollo LM-6
- Moonwalk date: November 19 (EVA 1) and November 20 (EVA 2), 1969
- Return landing date: November 24, 1969
- Return landing site: South Pacific Ocean
- What you may not know about Alan Bean: 36 after launch, Conrad and Bean’s Apollo 12 was struck by lightning, causing temporary electrical failures and false malfunction warnings. Bean was able to fix this with John Aaron’s instructions and saved the mission. Flight controller John Aaron also played a critical role in the Apollo 13 mission.
One of the great things about the universe is that it’s fair -Alan Bean
