408 a
Pete Conrad

Alan Bean closing the door of the LM Intrepid

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1, 115:49:43 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / North American Rockwell) [NASA AS12-46-6725]

408 b
Pete Conrad

Alan Bean descending the ladder of the LM Intrepid

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1, 115:51:27 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS12-46-6728” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

408 c
Pete Conrad

Alan Bean taking his first step on the Moon’s Ocean of Storms

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1, 115:52:02 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with Technicolor Quality Control stamp, NASA KSC caption numbered “AS12-46-6729” as well as “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

408 c
Chaikin, Voices, p. 65.

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408 a
“Bean is kneeling on the porch with his head and arms still in the spacecraft. He is reaching for the door so he can pull it partially closed” (ALSJ caption for AS12-46- 6725).

115:49:08 Bean: Okay, Pete, here I come.
115:49:11 Conrad: Wait; wait; wait; wait.
115:49:13 Bean: You ready now?
115:49:14 Conrad: No, no, no, no. Let me come. Dum dee dum dum dum. Got to run through this (small) crater. Here I come. Now, wait a minute. (Reading his checklist) “LM(P) egress at (f/)5.6 at 15 (foot focus)”. I made a shambles of that color chart. I tried to throw it in the ground; and, naturally, it went in sideways and got itself so covered with dirt, you wouldn’t know what color it was. (Pause) Okay; I’m ready for you.

115:49:43 Bean: Okay, you might want to give me some directions, too.

408 b
The TV camera is visible at the lower left of the MESA (Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly) pointed at the bottom of the ladder. Behind the Lunar Module and to the right is the southern rim of Surveyor Crater.

115:50:57 Bean: (To himself) There you go. (To Pete) I’m
going to try to keep the door open for us, there.
115:51:03 Conrad: Okay. (Pause)
115:51:13 Bean: Pretty good; I’d better get my visor down though.
115:51:15 Conrad: Yes, sir. My, that Sun is bright. (Pause)
115:51:27 Bean: Boy, the LM looks nice on the outside.

408 c
Taking his first footstep on the Moon, Bean turned to his left and faced Conrad for a formal portrait, keeping his right hand on the ladder.

115:51:59 Conrad: ...turn around and give me a big smile. (Responding to Gibson at Mission Control) Okay. (To Bean) That a boy.
115:52:01 Bean: Okay.
115:52:02 Conrad: You look great. Welcome aboard.