414 a
Pete Conrad

Alan Bean photographing the footpad of the LM Intrepid

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1, 116:27:03 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 18.2 x 17.7cm, trimmed to image, with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA MSC) [NASA AS12-46-6779], scratches on the verso

414 b
Alan Bean

Close-up of the descent engine bell and footpad of the LM Intrepid

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1, 116:27:54 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC caption numbered “AS12-47-6905” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso

414 c
Alan Bean

Astronaut shadow and LM footpad

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1, 116:29:48 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, numbered “NASA AS12-47-6909” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

414 d
Alan Bean

Close-up of the descent engine bell of the LM Intrepid

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1, 116:29:48 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, numbered “NASA AS12-47-6911” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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414 a
A frame from the 8 O’clock LM 360° Panoramic Sequence taken by Conrad.
The US flag and the S-band antenna are visible behind the LM. Footprints lead to the burn-out TV camera in the background.

414 b
Bean took this photograph to document the effects of lunar landing on both the descent stage and the lunar surface.
He can be seen taking the picture in the 8 o’clock LM panoramic sequence captured by Conrad at the same moment.

116:28:05 Gibson (Mission Control): Al, do you have any comments on the footpad interaction with the surface?
116:28:11 Bean: Yes, I do. Actually, these pads went in a little bit further than did Neil’s. I’d say most of the pads are in about an inch and a half to two; and it sort of looked like we were moving slightly forward (west), and had pretty well killed off our left/right velocity when we touched down. The right-hand (north) footpad seems to have bounced. That’d be the plus Y, the right-hand side one. The others don’t seem to have. So it must have, maybe, hit there first, and rocked back and forth or something.

414 c
Bean took this superb photograph as he was moving around the LM to inspect its condition after landing.

116:28:48 Gibson: Do you see anything on the surface from the DPS (Descent Propulsion System, the descent engine)?
116:28:56 Bean: No, I don’t. The surface under there...It’s kind of interesting, the surface under there is clean. It doesn’t have the loose dust particles as does the rest of the lunar surface about here. It also has a number of small round dirt clods, if you want, that seem to be rolling off in a radial direction from underneath the skirt of the engine. [...]
116:29:43 Bean: I think I can get a good one (picture) for you, Houston.
116:29:46 Gibson: Roger, Al. It’s good description.
116:29:48 Bean: There we go. Hey, you can really move around out here, Houston. That mobile POGO rig that we’ve got there (on Earth), and also that one in the centrifuge. Man, it’s just like this.

414 d
“The Lunar Module, surely the clumsiest-looking flying machine ever built, consisted of a descent stage destined to remain on the Moon, and an ascent stage that later carried the crew and samples into lunar orbit” (NASA SP-350, chapter 12.2).

“I remember when we touched down, I felt us roll to the side. It gave me a brief scare. After we settled down I checked the attitude indicator and we were almost perfectly upright. I now think we touched down a little off vertical and the roll I felt was us coming back to perfectly upright. These roll changes were extremely small, but my heightened awareness made them seem larger than they actually were,” said Alan Bean (Constantine, p.33).