APOLLO 12 - Reentry & Splashdown - Film + TV (1969/11/24)

Apollo 12 reentry window film and TV broadcast of the splashdown moment. These are presented at approximate real speed for the later part (chute deployment, splashdown), based on a NASA audio recording. Research, cleanup and editing by RetroSpace HD. Apollo 12 TV broadcast from “apollo_16_uvc_s201_as16-123“ at Apollo 12 returned to Earth on November 24, 1969 at 20:58 UTC (3:58 pm EST, 10:58 am HST), splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 500 nautical miles (800 km) east of American Samoa. After recovery by USS Hornet, they were flown to Pago Pago International Airport in Tafuna for a reception, before being flown on a C-141 cargo plane to Honolulu. The Apollo 12 command module Yankee Clipper is on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia. #apollo12 #moonlanding #nasa #PeteConrad