LRO narrow-angle camera products georeference hardware and surface disturbance at the published coordinates for Ocean of Storms. Featured-site pages and catalogue links below point to the same releases cited on the Evidence page. All six Apollo sites from orbit lists every crewed zone with LROC featured links in one table.
Official LROC mosaic tying Intrepid, ALSEP, and Surveyor III in one georeferenced frame.
Factual shortcuts—full citations sit in the sections above and in mission source links.
What do LRO and LROC images show at Ocean of Storms?
Published Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) narrow-angle products resolve hardware, experiments, and regolith disturbance at the selenographic coordinates on this page. Use the orbital section above and the official LROC / NASA links under “Official sources” for the featured-site and data-product pages for Apollo 12.
Where can I read how this evidence fits the wider Apollo record?
The How we know page summarizes independent lines of proof. The Evidence catalogue groups LRO imagery, hardware, LLR, photo comparisons, and NASA documents with primary links.
Site imagery
Curated in explorer Site Detail
Apollo 12 — Ocean of Storms. Use the explorer’s Site detail tab for the same rasters, or open the official product pages below.
Site map
Site map — annotated landing site (LROC post 401)
Official LROC curated map: low-altitude NAC mosaic (M175428601R) with astronaut crater names, LM *Intrepid*, ALSEP, and Surveyor III callouts—Ocean of Storms footprint at ~25 cm/px scale in the released figure.
Apollo 12 demonstrated targeting accuracy by landing Intrepid within walking distance of Surveyor III, deployed a full ALSEP, conducted two EVAs, and returned Surveyor hardware and 34 kg of samples for laboratory study.
Key achievements
First precision lunar landing
Retrieved Surveyor 3 hardware
Two moonwalks totaling nearly 8 hours
Surface hardware & experiments
ALSEP
Surface magnetometer
Solar wind spectrometer
Timeline highlights
November 14, 1969
Launch & translunar flight
Saturn V sends Yankee Clipper and Intrepid toward the Moon after insertion and TLI.
November 19, 1969
Precision landing near Surveyor III
Intrepid touches down ~180 m from Surveyor Crater’s robotic visitor—within the narrow ellipse predicted from mission planning.
November 19–20, 1969
Two EVAs: ALSEP & Surveyor inspection
Crew deploys ALSEP, emplaces instruments on the mare, inspects Surveyor III, and returns selected parts to Earth.
November 24, 1969
Splashdown in the Pacific
End-to-end mission duration and sample handover follow published Apollo recovery procedures.
Official sources
Primary portals and data releases for verifying mission-specific claims. Cross-check themes on the Evidence catalogue and the wider How we know overview when you need category-level context.
