Apollo 12 EVA 2 - The Complete Moonwalk (Full Mission 19) 

Announcing the culmination of 4 years work - Hope you can join Brian and I next weekend at 8pm UK Time (+1GMT) - We are hoping to have Amy Bean and Peter Conrad on the live chat. Its going to be a once in a lifetime moment - as we finally watch the moonwalk nobody but two astronauts have seen.... Apollo 12 - EVA-2 The Complete Moonwalk When the TV camera broke on the first EVA, all we could do was listen to what the astronauts were describing and try to imagine what they were seeing. This presentation should go some way to help visualise what was going on that day on the moon. This project would not have been possible without the dedication and determination of Brian McInall. He produced 3000+ individual stop motion slides, each one slightly different, which, when played together, form as accurate a record of the EVA-2 activities as is possible. He also produced maps and diagrams that help to describe the narrative graphically. Thank you Brian, you are an amazing space historian and a steely-eyed missile man. The EVA is documented in this video through the animation of portions of a much larger map covering the entire surface operations of Apollo 12, on the Ocean of Storms. This Apollo 12 Grand Traverse Map is available here: www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj/a12/A12_Grand_Traverse_Planimetric_Map-LROC_M175428601R_Mar_2018.jpg It is highly recommended that viewers open and refer to this map during this video in order to better appreciate what was accomplished during Apollo 12, just the second lunar landing mission My contribution to this project is, as usual, the setting of all items into an editor. I have created graphics to compliment Brians work, including all the rock samples, crew debrief comments and anomaly items that were discussed post flight. Every picture (and one 16mm sequence) the crew took that day is included at the proper time in the mission. I created new flight plan graphics and checklists so the viewer can follow along as the crew wake up,suit up, conduct the EVA and get back inside the LM. In the end there were over 5000 objects in the editor! Brian and I have spent over 4 years researching and collaborating with others who share the passion to preserve and present historical spaceflight. Many thanks go to Robin Wheeler, David Woods (and the ALSJ), Johannes Kemppanen, Ed Hengeveld and Jackson Tyler. Without you this project would not have been possible or as comprehensive - Thank you all. To all the subscribers and patrons of the channel I wanted to say a huge thank you for continuing to support the channel, for encouraging me to keep going when the going got tough and for having patience as these series are produced - they do take a lot of work and time - thank you. Finally - This video is dedicated to Pete Conrad, Alan Bean and their families. The Bean and Conrad families have supported and encouraged us both and it has been a privilege to work on their mission. We both hope we have done Pete, Al and yourselves proud Regards LM5 and Brian All slides of Mini Pete and Al courtesy Brian McInall All other media courtesy NASA Orbiter Space Simulator was used to produce the "fly in" sequence There is a Patreon for anyone interested in supporting my channel - All donations go to enhancing future content - thanks in advance and it would be great to have you onboard. Patrons often receive pre-launch video access and media content www.patreon.com/user?u=549799...

I cannot wait. What an achievement LM5. You and Brian have done the space community a massive favour here. You need some £££ for the next computer.

I was 11 years old during Apollo 12. I remember being extremely disappointed when the TV camera failed as I was looking forward to COLOR tv images. If I recall the TV networks scrambled to find a way to cover both EVAs. CBS had two guys in spacesuits walking around a moon set while the audio of Pete and Al was broadcasted. Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra were the commentators Thank you LM5 and Brian for bringing this important piece of history back to life 54 and a half years later!!

What a privilege to be able to see 55 years into the past. And to think that future generations could watch this incredible body of work from a colony on the moon.

These docs you are making will be around for hundreds of years. Great work, bro.

LM5 strikes again! Generations after us will benefit from his work 👌👏

The Apollo Moon landings have always fascinated me. An incredible achievement with the technology of the time. It just goes to show what we can be capable of when given the right incentive for a positive outcome.

LM5 and Brian: Fantastic compilation work guys! Thank you!

Phenomenal work Simon and Brian. Much appreciated. I'm old enough to remember the flight of Apollo 12, so this was a great reminder.

Great work. I remember being allowed to stay home as a 5th grader with the "space flu", I was up in the middle of the night during the undocking and landing. They didn't get on the surface until 6 in the morning ET. I was totally wiped out. And then Bean pointed the TV camera at the Sun. Little 5th grade me knew exactly what had happened, and I remember thinking - crap. :) This 2nd EVA started at like 10 at night ET and then the lunar ascent was again in the early early hours, with I think rendezvous coming around 9 AM the next morning. Another exhausting day of space flu. The deal was, I would report on the mission when I "recovered" and returned to school :)

Simon, P.S. thanks for all the great stuff, all the schematics and documents from the flight we'll build my collection nicely

This is so awesome....Sunday night, perfect timing. Been waiting for this ...thanks 👍😊

Great effort you put into these productions. You deserve way more subscriptions. Despite that, this must truly be a labor of love for you. I was thinking that all that was left was liftoff, TEI, Trans-Earth Coast and Splashdown to finish up the series. But guess what? Looking at the playlist, I had forgotten TEI, Trans-Earth Coast and Splashdown are already done! Liftoff and another Full Mission is in the can. Congratulations! As an Apollo aficionado, I thank you

Excellent work and presentation! Interesting to note that a backup black and white lunar TV camera, that was the same design as the one used on Apollo 11, was carried on missions after Apollo 12, and they never had to be used. On Apollo 14, every time the lunar color TV camera was moved to a different location, the astronauts put an opaque lens cap on the front of the lens on the camera just to make sure that the camera's imaging tube wasn't damaged if the camera was accidently pointed toward the sun if the camera was moved. When the LRV was used on Apollo 15-17, the lunar color TV camera was different than the Westinghouse lunar color TV camera, and was manufactured by RCA and produced a much better image, as it didn't have the image "blooming" on extremely bright white objects as the Westinghouse camera did. On Apollo 15, the camera would be moved from the LM's MESA equipment bay after the astronauts began the EVA's on the lunar surface and attached to the lunar color TV camera mount on the LRV, where the camera movement and zoom in/out functions of the camera lens would be controlled remotely by a flight controller back at mission control. On Apollo 16 and 17, the camera was pre-mounted on the LRV color TV camera mount and stowed with the LRV. On Apollo 16 and 17, the lunar surface color TV video was processed by Image Transforms (now Lowry Digital, the company that restored the Apollo 11 lunar surface black and white video from best available sources) in real time and the image quality was markedly improved.

Ho ho ho! Brian here. Hello everyone! Enjoy the EVA!

Simon, what a fantastic piece of work apollo 12 the second moonwalk is. great job to your collaborators, the amount of work that you put in this project is very noticeable, and very much appreciated. Yes, I did see the Easter egg at the end of the video, and I love the beginning of it as well. What a neat idea to show all the elements of the video in the opening and then have a sly back to the moon where the guys were ready to start their moonwalk. Another fantastic piece of work. I am so glad that this video exists for people to be able to see the second moonwalk as it has never been seen before. I was with you on the live stream for a few minutes then I got the opportunity to watch the video on a big screen TV, that was great. If I am not mistaken this leaves only the lift off and dacking left in the mission, once that is done the mission of Apollo 12 should be complete? As always I am looking forward to whatever is next. Especially the continuation of Apollo 9, and Skylab. Have you given any thought to Apollo 15, 16, 14. I think those three missions should be tackled with the same expertise that you have used in all of your previous work, just thought. As I have said many times before whatever you do will be great I'm sure. Thanks for all that you do, and congratulations again on the Apollo 12 masterpiece. Best wishes Jim

If there were awards for this kind of thing you would certainly get one. What a show!!

This is amazing, such hard work went into it Im sure and thank you very much

It was the EVA that occured during the overnight hours. I remember watching the part during their rendezvous with Surveyor 3, their in spection of it and then the end of the EVA. It was some night!

Impressive job LM5 👍👏

Lunar Module you are my second favourite person in the world right after Pete Conrad!

Thank you for this detailed video 🙏

Thank YOU!

We have the complete moonwalk. . . . Roger!

Gracias por este magnífico documento sobre esta gran misión. Saludos desde España

At this point we only have part 20 to go - liftoff,rendezvous,docking,jettison,and LM impact.

Looking forward to this 😉

Thank U dude 😎

Simon: cue applause! You seem determined to out due yourself with every upload from Apollo, and you and Brian are deserving of a "standing O" for this latest offering. As an Old Space Program Geek, I distinctly remember the disappointment I experienced when Al Bean inadvertently pointed the surface tv camera at the sun while setting it on the tripod, rendering it unusable for the duration of the EVA. I'm certain that the Conrad and Bean AND Gordon families are happy & proud of this historical record documenting the mission their astronaut heroes. Knowing that there are Apollo missions yet to be completed in your endeavours, I look forward with happy anticipation of your next installment (mind you, I'm not PUSHING...NO PRESSURE). Thank you again!

Great News!

3:49:03, I’m guessing Al’s “Forget it” commemt was about the camera timer they couldnt find to take the ultimate “gotcha” picture of the two of them in front of Suveyor. If only they could have found it…..

Brilliant, thankyou. just an awesome time in human history.

I would rather not sign-up to Patreon, but would like to make a donation to thank you for all your hard work. Is there an alternative way? Thank you.

Alan and pete are the dream team, sorry neil🫡

Hey do you know if there is a Project that tries to recreate a 3D environment from videos and pictures of the moon for some areas of Apollo missions? If we have enough Information this could work for almost all missions. And for other missions where there are enough photos and videos of the same place, normal Gaussian splatting algorithms also could do the job.

Roger… copy !