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Apollo 12 Crew Training

Three men in a space capsule.
Image Credit: NASA
Published: November 7, 2017

Apollo 12 astronauts (left to right) Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean, Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, and Commander Pete Conrad relax during a flight rehearsal in the Apollo mission simulator.

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