Station Lunar Module/ALSEP
The Apollo 12 astronauts conducted science operations during two separate Extravehicular Activities (EVA) that totaled 7 hr 46 min and covered approximately a 0.5 km radius around the Lunar Module. During the first EVA, which lasted about 4 hr, the crew collected a contingency sample, deployed the Apollo lunar surface experiments package (ALSEP), deployed the Solar Wind Composition Experiment, collected additional samples including two drive core samples, and performed still, stereoscopic, and panoramic photography. ALSEP instruments included the passive seismic, lunar surface magnetometer, solar wind spectrometer, suprathermal ion detector, lunar dust detector, and cold cathode gage experiments. During the second EVA the astronauts performed a short geologic traverse covering approximately 4300 ft over 3 hr 50 min. During the traverse documented samples, core-tube samples, trench site samples, and gas analysis samples were collected. The crew also visited the Surveyor 3 lander and retrieved lander parts and collected samples from the site. All activities were documented with photography. Unlike later missions, the geologic traverse was not divided into specific sampling sites. All science activities are listed under the single station named Lunar Module (LM)
PanoramaMap and sample locations