they were aided by dick gordon orbiting in yankee clipper. >> i have intrepid. i have intrepid. >> well done, clipper. >> we are on the crater, the surveyor crater diameter to the northwest. >> roger. >> dick gordon using the 28 power sexton for these sightings. >> i see surveyor. i see surveyor. >> roger, clipper. good eyeball. well done. >> a major goal of apollo 12 had been accomplished because before man can be engaged in meaningful lunar exploration they must be able to pick a precise site and get there. but now it was time to exit the intrepid and begin the exploration and experiments. conrad climbed out first. >> approach. hey, i will tell you what we're right next to. >> yeah. >> we are about 25 feet in front of the surveyor. >> that's good. that's where we wanted to be. >> i bet you when i get down to the bottom of the ladder i can see the surveyor. >> okay. >> that may have been a small one for neil, but that's a long one for me. >> you will never believe it. guess what i see sitting on the side of the crater? the old surveyor, yes, sir. does that look

all eyes are on you know. >> as nick gordon circled the moon, dick comrade and alpine rested for the next expedition. their total time on the lunar surface had been just under four hours. 12 and a half hours later, they went out again. >> whoops, -- . okay, houston. >> roger. >> copy, pete. >> before they began their biological extradition to surrounding craters and to surveyor the the, they worked around the lunar module, getting the fuels and continues they would meet. >> -- roger, we copy that. >> i wonder what happened since yesterday. i think everybody learns -- . >> it has been readied the equipment, comrade went out to the alsep station to check an instrument about which unearth based scientist had shown some concern. >> i look out to the alsep and check the side. -- >> houston, pete's on his way to the. >> after karen right egg checked the alsep experiments, they began the geological traverse, during which they would cover about a mile and take samples from six craters. >> you get a big surprise when you look into this crater. it's a lot deeper than it looks. >> there you go.