{CaptionsBy} Sherikon Space Systems {LastEditor} KSC Archive to NIX conversion program {ScannedBy} Bionetics Photo Lab {acquireddate} 14-Nov-1969 {author} National Aeronautics and Space Administration {date} 14-Nov-1969 {description} Personnel within Firing Room 2 of the Launch Control Center following the early moments of the Apollo 12 launch on the overhead data display boards. When this view was taken - at two minutes and fifty-four second into the flight, the vehicle's second stage engines ignited, carrying the Apollo 12 spacecraft to an altitude of more than 229,000 feet and more than 50 miles downrange. The astronauts were launched at 11:22 a.m. EST November 14, 1969, on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's second lunar landing mission. {highres} 2304 x 1536 {highsize} 924383 {hightype} JPEG {keywords} LCC,FIRING ROOM 2,APOLLO 12 FLIGHT,LAUNCHES {lowres} 320 x 213 {lowsize} 94652 {lowtype} GIF {mediumres} 1024 x 683 {mediumsize} 176389 {mediumtype} JPEG {number} KSC-69P-0856 {orientation} horizontal {othernumbers} P-06918,ARCHIVE-03834 {place} LCC {slideres} 172 x 148 {slidesize} 36670 {slidetype} GIF {tinyres} 100 x 67 {tinysize} 9294 {tinytype} GIF {title} APOLLO 12 PERSONNEL WITHIN FIRING ROOM 2 FOLLOWING LAUNCH {type} Image {view} interior {end}