Apollo 12
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Primary objectives included:

1. Perform inspection, survey and sampling in lunar mare area
   
2. Deploy an Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP).
   
3. Develop techniques for a point landing capability
4. Develop capability to work in the lunar environment
5. Obtain photographs of candidate exploration sites

Secondary objective was to the retrieve portions of the Surveyor III spacecraft which had been exposed to the lunar environment since the unmanned spacecraft soft-landed on the inner slope of a crater on April 20, 1967.