 Welcome to All Hands, this is your weekly update on Navy history. November 19, 1969, Navy astronauts Commander Charles Conrad Jr. and Commander Alan L. Bean became the third and fourth men to walk on the Moon as part of the Apollo 12 mission. Apollo 12, the second manned mission telling on the Moon, was planned and executed as a precision landing. The astronauts landed the lunar module within walking distance of the Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which had landed on the Moon in April of 1967. The astronauts brought instruments from Surveyor 3 back to Earth to examine the effects of long-term exposure to the lunar environment. On November 22, 1961, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Robinson, flying an F-4H1 Phantom 2, sets a world speed record, averaging 1,606.3 miles per hour and two runs over the 15 to 25 kilometer course at Edwards Air Force Base, California. If you'd like to learn more about these facts and the Navy's history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.