Unlike the first landing on Apollo 11, Conrad and Bean achieved a precise landing at their expected location, the site of the Surveyor 3 unmanned probe, which had landed on April 20, 1967.
Ó contrario que a primeira chegada á Lúa no Apollo 11, Conrad e Bean acadaron unha aluaxe precisa no lugar esperado, o lugar da misión non tripulada Surveyor 3, que aluara o 20 de abril de 1967.