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On Today's Date: Apollo 12 Struck By Lightning – Twice
On Nov. 14, 1969, 55 years ago today, the Apollo 12 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on its second manned mission to the moon. After scattered showers and thunderstorms popped up the ...
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The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
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Apollo 12 Was The Lucky Number Among Apollo Disasters
However, Apollo 12 almost became a disaster which — after the ordeal with flight 13 — was largely forgotten. When all was said and done, Apollo 12 would result in a second manned moon landing ...