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On Today's Date: Apollo 12 Struck By Lightning – Twice
A s the crew was reacting to this ... we had everything in the world drop out," Conrad said after the second strike. Apollo 12 lost its bearing in regard to its position in space.
Time7y
Unseen Apollo
The public saw only the pretty pictures shot through clear windows, but here the Apollo 12 crew took a shot to show NASA the challenges they faced. The cockpit of the LEM was supposed to be a ...
PBS7y
The Apollo Missions
Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been selected as the crew for Apollo 1 ... collected rocks from the Ocean of Storms on Apollo 12. Alan Shepard who had been the first American in ...
Hackaday8y
Apollo 12
Now you can take a rather thrilling ride to see Don’s code in action. Below is an annotated video of the Apollo 12 landing, in real-time. It’s worth setting aside a quarter-hour to check it out.
NASASpaceFlight.com1y
Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States entered the space station...
On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s first space station. Despite a troubled start to its life, Skylab pioneered long-duration spaceflight, and fifty ...