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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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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 ...
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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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How many people have walked on the moon?
Only 12 astronauts have walked on the moon. Discover who they are, which Apollo missions took them there, and when humans will return to the lunar surface. When you purchase through links on our ...