In 1969, lightning struck Apollo 12 seconds after launch; John Aaron’s “SCE to AUX” call restored telemetry and helped save the Moon mission

Apollo 12 astronauts encountered a significant crisis when lightning struck their rocket, not once but twice. A neglected ...
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The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

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Apollo 12 astronauts returned from the moon so filthy that their pilot made them strip before entering his spacecraft; dust stayed under their nails for weeks

After Apollo 12’s two moonwalks in 1969, command-module pilot Richard Gordon initially refused to let crewmates Charles “Pete ...