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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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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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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 ...
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The Apollo Missions
Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Alan Bean collected rocks from the Ocean of Storms on Apollo 12. Alan Shepard who had been the first American in space, commanded Apollo 14 and landed with Ed Mitchell ...