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Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Apollo 12 launched from Cape Kennedy on Nov. 14, 1969, into a cloudy, rain-swept sky. Launch controllers lost telemetry contact at 36 seconds, and again at 52 seconds, when the Saturn V launch vehicle was struck by lightning.
While the astronauts slept for about 12 hours, Apollo 12 passed from the Moon’s gravitational sphere of influence to the Earth’s and the spacecraft began to accelerate toward its final destination.
Apollo 12 splashed down in the South Pacific 375 miles east of Pago Pago, American Samoa, on Nov. 24, 1969,…
Apollo 12 was launched on November 14, 1969. Despite being struck by lightning twice during the first minute of flight, it went on to perform the second successful human landing on the Moon. Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module Intrepid in the Ocean of Storms, a mere 535 feet from the ...
The huge, 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket with the Apollo 12 space vehicle lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at 11:22 a.m. EST on Nov. 14, 1969, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida–into a cloudy, rain-swept sky.
The Apollo 12 crew launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 14 November 1969 into rainy skies. Lightning struck their Saturn V rocket twice during ascent, knocking out the crew’s altitude control indicators and switching power for the command and service module from fuel cells to batteries.
The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 12 (Spacecraft 108/Lunar Module 6/Saturn 507) space vehicle was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:22 a.m., November 14, 1969.
Apollo 12. Launched: 14 November 1969 UT 16:22:00 (11:22:00 a.m. EST) Landed on Moon: 19 November 1969 UT 06:54:35 (01:54:35 a.m. EST) Landing Site: Oceanus Procellarum - Ocean of Storms (3.01 S, 23.42 W) Returned to Earth: 24 November 1969 UT 20:58:24 (03:58:24 p.m. EST)
At 11:22 a.m. EST on November 14, 1969, Apollo 12 and its cargo of three humans set off into a stormy sky. The Saturn V rocket delivered 7.5 million pounds (3.4 million kg) of thrust. NASA...