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Apollo 12's Near-Disaster Launch Changed Moon Science Forever

Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the ...
The Weather Channel on MSN

On Today's Date: An Apollo Mission Was Struck Twice By Lightning

Just months after man first landed on the moon, the next Apollo mission had a scare from Mother Nature. Here's what happened ...
CNN

From doughnuts to liftoff, Apollo 11 launch was blast

It was the start of a big day: the launch of a Saturn V rocket, lifting man from the face of the Earth to the face of the moon. King, the chief of public information at Kennedy Space Center, would ...
The Maui News

Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to ...
Gizmodo

First Lunar Crew Since Apollo Could Launch in 4 Months. Seriously?

Agency officials are eyeing a February 5 launch for the mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon, but can they actually stick to this aggressive timeline? Reading time 3 minutes The ...

Apollo's bold, unruly and controversial successor

A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat — and has experts ...
ABC7

Moon Landing 50: NASA takes a look back at Apollo 11's launch day

HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing this Saturday, and they're taking a look back at that historic day in 1969. NASA's history office shared some very ...