When Apollo 12, NASA's second lunar landing mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center, the space vehicle was struck by lightning— twice. On Nov. 14, 1969, Apollo 12 prepared to bring three ...
Just months after man first landed on the moon, the next Apollo mission had a scare from Mother Nature. Here's what happened on a November day in Florida. Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice ...
37 seconds into the launch of Apollo 12 the astronauts saw a flash of white light and were jolted. The Saturn V rocket had been struck by lightning! In this science demonstration, middle school ...