One of the most colorful crews of the Apollo program, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean and Dick Gordon made up the crew of Apollo 12. This was the second mission to land on the moon only 4 months after Apollo ...

The overcast sky above Kennedy Space Center on November 14, 1969, seemed more of a nuisance than a threat. No clouds were going to stop NASA from launching Apollo 12 on the second manned mission to ...

Fifty-five years after Apollo 12 was struck by lightning on its way to the Moon, its blend of peril, humor, and hidden art still makes it one of NASA’s most fascinating missions. Apollo 12 was the ...

Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the science of precision exploration. When Apollo 12 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on ...