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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 ... lightning struck the Saturn V rocket, triggering a flurry of alarms which appeared to the three-man crew ...
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Deconstructing Apollo Flight Hardware
[Fran] has been researching the Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer – the computer that flew all the Apollo flights into orbit and onwards towards the moon – for a while now. Even though ...
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Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States entered the space station...
that had been built for the Saturn V. Skylab’s first crew was commanded by Gemini and Apollo 12 veteran Pete Conrad, who was joined by rookies Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz. Designated ...
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From launch to lunar landing: Photos show first journey to the moon 50 years ago
Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V rocket climbs into orbit.
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Omega Heads Back to the Dark Side of the Moon With This Stunning Watch
Omega's new Speedmaster, a tribute to Apollo 8's perilous journey to the ... Back on the front side, there’s a Saturn V rocket-shaped small-seconds hand at 9 o'clock which took some creative ...
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Apollo 11 lift-off
T minus 25 seconds…20 seconds and counting…T minus 15 seconds…guidance is internal…12, 11, 10, 9…ignition sequence starts…6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0…all engines running…lift-off, we have ...