14. Eager to meet its departure window, NASA decided to launch Apollo 12 anyway. Apollo 12 launch Sure enough, the ionized exhaust plume turned the Saturn V rocket into an enormous lighting rod.

NASA has marked the 55th anniversary of Apollo 12 - world's second manned mission to the Moon. Astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., Alan Bean and Richard Gordon Jr. blasted off to the Moon on ...

On November 14, 1969, the Apollo 12 mission launched to the moon. This was the second moon landing of the Apollo program. The two astronauts on board were Pete Conrad and Alan Bean. Richard Gordon ...