Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice within a minute after launch, but the manned mission continued – to the moon, no less. On Nov. 14, 1969, 55 years ago today, the Apollo 12 mission launched ...

Still from an animation that simulates the last half-minute of a spacecraft's lunar descent before engine cutoff. The fluctuating radial patterns show the intensity of predicted shear stress, or ...

A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface ...

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

"NASA's moon program ; Apollo XII Conrad - Gordon - Bean"--Cover. Contents Planning and preparations. The challenge -- Conrad, Gordon and Bean -- Learning to fly in space -- The Apollo program -- How ...

Bean was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing, in 1969. Later in life, as a painter, he chronicled the people... Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The ...

Protected inside a glass case are some precious boots. Technically called astronaut "overshoes," they seem perfectly preserved, almost pristine. But a closer look reveals bits of gray lunar dust ...