When undertaking human spaceflight, safety is the most important issue, which is why you generally want to avoid getting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice within a minute after launch, but the manned mission continued – to the moon, no less.

On November 14, 1969, three astronauts were aboard a 363-foot Saturn V SA-507 rocket with rain pelting the launch tower when suddenly the sky spoke up, not once, but twice. Just thirty-six seconds ...

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 ...

During Apollo 12s lunar mission, an incident occurred shortly after the astronauts landed on the Moon. Alan Bean unintentionally aimed the television camera at the Sun, resulting in irreversible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice within a minute after launch, but the manned mission continued — to the moon, no less.