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, 56 years ago today, the Apollo 12 mission launched ...

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 ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

Former Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn't land there, has died, NASA said. He was 88. Richard "Dick" F. Gordon Jr. was a test pilot chosen in ...

APOLLO 12 Mission. One of the Apollo 12 crew members is photographed with the Apollo lunar hand tools and tool holder during an extravehicular activity (EVA) on the Moon's surface, November 1969 Later ...