On Nov. 14, 1969, Apollo 12 blasted off on the second planned moon landing mission. Following the smashing success of the first manned moon landing roughly four months earlier, Apollo 12 was to ...

Visitors flocking to the Space Coast to celebrate one of humankind's most remarkable achievements can experience several events at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to commemorate the 50th ...

On November 14, 1969, just four months after Apollo 11’s “giant leap for mankind,” the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket took off for the moon. Seconds later, a burst of static plunged the three-man crew into ...

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 ...

There was a lot we didn’t get to see when Apollo 12 blasted 50 years ago today on humans’ second trip to the moon’s surface. First was the liftoff. When astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan ...

The Florida summer sun shone down on Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins as media and VIPs gathered for an event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – We weren't all lucky enough to witness the historic Apollo 11 launch in 1969 but in honor of the 50th anniversary, the Kennedy Space Center held an event designed to make you ...

Just four months after Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, Apollo 12 took three more astronauts to the lunar surface. Apollo 12 launched on Nov. 14, 1969 - 50 years ago – from ...

The “Rocket City” of Huntsville, Ala., is going all out to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon shot made 50 years ago atop a Saturn V rocket developed in the city. Many but not all of the major events are ...

Walter Cronkite held a tiny model of the Apollo 8 spacecraft and strode across a darkened studio where two dangling spheres represented Earth and the moon. This was the CBS Evening News, Dec. 20, 1968 ...