Apollo 12 landed near Surveyor 3 on November 19, 1969, and brought about 10 kg of the probe home, including its TV camera. A widely told story says bacteria survived 2½ years on the Moon in it. Investigators say contamination probably happened after return to Earth. #Apollo12 #Surveyor3

Lightning struck Apollo 12's Saturn V 36.5 seconds after lift-off on November 14, 1969, knocking all three fuel cells offline and garbling telemetry. It struck again at 52 seconds. EECOM John Aaron called, "Try SCE to Aux." Alan Bean threw the switch. Telemetry returned.

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