This marked the end of a daring 10-day mission that proved human beings could not only land on the Moon but could do so with incredible, pinpoint accuracy. ⚡ Lightning at Launch
The mission almost ended before it truly began. Ten days earlier, on November 14, as the massive Saturn V rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in a cold rain, it was . The strikes knocked out the spacecraft's electrical systems and scrambled the telemetry data streaming back to Mission Control.
A quick-thinking flight controller named John Aaron famously called out a command to "Switch SCE to Aux." Astronaut Alan Bean knew exactly where that obscure switch was, flipped it, and restored the power. The mission was saved. 📍 Precision on the Moon
This marked the end of a daring 10-day mission that proved human beings could not only land on the Moon but could do so with incredible, pinpoint accuracy. ⚡ Lightning at Launch
The mission almost ended before it truly began. Ten days earlier, on November 14, as the massive Saturn V rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in a cold rain, it was . The strikes knocked out the spacecraft's electrical systems and scrambled the telemetry data streaming back to Mission Control.
A quick-thinking flight controller named John Aaron famously called out a command to "Switch SCE to Aux." Astronaut Alan Bean knew exactly where that obscure switch was, flipped it, and restored the power. The mission was saved. 📍 Precision on the Moon