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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am Founder and Executive Chair of Humatics and a professor at MIT. “We’re smoking right down there…” cooed astronaut Pete Conrad ...

A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface ...

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 ...

On November 14, 1969, the Apollo 12 mission launched to the moon. This was the second moon landing of the Apollo program. The two astronauts on board were Pete Conrad and Alan Bean. Richard Gordon ...

Timothy Swindle receives funding from NASA. When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, it was a giant leap for mankind and a huge success for American engineering, but there was one aspect of the mission that ...

The world had watched, spellbound, as Apollo 11 made mankind’s first landing on the moon in July 1969. Fewer people paid attention when NASA sent its second mission to the moon four months later: ...

Pete Conrad can be heard singing to himself while bouncing around on the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Apollo 11 may have ...

On November 19th, the Apollo 12 astronauts, Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, became, respectively, the third and the fourth men to ever walk on the Moon’s surface. Their incredible achievement came just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. This is an exciting week for space travel and kudos goes to ...