Starlit Daily

1969

⚡ Apollo 12 launches and is hit by lightning

Seconds after liftoff, lightning struck the Saturn V rocket twice and knocked out the spacecraft's power. Quick thinking by the crew and flight controllers saved the mission, which went on to land on the Moon.

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