SCE to AUX — The Call That Saved Apollo 12
SCE to AUX — The Call That Saved Apollo 12 “I can’t stand to be around anything that I don’t know how it works.” The Lightning Strike On November 14, 1969, Apollo 12 launched from Kennedy Space Center. Thirty-six seconds into flight, lightning struck the Saturn V rocket — twice. In Mission Control, every screen went haywire. Telemetry showed impossible readings. The spacecraft’s guidance platform tumbled. Fuel cells dropped offline. ...