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John Aaron

John Aaron Saved the Apollo 12 Mission. He was the Engineer in the Control Room of NASA that Prevented the Astronauts of Apollo 12 from Aborting the Mission Seconds After Launching.

Apollo 12 successfully launched onto the Moon on November 14, 1969. But it wasn’t without drama. That day, the weather in Cape Canaveral, Florida, was overcast with light rain and winds. However, at 11:22 AM. EST, the spacecraft carrying astronauts Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, and Alan Bean blasted off into the clouds in what appeared […]

John Aaron Saved the Apollo 12 Mission. He was the Engineer in the Control Room of NASA that Prevented the Astronauts of Apollo 12 from Aborting the Mission Seconds After Launching. Read More »

Apollo 15

After Al Worden Left NASA, He Moved to San Francisco and Became a Quasi-Hippie

Alfred Merrill Worden was an American test pilot, engineer, and NASA astronaut who piloted the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. He was one of only 24 people to visit the Moon, orbiting it 74 times in the Command Module Endeavour. But did you know what happened to Worden after he decided to leave NASA?

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