Daily Facts about NASA

1969

The Apollo 12 mission to the Moon is successfully launched, becoming the sixth crewed mission in the Apollo program.

1969

An explosion takes place on the Apollo 12 mission to the moon, but astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan L. Bean overcome the incident to proceed with their journey.

1968

Apollo 8, carrying astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders, becomes the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.