Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the second crewed landing on the Moon. The sixth crewed mission in the U.S. Apollo program, it was launched by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean walked on the Moon while Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon remained in orbit. Launched on a rainy day, Apollo 12 was twice struck by lightning; the outward journey otherwise saw few problems. On November 19, Conrad and Bean landed close to the Surveyor 3 probe. This meant NASA could plan future missions expecting a landing close to target. Conrad and Bean carried a group of nuclear-powered instruments, and the first color television camera taken by an Apollo mission to the surface, but the picture was lost after Bean accidentally pointed the camera at the Sun and its sensor burned out. They visited Surveyor 3 and removed parts for return to Earth. The Apollo 12 mission safely returned to Earth on November 24.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1836: The Toledo War, a mostly bloodless territorial dispute between Ohio and the Michigan Territory, was unofficially ended with a resolution passed by the controversial "Frostbitten Convention". <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War> 1913: Haruna, the fourth and last Japanese battlecruiser of the Kongō class, was launched and went on to serve in both world wars. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D-class_battlecruiser> 2008: During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. president George W. Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, yelling "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq". <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_shoe-throwing_incident> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: peevish: 1. Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whining. 2. Quick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant. 3. (Canada, Northern England, figurative) Of weather: blustery, windy; also, of wind: cold and strong; bitter, sharp. 4. (obsolete) 5. Coy, modest. 6. Foolish, silly. 7. Harmful, injurious; also, mischievous; or malicious, spiteful. 8. Impulsive and unpredictable; capricious, fickle. 9. Obstinately in the wrong; perverse, stubborn. 10. Out of one's mind; mad. 11. Of a thing: evoking a feeling of distaste, horror, etc. 12. (Northern England) Clever, skilful. 13. (obsolete) Synonym of peevishly (“in a peevish manner: whiningly; irritably, petulantly; etc.”) <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peevish> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free. --Zorba the Greek <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_%28film%29> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe write to: [email protected] Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
