Five days after their Nov. 14, 1969, launch amid stormy skies, Apollo 12's Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed on the Moon in Oceanus Procellarum (the Ocean of Storms). Part of Apollo 12's mission was to ...

Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the science of precision exploration. When Apollo 12 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on ...

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The Chang'e 5 mission employed Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR), a method similar to the Apollo missions, involving separate modules for lunar descent, ascent, and Earth return, achieving efficient fuel ...