Launch of Apollo 12 Saturn V and lightning strike on rocket, original NBC TV
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Apollo 12 First Steps
Apollo 12 lunar module landed on the Moon. The landing site was chosen in the neighborhood of inactive American probe Surveyor 3. The crew took pictures of the probe, removed some parts from it and took them back on Earth. Scientists found bacterium Streptococcus mitis on it and claimed that it survived two years on the Moon. Their claim was however disputed.