Space Rocket History #257 – Apollo 12 – Return, Re-entry and Splashdown

Space Rocket History Archive by Michael Annis

Apr 27, 202437:45Science & Medicine

Ten days ago, their Saturn V rocket had blasted Bean and his crew mates out of earth’s gravitational pull. Now their home planet was pulling them back at more than 24,000 miles per hour, twelve times faster than a high-s...

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