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In 1969, Apollo 12 began broadcasting from the moon, but Alan Bean accidentally aimed its camera at the sun and killed the live TV feed

The mishap still stands out in NASA's history. In November 1969, during his walk on the Moon, astronaut Alan Bean took an almost brand-new color television camera. Still, as he set it up, he pointed ...
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In 1969, an astronaut pointed Apollo 12’s camera at the sun and accidentally killed the live moon broadcast

Imagine finally getting a colour television camera onto the Moon, knowing millions of people back on Earth were waiting to see the astronauts at work - and then accidentally pointing it straight at ...

NASA left a camera on the moon for 31 months; when Apollo 12 brought it home, scientists found bacteria that appeared to be alive

After 31 months on the moon, a bacterium discovered on the Surveyor III camera is believed to be a case of contamination. A thorough re-evaluation of the lab tests from 1970 revealed procedural flaws, ...