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

During the Apollo 12 mission, astronaut Alan Bean mistakenly aimed the color television camera at the sun, leading to ...

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 ...

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 ...