That Time Apollo 12 Got Struck by Lightning, Twice

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @darkcx3995
    @darkcx3995 2 года назад +103

    If I had a nickel for everytime Apollo 12 was struck by a lightning I would have two nickels, which isn't much, but it's weird that it happened twice

    • @Nighthawke70
      @Nighthawke70 Год назад +1

      Well, if your nickle got hit hard enough, it'd de-laminate and you would get two more nickles.

    • @kevinmcgovern5110
      @kevinmcgovern5110 11 месяцев назад +1

      But if you had two nickels every time posted a new retelling of the incident on the Internet…😊

  • @foxmccloud7055
    @foxmccloud7055 2 года назад +75

    I can't imagine what would have happened to STS-51i/Discovery if it had been struck by lightning. Note that STS-51I was launched in the middle of a rainstorm and John Young was livid over that reckless decision to launch through that.

    • @charleyzimmer2505
      @charleyzimmer2505 2 года назад +3

      Can't imagine how he felt about Challenger.

    • @lorrydavs3361
      @lorrydavs3361 2 года назад +4

      @@charleyzimmer2505 one of the reasons why he left his position as chief of the astronaut corps is because he heavily criticised management after 51-L.

  • @gicedrat514
    @gicedrat514 2 года назад +24

    I was at that lift off. Was only 12 years old. Something I will never forget. My father was on the team of engineers that developed the Fuel Cells for the Apollo missions and later the space shuttle. That era in space travel can never be forgotten. Thanks for your video.🙂

    • @weirdman1670
      @weirdman1670 Год назад

      Lies

    • @gicedrat514
      @gicedrat514 Год назад +8

      @@weirdman1670 I was there and have pictures and documentation to prove it. As well as proof that my father was an engineer on the Fuel Cell program from the late 70's to the mid 80's. No reason to lie about something I was around for.

  • @KBowWow75
    @KBowWow75 2 года назад +54

    If I remember correctly, I think the guy who said SCE to Aux pulled that from out of his memory when everyone was scrambling. I think he said he didn't know where that came from.

    • @SorinSilaghi
      @SorinSilaghi 2 года назад +19

      I've read a book about the Apollo program and it said the guy saw a similar problem during a test and that's how they fixed it. Basically they lost all telemetry and only got a bunch of static.

    • @eugenioarpayoglou
      @eugenioarpayoglou 2 года назад +6

      Yep, he sure didn't Google it.

    • @generalyellor8188
      @generalyellor8188 2 года назад +5

      @@SorinSilaghi Gene Kranz' "Failure is Not an Option" is, as I recall, just one of the books this is mentioned.

    • @1959Edsel
      @1959Edsel 2 года назад +4

      John Aaron was a steely-eyed missile man for sure.

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 2 года назад +13

      John Aaron recalled seeing a similar pattern that occured on a Saturn IB launch (either on one of the two unmanned Apollo-20x missions that came before the Apollo-204/Apollo 1 fire, or the Apollo 5 test flight that had the legless, windowless LM-1 undergo testing in Low Earth Orbit), and as the issue only affected the spacecraft and not the launch vehicle (given the Saturn IB used a variation of the S-IVB upper stage and Instrument Unit as that used on the Saturn V), and that the issue occured on the pad during a test preparation, Aaron was able to determine that by flipping the SCE switch to the "AUX" position, that telemetry and instrumentation can be restored. Thus when Apollo 12 got struck (twice) by lightning, Aaron saw a similar pattern and told Launch Flight Director Gerry Griffin to relay the "SCE to AUX" command to the CAPCOM (which even Griffin himself thought that Aaron lost his mind, but still passed on the order to the CAPCOM, and the command saved the mission).

  • @UncleManuel
    @UncleManuel 2 года назад +35

    Cool thing to include the original comms! Yes, that lightning caused some severe electrical issuses but navigation & control was not harmed. That "switch SCE to AUX" is a snippet into what was going on at mission control and all that training before. It's the same thing with the Apollo 11 landing on the moon when suddenly that error code popped up - all where confused what the heck that means and then somebody remembers this exact code and its meaning from one session in the simulator. All these people behind the scenes made the Apollo program possible and came up with solutions to problems - best example is still Apollo 13. 😎👍

    • @1LEgGOdt
      @1LEgGOdt 7 месяцев назад

      Apollo XIII will always be considered within the pages of Space Exploration as the “Successful Failure” because the failure happened on the way to the Moon while Aquarius was still attached to Odyssey.

  • @winstonsmith478
    @winstonsmith478 2 года назад +23

    000:01:36 Carr: Apollo 12, Houston. Try SCE to Auxiliary. Over.
    000:01:39 Conrad: Try FCE to Auxiliary.
    000:01:41 Conrad (onboard): What the hell is that?
    000:01:42 Gordon (onboard): Fuel cell...
    000:01:43 Carr: SCE, SCE to auxiliary. [Long pause.]
    000:01:45 Conrad (onboard): Try the buses. Get the buses back on the line.
    000:01:48 Bean (onboard): It looks - everything looks good.
    000:01:50 Conrad (onboard): SCE to Aux.
    SCE = Signal Conditioning Equipment

  • @christopherwilliams4265
    @christopherwilliams4265 Год назад +4

    That must have been one of the most heart stopping moments both Apollo 12 and mission control could have experienced, not to have the launch vehicle struck once but twice by lightning, lucky that John Aaron who was stationed at his console remembered in a simulation a year before where he saw garbled telemetry feed indicating low voltage within the command module spacecraft, and to Alan Bean Lunar Module Pilot who knew which switch to select thus saving the mission from being aborted, fantastic graphics to give the viewer a detailed look at what happened on that stormy day in November 1969

  • @illustriouschin
    @illustriouschin 2 года назад +19

    This is one of my favorite videos of yours and some great history that I wasn't aware of.

  • @danielle_pine9676
    @danielle_pine9676 2 года назад +32

    crazy to think this actually happened. god that must of been scary as hell. Didn't apollo 11 have a static electrical discharge too on their way up

    • @FoxBoi69
      @FoxBoi69 2 года назад

      must of been?
      excuse me, what

    • @danielle_pine9676
      @danielle_pine9676 2 года назад +2

      @@FoxBoi69 Not that kind of discharge. And not that kind of up. Lol

    • @FoxBoi69
      @FoxBoi69 2 года назад +2

      @@danielle_pine9676 i have no clue waht you wanna say xD

  • @therichieboy
    @therichieboy 2 года назад +13

    SCE to AUX>CTRL+ALT+DEL

    • @williswild4586
      @williswild4586 2 года назад +1

      Agree

    • @markloy9651
      @markloy9651 2 года назад

      It was more like trying a different Ethernet card when you lost connectivity on the first.

  • @pewterhacker
    @pewterhacker 2 года назад +6

    I think this is my favorite RUclips channel. I always get a little surge of adrenaline when I see a new video posted!

  • @mcblaze1968
    @mcblaze1968 6 месяцев назад +2

    I recommend the 2019 Apollo 11 documentary to this channel. It's a compilation of HD 70mm footage. Excellent.

  • @BashkirAstronaut
    @BashkirAstronaut 2 года назад +13

    When watching this video, I remembered the episode about Apollo 12 from the series "From the Earth to the Moon"
    Best series about Apollo program

  • @markloy9651
    @markloy9651 2 года назад +3

    SCE to Aux was called by EECOM controller John Aaron who became a legend because of it. Steely eyed missle man.

  • @iliketrains0pwned
    @iliketrains0pwned 2 года назад +8

    Just think, they almost had to abort the launch midflight if that flight controller didn't come in clutch with the fix

  • @SorinSilaghi
    @SorinSilaghi 2 года назад +15

    Flying on a giant bomb and suddenly power goes out and all you're left with is a couple of bad readings. Is it going to explode? Should you abort? Took a lot of courage to do what those guys did.

    • @ziggystardust4627
      @ziggystardust4627 2 года назад +5

      The good thing was that, while the Apollo CSM went pretty haywire, the Saturn V IU was not particularly affected. That gave them time to sort out the issues and "reboot" the CSM.

  • @jamestrexler6329
    @jamestrexler6329 2 года назад +9

    CAPCOM: "Try SCE to AUX"
    Al Bean: "I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!"

  • @anthonyhunt701
    @anthonyhunt701 8 месяцев назад +1

    Haze, should have had Pete laughing into orbit lol🚀

  • @kevinmcgovern5110
    @kevinmcgovern5110 11 месяцев назад +1

    That is some mighty fine rendering and sound! You got one more new subscriber!
    So Musk discussed a vision for a Starship/Booster 2.0 which would have twice length and diameter as the current model, so they could haul bulldozers and such to Mars. Currently, the idea is to run 100 Raptor 3s to lift the thing but my guess is they’ll design an F-1 engine that can run 400+ bar chamber pressures to keep that engine count more reasonable.
    How about a Super Duper Ultra Heavy Starship Max with, say, 5-7 such booster strapped together so as to lift a small city to Mars, or at least just look amazing fantastic?

  • @1959Edsel
    @1959Edsel 2 года назад +9

    Is the near-failure of Apollo 6 something you can render? I'm not sure how well pogo oscillation could be shown, but that flight had a severe case of it during the first stage burn.

    • @ziggystardust4627
      @ziggystardust4627 2 года назад +2

      YES!!!!! I want to see a Saturn stack pointed at weird angles!

    • @davisdf3064
      @davisdf3064 2 года назад +2

      @@ziggystardust4627
      Literally me playing KSP

  • @Nighthawke70
    @Nighthawke70 2 года назад +7

    This is what you get when you have the worlds largest (an tallest) lightning rod, low-hanging clouds charged up, just waiting for something like the Saturn V to come along. Afterwards the agency decided to take Mother Nature seriously, putting millions into lightning research and alleviation.
    This was an age when men was men, and you had steely-eyed missilemen manning the consoles.

    • @voltheigan8001
      @voltheigan8001 Год назад

      When men was dumb*

    • @Nighthawke70
      @Nighthawke70 Год назад

      @@voltheigan8001 As compared to who? We built on the expriences the space program of the late 20th century to get to where we are at now. So if you say they were dumb, I beg to differ. Just ask Margaret Hamilton, lead programmer at MIT who built the software the AGC and LEM guidance computers.

  • @brygos7436
    @brygos7436 2 года назад +6

    You're work with the lighting in the clouds is fantastic

  • @maxwellquebec8675
    @maxwellquebec8675 2 года назад +3

    And then they went and landed on the moon.
    Apollo is mind-blowing.

  • @JamesWjRose
    @JamesWjRose 2 года назад +12

    Is this CGI or actual footage? The clarity is something I haven't seen before from shots like this. Thanks for sharing

    • @grandicellichannel
      @grandicellichannel 2 года назад +14

      Pure Hazegrayart CGI.

    • @JamesWjRose
      @JamesWjRose 2 года назад +4

      @@grandicellichannel Ah, thanks for the clarification. Still, very well done

    • @S....
      @S.... 2 года назад +6

      So your actual problem with this being believably realistic is that it looked too good? ;)

    • @ШанГаспаров
      @ШанГаспаров 2 года назад

      The technology

    • @datathunderstorm
      @datathunderstorm 2 года назад

      It’s literally like being there and observing the real launch; including the synchronised dialogue is a master stroke and probably the best documentary clip you can get for the Apollo 12 launch - I was totally unaware this lightning strike incident even happened 😳. You know the CGI is good when you have great difficulty distinguishing it from real footage. Hazegrayart = pure genius….!!!

  • @MrHichammohsen1
    @MrHichammohsen1 2 года назад +5

    That was just pure amazingness! Thank you for this.

  • @peterloohunt
    @peterloohunt 2 года назад +4

    Your videos continue to amaze and delight!

  • @discflame
    @discflame 2 года назад +4

    "I think we need to do more all-weather testing"
    Heh

  • @DejaVuDejaVuDejaVu
    @DejaVuDejaVuDejaVu Год назад

    All the people behind Saturn and Apollo missions are forever Heroes. Backup on anything, wow.

  • @Obed90
    @Obed90 2 года назад +6

    Ariane rocket family please

  • @TheMemeDynamics
    @TheMemeDynamics 2 года назад +1

    '"Flight, try SCE to AUX."

  • @Thect
    @Thect 2 года назад +6

    1:55 SCE to AUX

  • @ajdwyer1600
    @ajdwyer1600 Год назад +3

    So many smart people working together and yet they were all dumb enough to launch on a night with dangerous weather conditions and not delay the mission.

  • @cskandrsgyrgy
    @cskandrsgyrgy 2 года назад +4

    Set SCE to AUX!

  • @paulhaynes8045
    @paulhaynes8045 2 года назад +1

    Really good - quite forgot I was watching a recreation!

  • @grandicellichannel
    @grandicellichannel 2 года назад +4

    Saturn V-irgin: Striked by lightnings.
    CHAD N1-L3: *Strikes itself.*

  • @andresinalbis6651
    @andresinalbis6651 4 месяца назад

    John Aaron ...GENIUS !!

  • @RReese08
    @RReese08 2 года назад +4

    Video a little dark for 11 in the morning. Otherwise, an excellent replay of one of the most dramatic incidents in America's Project Apollo moon program. It didn't get more dramatic than during those first few minutes after Apollo 12 lifted off. Oh wait...

    • @G0K3001
      @G0K3001 2 года назад

      .......May have used night footage from Apollo 17 to enhance the CGI.....

  • @geomodelrailroader
    @geomodelrailroader 2 года назад

    After Apollo 12 NASA implemented the 60/40 Rule if says if there is a 60% of lightning and 40% chance of weather violations you don't launch the rocket lightning is dangerous.

  • @kspencerian
    @kspencerian 2 года назад +3

    Apollo 12 was nowhere near a thunderstorm. The lightning came from a similar effect you get with rubbing something and generating static electricity. In short, the rocket created its own lightning as it rubbed through the atmosphere. That's why most rocket launches today might scrub because of electrical charge between the earth and sky are not acceptable, even if there are only clouds.

  • @GUBBS5
    @GUBBS5 2 года назад

    Nice editing bro

  • @bravoalpha101st
    @bravoalpha101st 2 года назад +3

    11:22am, and its dark wtf

    • @rocketcello5354
      @rocketcello5354 2 года назад +1

      Stormy conditions, minus rain and wind

    • @IvorMektin1701
      @IvorMektin1701 2 года назад

      They were above the clouds pretty quickly too😉

  • @ElectronicsPeddler
    @ElectronicsPeddler 10 месяцев назад

    John Aaron: Steely Eyed Missile Man

  • @goldgamercommenting2990
    @goldgamercommenting2990 17 дней назад

    It’s amazing the mission succeeded

  •  2 года назад

    can you imagine you watch this as stream right now?

  • @gustavojorge4940
    @gustavojorge4940 29 дней назад

    Es increible la excelente calidad de esta imagen del año 1969, mucho mejor que algunas de hoy en día !!! Felicitaciones a quienes la hayan restaurado !!!

  • @joacogonzalez1430
    @joacogonzalez1430 2 года назад

    I would like to see the Apollo 12 EVA 2 video

  • @UlmDoesAnything
    @UlmDoesAnything 2 года назад

    Haze be having fun with lightning effects

  • @fleonard4
    @fleonard4 Год назад

    Artemus doesn't have a chance. LOL. It seems like we have better video back then too. Even in bad weather.

  • @foxmccloud7055
    @foxmccloud7055 2 года назад +2

    How many of you guys want to see Haz do the CGI of STS-51i/Discovery?

  • @jonasgabrielsilva2996
    @jonasgabrielsilva2996 4 месяца назад

    Zeus be like: i hate human fireworcks!!!

  • @jonasgabrielsilva2996
    @jonasgabrielsilva2996 4 месяца назад

    Random greeck women:"And there along came Zeus. He holds his thunderbolt!!!"
    Apollo 12: Got some xtra energy

  • @Оголубяхинетолько
    @Оголубяхинетолько 2 года назад

    Nice rocket launch!

  • @JacksonTyler
    @JacksonTyler 2 года назад

    Another goldie!

  • @BanthaPooDoo64
    @BanthaPooDoo64 2 месяца назад

    They literally were riding the LIGHTNING BOLT

  • @paulhaynes8045
    @paulhaynes8045 2 года назад

    One minor niggle though - the Saturn FIVE only appears to have four engines!

    • @blueberry1c2
      @blueberry1c2 2 года назад +5

      the centre engine was shut down midway through the first stage burn to reduce thrust loads as the stage emptied. this was standard on all flights as far as i know

  • @takwaiwong8507
    @takwaiwong8507 2 года назад

    Make Project Daedalus please.

  • @redoberon
    @redoberon 2 года назад +1

    lucky they had some steely eyed missile men in houston

  • @robinmccullars4971
    @robinmccullars4971 2 года назад

    Thank you for this!

  • @fretsward2225
    @fretsward2225 2 года назад

    Nice CG...

  • @python5827
    @python5827 2 года назад

    Velocity 10000ft per sec!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

  • @spacewatcher-_-3717
    @spacewatcher-_-3717 8 месяцев назад +1

    WOW

  • @h4ck3d
    @h4ck3d 2 года назад

    Apollo 12 was not a night launch

  • @ПолётШмеля-ь7ъ
    @ПолётШмеля-ь7ъ 2 года назад

    мОЩНЫЕ ВИДЕОКАРТЫ! КРАСИВАЯ КАРТИНКА!

  • @MRWIRUPONGSUKARUJI
    @MRWIRUPONGSUKARUJI Год назад +1

    เก่งมากครับไม่น่าเชื่อ

  • @python5827
    @python5827 2 года назад

    Anyone explain why voice sound is soooo bad in every rocket lunch video like some cough suffering robot speaking??? 🤔

  • @mydogbrian4814
    @mydogbrian4814 2 года назад

    - Hickory, Dickery,, Dock. Two mice ran up the clock. The clock struck 1:00.
    And the other ran away with minor injuries. 🍸 °° "Hic!" °°

  • @GUBBS5
    @GUBBS5 2 года назад

    💯%💯 edit Amazing

  • @falconheavy809
    @falconheavy809 2 года назад

    Just that one time

  • @giorgospapoutsakis5271
    @giorgospapoutsakis5271 2 года назад

    I learned about that some time ago

  • @erridkforname
    @erridkforname 2 года назад +1

    Yay 13 seconds early to marsterpieces :)

  • @user-rc2sh5fs5o
    @user-rc2sh5fs5o 2 года назад +1

    hi 👋

  • @BBCHABO689
    @BBCHABO689 2 года назад

    Amen

  • @miguelangelherrerocampo2192
    @miguelangelherrerocampo2192 2 года назад

    Impresionante....

  • @pattefolle2435
    @pattefolle2435 2 года назад

    That's neat,

  • @emmanuelgarcia2870
    @emmanuelgarcia2870 2 года назад

    👍

  • @internetisinteresting7720
    @internetisinteresting7720 2 года назад

    For someone wondering this is actual CGI, nice CGI. Ask to Russian Soyuz, they have suffered lightning strike like 10 times, even the Proton-M but the craft doesn't even flickered

  • @Thanhphatnguyenho121
    @Thanhphatnguyenho121 2 года назад

    great video :D💯👊

  • @jwu9941
    @jwu9941 2 года назад +1

    This is not real. Btw this video is well done! Keep up the good work!

  • @hominidaetheodosia
    @hominidaetheodosia 2 года назад

    Nice bit of CGI still not quite there because you know stuff shot in the 60’s would look old but pretty impressive nonetheless..
    Should fool almost everyone on TikTok

  • @laminat0996
    @laminat0996 2 года назад

    Where separation motors 😠

  • @de10Larry
    @de10Larry 2 года назад

    good CGI

  • @nukingmaster6454
    @nukingmaster6454 2 года назад

    yay im extremely early

  • @mohamedsamir1190
    @mohamedsamir1190 2 года назад

    Fear God !

  • @dogofthehand
    @dogofthehand 2 года назад

    To much CGI

  • @martindingle7293
    @martindingle7293 2 года назад

    Fake. it's computer generated !

    • @PowerSerge
      @PowerSerge 2 года назад

      Bruh it wasn’t fake

  • @accckiy
    @accckiy 2 года назад

    Отписка

  • @darell5130
    @darell5130 Год назад

    Lousy.

  • @darell5130
    @darell5130 Год назад

    Who Cares.

  • @martindingle7293
    @martindingle7293 2 года назад

    Fake

  • @falloutmanize
    @falloutmanize Год назад

    Just so much mythic power in this.......

  • @มดแดง-ฃ3ข
    @มดแดง-ฃ3ข 2 года назад

    คือเรื่องคนต่างชาตินี้ขอไม่ได้ครับ เขาเป็นคนเลือกจะไปอยู่กับใครเราก็แค่เป็นคนกลางตรวจสอบว่าทุกอย่างถูกต้องเหมาะสม

  • @Thanhphatnguyenho121
    @Thanhphatnguyenho121 2 года назад

    great video :D 💯👊

  • @martindingle7293
    @martindingle7293 2 года назад

    Fake