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Red Sprite Lightning over the Czech Republic

By Overlook Horizon|2022-09-12T14:09:35-04:00September 12th, 2022|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: lightning, nasa, Photo, photo of the day, picture, Sprite|

Photo of the Day What are those red filaments in the sky? They are a rarely seen form of lightning confirmed only about 35 years ago: red sprites. Research has shown that following a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike, red sprites may start as 100-meter balls of ionized air that shoot down from about [...]

Apollo 12 Struck by Lightning – SCE to AUX
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Apollo 12 Struck by Lightning – SCE to AUX

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Apollo 12 Struck by Lightning – SCE to AUX

By Overlook Horizon|2020-10-20T09:00:06-04:00October 20th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: apollo, apollo 12, apollo 12 launch, apollo 12 lightning, apollo 12 lightning strike, apollo 12 mission, apollo 12 struck by lightning, apollo program, apollo rocket launch, apollo xii, john aaron, lightning, lightning strike, Live, mission control, moon, moon launch, nasa, nasa rocket, OLHZN, Overlook Horizon, rocket failure, rocket launch, rocket launch clouds, rocket launch lightning, rocket launch rain, saturn v, saturn v launch, saturn v rocket, saturn v rocket launch, sce to aux, sec to aux, struck|

Shortly after the launch of the Apollo 12 mission, lightning struck the Apollo Saturn V rocket causing major electrical malfunctions and panic amongst the astronauts and engineers, jeopardizing the mission. Fortunately, a steely eyed missile man named John Aaron was able to call out the famous SCE to AUX command allowing the on board astronauts [...]