Apollo 12 On-Board Animation

Apollo 12 was the second manned Moon landing attempt which launched on November 14, 1969. The launch was notable due to the vehicle getting struck by lightning twice during ascent, leading to the now famous "Try SCE to AUX" call from EECOM John Aaron.

As Pete Conrad would comment, they needed to "do a little more all-weather testing".

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[IbnBahtuta]

I had 3 heart attacks watching this, lol

[ryanrising]

They got hit by lightning, had enough warning lights on that the instrument panel looked like some kind of Christmas decoration, lost pretty much everything that would have let the crew know what was going on, and yet didn’t abort and went on to land on the Moon. I get the feeling such an event nowadays probably wouldn’t end the same way. Great animation, dude!

[funnydylan]

I’ve watched the footage from that day on YouTube.
They said that the lighting bolt went from the rocket went down the trail left behind by the engines and hit the tower twice.
I can’t imagine how that must have looked. It must have been terrifying to the astronauts. Truly amazing they kept their composures during it. I would be scared to death knowing that you lost almost all your important instruments to the rocket.
Respect to the astronauts of the apollo space program.

[christrek]

Professionals keeping their cool. That's why they were there! I would have pooped myself.

[casualobserver]

Those crews were certainly vetted properly and well trained. With major glitches & ‘hiccups’ occurring during just about every mission they remained extraordinarily calm. It’s really impressive.

[fepatton]

Love this view from in side the Command Module! Been wanting something like this since, ohhh, 1969? Thank you!

[dewayneblue]

That scenario would be stressful in a simulator, but those men were on top of a monstrous 363-foot tall, fully-fuelled Saturn V, generating 7.5 million pounds of thrust to propel them into space, as it was happening. Nerves of steel.

[halvor]

This is amazing. I totally forgot it was just a animation just a few seconds in. Feels like footage from the real thing

[Torchl]

holy shit this radio com and the animation is so intense really nice and gives a good feeling about the situation

[andrewfarrow]

SCE to Auto didn't actually fix a great deal of their many problems. It just fixed the telemetry to ground control which was unhelpful garbage data after the lightning strike. All the stuff that needed to be reset and restarted was done afterwards. Big balls to decide to press on to the moon. 🙂

[WasatchWind]

This is one of those things that is further proof the Moon landing isn't faked - who would spend the meticulous time making up and reciting so much jargon! 😄

Fantastic animation as always.

[jvfdvdfvxdfwxf]

Youtube should create a double like option for videos like this!

[michaeldrago]

Only Alan Bean knew where the SCE to AUX switch was

[GumballAstronaut]

Played KSP for well over 3, 200 hours, as soon as I saw the artificial horizon go crazy I was like “PANIC!!!!”

[SwampMonster]

What a great look into history, I couldn’t take my eyes off it, OUTSTANDING!

[donjones]

The secret video they didn't release back when I watched the launch live! 
And really - this is a lot cooler that just listening to some audio.

[donb]

Once everything was squared away, Pete Conrad made one of the funniest ad libs of the Apollo program: "I think we need to do some more foul weather training"

[johnhunt]

Wow! That was some major action that turn out great….some lightning hit!!
Let’s do Apollo 13 next. Y’all doing a great job on this.

[Dr.Pepper]

I watched that launch from Titusville. The day before the launch it was sunny, but not long before the launch some rain clouds moved in. Not long after liftoff the rocket moved into the clouds and we weren't able to see it as it moved on off into space. What a disappointment!

[kentonhutchison]

I remember this from when I was a child and me and my friends were all about anything the astronauts did. It was so amazing, going to the Moon.
It is all we ever spoke of and dreamt about. Unfortunately, none of us became astronauts.