Saturn V liftoff (Apollo 12) 1969 & Atlas-Centaur explosion 1962 [ Koyaanisqatsi ]

Koyaanisqatsi: Finale The rocket sequence is actually two different rockets. The rocket leaving the launch pad is the Saturn V carrying Apollo 12 to the moon in 1969. The 1962 Atlas-Centaur explosion was an unmanned test failure but Scott Carpenter launched on Mercury-Atlas 7 just 16 days later! At the time Koyaanisqatsi was made there had never been astronauts killed by a spacecraft exploding, so editing a successful manned launch to look like a failure is interesting. _____________ Rocket: Saturn V SA-507 (Project Apollo 12) Spacecraft: Apollo CSM-108, Apollo LM-6 Launch date: November 14, 1969 Landing date: November 24, 1969 Mission Successfully Completed Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon (an H type mission). It was launched on November 14, 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander Charles “Pete“ Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan