Originally Posted by Excargodog

The Apollo 1 crew was less than a success. Apollo 8 was originally supposed to be a test of the LM in Earth orbit, but delays in testing of the LM precluded that, but it was politically decided to launch it into a lunar orbit to beat the Russians in doing so. Apollo 12 was hit by lightning after takeoff, ruining their telemetry until they coukd figure out the problem and switch to an aux system. On the same mission Alan Bean accidentally pointed the TV camera directly at the Sun, frying its circuitry and limiting the lunar videos taken - perhaps one reason that few remember Apollo 12.