Apollo 12 astronauts visit Taiwan, 1970

Apollo 12 astronauts visit Taiwan, 1970

Taipei, Taiwan, March 21, 1970

Apollo 12 astronauts (from left) Alan Bean, Charles "Pete" Conrad and Richard Gordon pose with Vice Admiral Yu Po-sheng, vice chief of the Taiwanese General Staff, during a visit to the Martyrs' Shrine on the 19th nation stop of the crew's 20-nation goodwill tour. The Apollo 12 moon mission got of to a scary start with a lightning strike at launch, but Conrad and Bean became the third and fourth men to walk on the lunar surface.

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