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Nov 3, 2023 · NASA. Apollo 13: The Successful Failure. On April 11, 1970, the powerful Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 13 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center propelling astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert on what was intended to be humanity’s third lunar landing.
Feb 20, 2010 · Apollo 13 astronauts Fred Haise, Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert waving as they emerge from the rescue helicopter after their ill-fated moon mission. President Nixon and the Apollo 13 crew...
Jul 8, 2009 · Apollo 13 was to be the third lunar landing attempt, but the mission was aborted after rupture of service module oxygen tank. Still, it was classified as a “successful failure” because of the experience gained in rescuing the crew. The mission’s spent upper stage successfully impacted the moon.
Apr 17, 2020 · Johnson Space Center. Apr 17, 2020. Article. The crew of Apollo 13, Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module Pilot (CMP) John L. “Jack” Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Fred W. Haise, still 175,000 miles from Earth, looked back at the Moon and realized that according to the normal flight plan, Lovell and Haise would have just landed ...
Many people came together to come up with a solution to ensure the safe return of the Apollo 13 astronauts. While the mission to land on the Moon was ultimately aborted, Lovell, Swigert, and Haise's return to Earth was considered a success. Learn more about how the Apollo 13 mission became a successful failure below.
Apr 8, 2020 · Alice George. Museums Correspondent. For most of second week of April in 1970, the whole world watched as the exhausted, underfed and dehydrated Apollo 13 astronauts fought for their lives...
Nov 3, 2023 · NASA. CNN — Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age...
