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Feb 20, 2010 · On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board were astronauts James Lovell, John “Jack” Swigert and Fred Haise. Their mission was to reach the Fra Mauro ...
Aug 10, 2023 · Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. Explore the 'successful failure' in our Apollo 13 guide.
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 17, 2020 · 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 their Lunar Module (LM ...
Apr 10, 2020 · 50 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Off to the Moon. John Uri. Johnson Space Center. Apr 10, 2020. Article. The countdown for Apollo 13, the planned third Moon landing mission aiming for a pinpoint touchdown in the Fra Mauro highlands, continued smoothly toward the April 11, 1970, liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A.
Apr 8, 2020 · Based on the rupture’s proximity to the command module’s heatshield, the three astronauts and their colleagues in Houston knew that Apollo 13’s fiery re-entry could destroy the spacecraft ...
Apr 16, 2020 · Las nuevas imágenes realzadas revelan en íntimo detalle cómo fue la vida a bordo de la malograda cápsula Apolo 13 tras el percance que casi deja a tres astronautas a la deriva en el espacio ...
