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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 ...
When Apollo 13 launched on April 11th, 1970 it was intended to be the third Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Unfortunately, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks seriously damaged the spacecraft during flight and the crew were forced to fly by the Moon, using its gravity to send the spacecraft back to Earth without carrying out a lunar ...
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.
Apollo 13: Directed by Ron Howard. With Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise. NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Apr 6, 2020 · The crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970. Credits: NASA. Editor’s note: This release was updated on April 9 to accurately reflect the exchange between Lovell and mission control. As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission – which has become known as “a successful failure ...
Nov 30, 2022 · Last updated 2022-11-30. Apollo 13 is the third attempt by the United States to perform a manned landing on the Moon. The mission's destination, in the highlands near the crater Fra Mauro, reflects the Apollo programme's increasing emphasis on science. Two of the crew, Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, plan to bring their ...
May 3, 2023 · Astronauts Fred Haise (left), Jack Swigert and James Lovell pose with the Apollo 13 patch and spacecraft replicas the day before launch. When their spaceship was severely damaged 200,000 miles from Earth – 45 years ago this week, it was like a bad dream from which the Apollo 13 crew could not wake. Moments after they finished a TV broadcast ...
