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Apr 17, 2020 · 50 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Crew Returns Safely to Earth. 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 ...
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Apr 14, 2016 · Only one would have returned the Apollo 13 crew alive (Credit: Nasa) “Residual oxygen in the cabin atmosphere and the suit EVA backpacks would have extended the life of the crew but without...
Apr 17, 2020 · Bottom line: On this day 50 years ago – April 17, 1970 – the ill-fated moon mission Apollo 13 returned safely to Earth with all three astronauts aboard. Read more: Apollo 13 Flight...
Jul 8, 2009 · One of the big questions was, “How to get back safely to Earth?” The LM navigation system wasn’t designed to help in this situation. Before the explosion at 30 hours, 40 minutes, Apollo 13 had made the normal midcourse correction, which would take it out of a free-return-to-Earth trajectory and put it on a lunar landing course.
Apr 15, 2020 · The Apollo 13 spacecraft as seen seen in a still image from an Analytical Graphics Inc. simulation on what could have happened if the spacecraft did not safely return to Earth in April...
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Apr 18, 2020 · By NASA Johnson Space Center April 18, 2020. 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 (281,600 kilometers) from Earth, looked back at the Moon and realized that according to the normal flight plan, Lovell and Haise ...
Apr 17, 2020 · The crew of Apollo 13 had made it back to Earth safely. In mission control, pandemonium erupted as the exhausted flight controllers — joined by astronauts, managers and VIPs — rejoiced in the successful conclusion of a very perilous mission.
