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Nov 3, 2023 · 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. Unfortunately, the mission to explore the Fra Mauro region of the Moon ...
Feb 20, 2010 · Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo Space program (1961-1975) and the third lunar landing mission, though the three astronauts aboard never reached the moon and scrambled to ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Apollo 13 launching from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral), Florida, April 11, 1970. Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, by a giant Saturn V launch vehicle and only minutes later was inserted into orbit around Earth. About 2.5 hours after launch, the still-attached S IVB third stage was reignited to provide ...
Jun 30, 1995 · 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.
Jul 8, 2009 · The mission’s spent upper stage successfully impacted the moon. During the first two days, the crew ran into a couple of minor surprises, but generally Apollo 13 was looking like the smoothest flight of the program. At 46 hours, 43 minutes Joe Kerwin, the capsule communicator, or Capcom, on duty, said, “The spacecraft is in real good shape ...
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 11, 2020 · Apollo 13 launched on a Saturn V rocket. (Image credit: NASA) The crew was commanded by Jim Lovell, a NASA veteran who had flown across the Gemini and Apollo programs, with command module (CM ...
