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4 days ago · Apollo 13 was intended to be the third mission to carry humans to the surface of the Moon, but an explosion of one of the oxygen tanks and resulting damage to other systems resulted in the mission being aborted before the planned lunar landing could take place.
4 days ago · Apollo 13: Survival will delve into the lunar mission, from the events that led to the explosion that would risk crew members James Lovell, Fred Haise and John "Jack" Swigert's lives, to their ...
Jun 23, 2024 · Astronaut Fred Haise served as lunar module pilot for the mission, which was originally scheduled to be a ten-day trip to the Fra Mauro region of the moon.
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3 days ago · Apollo 13's flight trajectory gave Lovell, Haise, and Swigert the record for the farthest distance that humans have ever traveled from Earth. Lovell is one of only three men to travel to the Moon twice, but unlike the other two, John Young and Gene Cernan, he never walked on it.
Jun 20, 2024 · The national effort that enabled Astronaut Neil Armstrong to speak those words as he stepped onto the lunar surface fulfilled a dream as old as humanity. Project Apollo’s goals went beyond landing Americans on the moon and returning them safely to Earth. They included:
5 days ago · Apollo 13 - YouTube. Apollo program. Wikipedia • The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics...
1 day ago · Apollo 13 launched Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise in April 1970, headed for the Fra Mauro formation. But two days out, a liquid oxygen tank exploded, disabling the service module and forcing the crew to use the LM as a "lifeboat" to return to Earth.
