Quick Facts

• The Apollo 13 Crew consisted of James A. Lovell Jr., Fred W. Haise Jr., and John l. Swigert Jr.

• The Apollo 13 was supposed to land in a part of moon called Fra Mauro Uplands

• Fra Mauro Uplands was the site of a meteor crash, so they hoped to find alot of moon rocks

• When Apollo 13 lauched, one of the 2nd stage engines shut down

• The third engine stayed on for nine extra seconds

• They entered orbit 44 seconds behind schedule

• The command module was called Odyssey

• The Lunar Module was called Aquarius

• One of the Apollo 13 oxygen tanks shut down, one was low on oxygen, and Carbon Dioxide was pouring into the Space Craft

• They built a filter and had to sit in the Lunar Module for two days, with the temperature at -200 degrees Celsius

• When the Lunar Module was getting pulled into earth, the Apollo 13 gained speed and splashed down into the ocean

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