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Apollo 13 was launched on April 11 ,
1970. Apollo 13 was to be the third manned lunar mission it's crew
included James Lovell jr., John Swigert, and Fred Haise jr.
Everything was going well
until one of the service module's oxygen tank became ruptured and
exploded. Apollo 13 lost its normal supply of electricity, light and water
and soon began losing oxygen. boat.
Because they were losing oxygen
quickly and they were 200,000 miles from Earth Apollo 13's crew was
thinking about using the lunar module as a lifeboat to back to earth. It
turns out the astronauts had to transfer the command modules guidance
system to the Lunar Module in order to get back to Earth. The astronauts
did in fact have to use the lunar module to return home.
Apollo 13 finally returned
home on April 17, 1970. The
mission was considered a failure but thankfully no lives were lost.
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Quick
Facts
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| Height |
363
Feet tall |
| Weight |
6,100,000
pounds (2.7 million kg) |
| Crew |
James
Lovell jr., John Swigert, Fred Haise jr. |
| Launch Date |
April
11, 1970 |
| End
Date |
April
17, 1970 |
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