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Apollo 13 launches on its ill-fated lunar mission

Apollo · April 11, 1970
Apollo
Mission
Apollo
Series
NASA
Venue
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Date
April 11, 1970
Space Agency
NASA
Nickname
Apollo 13 launches on its ill-fated lunar mission
Crew
Jim Lovell
Jack Swigert
Fred Haise

Apollo 13 launched toward the Moon but suffered an oxygen tank explosion two days later that crippled the spacecraft. The crew and Mission Control improvised a return using the Lunar Module as a lifeboat, turning a near-disaster into NASA's 'successful failure' and a testament to engineering under pressure.

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