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50 years ago today, Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell reported to NASA's Apollo Mission Control Center that an oxygen tank had ruptured in the spacecraft's Service Module. This photo was taken on April 17, 1970, after the Apollo 13 crew jettisoned the Service Module shortly before their return to Earth and their (successful) splashdown in the Pacific Ocean

Apollo 13 and Stan Rogers in Tales From Mission Control

by Marc BoucherApril 16, 2020April 16, 2020

The latest Terranauts podcast happens to be the 13th episode and it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. So naturally Iain provides a unique and insightful […]

This photograph shows Apollo 13 astronauts Fred Haise, John Swigert, and James Lovell aboard the recovery ship, USS Iwo Jima after safely touching down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their ill-fated mission. The mission was aborted after 56 hours of flight, 205,000 miles from Earth, when an oxygen tank in the service module exploded. The command module, Odyssey, brought the three astronauts back home safely

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New Apollo 13 documentary brings harrowing mission to life

by Marc BoucherApril 11, 2020April 11, 2020