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Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and would have been the third Moon landing.The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) exploded two days into the mission, disabling its electrical and life-support system.
James Arthur Lovell Jr. (/ ˈ l ʌ v əl / LUV-əl; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
Apollo 13 April 11–17, 1970: Air Force: 8 Fred Haise (NASA Astronaut Group 5) November 14, 1933 (age 91) 36: Apollo 13 April 11–17, 1970: Marines, Air Force: Intended to land; later trained to land and slated to command Apollo 19 (canceled); [8] flew the Space Shuttle on approach / landing tests. 9 Stuart Roosa (NASA Astronaut Group 5)
Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.
Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...
Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. “We lost one ...
In 1995, Swigert was portrayed by Kevin Bacon in Ron Howard's film Apollo 13. [45] In 1997, Swigert, along with 23 other Apollo astronauts, was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame which is located at the Kennedy Space Center. [46] [47] He was elected in September 2003 to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Hall of ...
It has been over 50 years since the Apollo 13 mission to the moon captivated millions of people around the globe; watching, waiting and praying for the three souls aboard to return home alive and ...