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The Apollo 13 real-time site includes over 7,300 hours of audio and video. [13] Apollo 13 in real-time includes four audio tapes from the time of the explosion that had been missing and were only recovered from the National Archives in the fall of 2019. It is the first time this audio has been heard since the 1970 accident investigation. [12]
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 ...
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.
The imagery of the 9/11 Attacks remains indelible, even as Wednesday marks 23 years since a cloudless morning in New York became a nightmare that shook this country to the core and altered the ...
William Carpentier (pictured inside helicopter) follows Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin as they arrive on the flight deck of USS Hornet following recovery from the Apollo 11 command module Columbia. He ultimately served as a medical staff member assigned to several Gemini missions and Apollo missions , including as flight surgeon for Apollo 11 ...
Thirteen years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001 it seems nearly unfathomable to think that such an act could have even occurred on U.S. soil -- and in New York City nonetheless.
During the Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11 missions, Helicopter 66 was the primary recovery vehicle which hoisted returning astronauts from the spacecraft command modules. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] As a result, it was featured prominently in television news coverage and still photography, achieving—in the words of space historian Dwayne A. Day —the ...
Often described as the worst terrorist attack in history, the trauma of 9/11 is still felt keenly by many more than 20 years on. Images showing the horrifying events unfolding – as first one and ...