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Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (published in paperback as Apollo 13) is a 1994 non-fiction book by astronaut Jim Lovell and journalist Jeffrey Kluger, about the failed April 1970 Apollo 13 lunar landing mission which Lovell commanded.
The pages in this category are about books which primarily deal with NASA's Apollo Program. Pages in category "Books about the Apollo program" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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.
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 11 insurance covers normally fetch the highest prices because it was the first lunar landing mission. There are three varieties of the Apollo 11 covers, four of Apollo 12, two of Apollo 13, two of Apollo 14, one of Apollo 15, and one of Apollo 16. Some astronauts also left behind single signed covers for their families.
Between both auction companies, the top 10 prices realized range from US$30,000 to nearly $62,000, all for sterling silver medallions from either Apollo 11 or Apollo 17. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] A gold Robbins medallion from the Apollo 11 mission that belonged to astronaut Neil Armstrong sold for over $2 million in July 2019.
And those two seemingly minuscule mishaps translate into big dollar signs for those who own a copy with the typos in tact – versions of the novel with these mistakes are fetching over $13,000 ...
Apollo 13 was a 1970 lunar mission in NASA's Apollo program. Apollo 13 may also refer to: Apollo 13, a 1995 film Apollo 13, a pinball game; Apollo 13: Mission Control, an interactive theater show; Lost Moon or Apollo 13, a book by Jim Lovell; Apollo 13 Survival, a 2024 documentary film by Peter Middleton