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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.
The Apollo 11 real-time site covers the period from 20 hours prior to launch until just after recovery, [9] and includes 11,000 hours of Mission Control audio, 2,000 photographs, mission control and in flight film, and 240 hours of space to ground audio, as well as information on each of the lunar surface samples collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. [3]
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 ...
Japan and China each launched their first satellites in 1970, bringing the total number of nations with independent launch capability to five. Apollo 13 was launched; after suffering an explosion in deep space it had to circumnavigate the moon and use the LM as a life boat. Apollo 13 was a successful disaster in which the crew survived.
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A new documentary chronicling the events surrounding the Apollo 13 mission, in which three astronauts found themselves stranded in space following a catastrophic explosion, is being released on ...
Soyuz TMA-13 launch, by NASA/Bill Ingalls (restored by Lošmi) Apollo 15 Lunar Module , by NASA / David Scott (restored by Bammesk and Basile Morin ) Apollo 11 launch , by NASA (edited by PawełMM )
The year 2024 had major space events including a total solar eclipse and historic moon landing. There were moments, though, that reminded us how challenging space exploration can be.