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  2. Apollo 13 - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. What Happened to Apollo 13? Inside the Near-Fatal 1970 NASA ...

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    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 ...

  4. Gene Kranz - Wikipedia

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    Thus, Kranz was White Flight and was the leader of the "White Team", one of the flight control teams whose shift at Mission Control contributed to saving the Apollo 13 astronauts. Though Apollo 13 did not achieve its main objective, to Kranz its astronauts' rescue is an example of the "human factor" born out of the 1960s space race. According ...

  5. Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped Apollo 13 crew return ...

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    Apollo 13's story was told in the 1994 book “Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13,” co-authored by Lovell, and in the 1995 movie “Apollo 13,” where Gary Sinise played Mattingly.

  6. List of Apollo astronauts - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the three-person crews of Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 also entered lunar orbit, and the crew of Apollo 13 looped around the Moon on a free-return trajectory. All nine crewed missions to the Moon took place as part of the Apollo program over a period of just under four years, from 21 December 1968 to 19 December 1972.

  7. Apollo 13: Eerie documentary shows what it’s like to be ...

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    Apollo 13: Survival uses archive material and rare access to the complete audio recordings of the mission of astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise.

  8. Astronaut ranks and positions - Wikipedia

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    Also pilot in command of the Apollo Lunar Module. The commander would make the actual descent and landing of LM on the lunar surface, as well as the lunar ascent back to the orbiting CSM. Apollo 11 Commander: Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon. Apollo 11 Backup Commander: Jim Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13. Command Module Pilot

  9. John Aaron - Wikipedia

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    John W. Aaron (born 1943) is a former NASA engineer and was a flight controller during the Apollo program.He is widely credited with saving the Apollo 12 mission when it was struck by lightning soon after launch, and also played an important role during the Apollo 13 crisis.