US EditionOn This Day, April 11: Ill-fated Apollo 13 blasts off
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On 17 April 1970, the command module of the Apollo 13 spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean near the Samoa Islands with three astronauts on board. More than 8,000 kilometres away in Houston, the mission’s ground team watched and waited. It was the end of a dramatic counterclockwork race to save the astronauts, after an accident four days earlier. While the spacecraft was headed to the Moon, an oxygen tank exploded, compromising the power and wa…
Apollo 13 Launched 56 Years Ago Today
Back on April 11, 1970 Apollo 13 launched from Kennedy Space Center. NASA shares one of the most harrowing journeys in space history and how the crew of James A. Lovell Jr., John “Jack” Swigert, and Fred Haise made their return. On April 11, 1970, the powerful Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 13 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center propelling astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert on what was intended to be humanity’s third…
Launched in April 1970, Apollo 13 has gone down in space history as a largely unsuccessful, but, given the circumstances, extremely fortunate mission. An unexpected failure meant that NASA's primary goal was to bring the crew home alive.
Today in 1970: How Apollo 13 turned a lunar mission right into a legendary survival story – The Occasions of India
Nasa scientists monitoring the motion of Apollo 13 (Picture/Nasa) For the primary time in additional than 50 years, people are as soon as once more venturing to the Moon. Nasa’s Artemis program had despatched 4 astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a mission lasting practically 10 days.The crew’s journey mixed scientific exploration, technical testing and human endurance: a contemporary reflection of the pioneering spirit that carried Apollo…
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