Apollo 13 | United States spaceflight April 11, 1970, successful failure

U.S. spaceflight Apollo 13 was launched on April 11, 1970.

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The Apollo 13 spaceflight was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Kennedy, Florida, by a giant Saturn V launch vehicle and minutes later was inserted into orbit around Earth.

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The three astronauts of Apollo 13 were commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, and command module pilot Jack Swigert.mission control announced that the mission now was not a lunar landing but instead was to swing around the Moon in an attempt to get the astronauts safely home.

On April 13 a loud explosion was heard by the Apollo 13 crew. The crew radioed mission control: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” As the seriousness of the situation became apparent, mission control announced that the mission now was not a lunar landing but instead was to swing around the Moon in an attempt to get the astronauts safely home.

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The command module of Apollo 13 entered Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down on target on April 17 at 1:07 PM Eastern Standard Time. The mission has been referred to as a successful failure, in that all the crew members survived a catastrophic accident.

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