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3 days ago · Apollo 13 was intended to be the third mission to carry humans to the surface of the Moon, but an explosion of one of the oxygen tanks and resulting damage to other systems resulted in the mission being aborted before the planned lunar landing could take place.
1 day ago · Apollo 13 faced real issues in liftoff, including engine failure, but the film took some liberties for dramatic effect. NASA's response to the Apollo 13 crisis was methodical, not chaotic like in ...
18 hours ago · The film’s depiction of the liftoff, which occurred on 11th April, 1970, at 13:13 military time, is mostly accurate. The Saturn V rocket experienced an engine shutdown, which was corrected by burning the remaining engines longer. However, the blinking light indicating engine failure in the film is a dramatic addition not present in reality.
2 days ago · Apollo 13 launched Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise in April 1970, headed for the Fra Mauro formation. But two days out, a liquid oxygen tank exploded, disabling the service module and forcing the crew to use the LM as a "lifeboat" to return to Earth.
18 hours ago · August 13, 2024 at 2:23 AM ... Apollo got his start in the digital age, uploading his music to SoundCloud and Spotify and growing an audience there before finding success in more mainstream spaces.
2 days ago · Apollo 13. Posted on August 11, 2024 by Anonymous. This is the most "frick yeah! humanity!" movie of all time. Smart people, problem solving, cooperation, high stakes ...
2 days ago · During the Apollo 13 crisis, Mitchell was a part of the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team and as such was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970. He worked in an Apollo simulator to help bring the crew back.
