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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Apollo_13Apollo 13 - Wikipedia

    Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) ruptured two days into the mission, disabling its electrical and ...

  2. The screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the 1994 book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.

  3. Feb 20, 2010 · Learn about the seventh manned mission in the Apollo Space program, which was supposed to be the third lunar landing but turned into a rescue operation after an explosion. Find out how the crew and ground control team worked together to survive and return home.

  4. Jun 5, 2024 · Apollo 13, U.S. spaceflight, launched on April 11, 1970, that suffered an oxygen tank explosion en route to the Moon, threatening the lives of three astronauts —commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, and command module pilot Jack Swigert.

  5. www.nasa.gov › mission › apollo-13Apollo 13 - NASA

    Nov 3, 2023 · 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 lunar landing.

  6. Jul 8, 2009 · Learn about the aborted lunar landing mission of Apollo 13, which was forced to circle the moon without landing due to a service module oxygen tank explosion. Find out how the crew and ground controllers worked together to ensure their survival and return to Earth.

  7. Apollo 13 was the seventh mission of NASA's Project Apollo. It was the third lunar-lander mission with a crew. Jim Lovell commanded Apollo 13. The other astronauts were Jack Swigert and Fred Haise. The craft launched successfully toward the Moon, but two days after launch a faulty oxygen tank exploded. It damaged the Service Module. It lost ...