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Apollo 13
Mission Summary
Apollo 13 Facts
Apollo 13 Crew
Spacecraft
Landing Site
Images
The Apollo Program
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| Lunar Module: |
Aquarius |
| Command and Service
Module: |
Odyssey |
| Crew:
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James A. Lovell, Jr. commander
John L. Swigert, Jr., command module pilot *
Fred W. Haise, Jr. lunar module pilot |
| Launch: |
2:13 p.m. EST, April 11, 1970, pad
39A |
| Landing Site: |
intended to be Fra
Mauro,
became landing site for Apollo 14 |
| Returned to Earth: |
April 17, 1970, splashdown at 18:07:41
UT (1:07:41p.m. EST) |
| Mission Duration: |
142 hours 54 minutes 41 seconds |
| Retrieval site: |
Pacific Ocean 21° 38' S 165°
22' W |
| Retrieval ship: |
U.S.S. Iwo Jima |
| Special Payload:
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ALSEP |
Highlights/Notes:
- First aborted Apollo Mission
- Use of lunar module to provide emergency propulsion and life
support after loss of service module system.
- First impact of the S-IVB/IU on the lunar surface. Normally
it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere.
- * CM pilot Thomas K. Mattingly was removed 72 hours prior
to scheduled launch due to presumed exposure to the german measles.
He later flew on Apollo 16.
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