IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH ON THIS DAY

Apollo 13 Launch

On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying
astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert and Fred W. Haise.

The spacecraft’s destination was the Fra Mauro highlands of the
moon, where the astronauts were to explore the Imbrium Basin
and conduct geological experiments.

After an oxygen tank exploded just over 200,000 miles from Earth
on the evening of April 13, however, the new mission objective
became to get the Apollo 13 crew home alive. The landing mission
was aborted.

 Lot Detail - Apollo 13 Crew-Signed 10'' x 8'' Photo -- Issued by NASA Before The Nearly ...  
The crew: Jim Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred Haise.

Apollo 14 Ed Mitchell (left), Stu Roosa, and Al Shepard walking out to the transfer van. Deke ...

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The Apollo 13 service module showing explosion damage. (NASA)

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