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 on the evening of April 13,
however, the new mission objective became to get the
Apollo 13 crew home alive.
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