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Apollo 13

Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and would have been the third Moon landing. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) exploded two days into the mission, disabling its electrical and life-support…

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Astronauts and key Mission Control personnel

United States Naval AcademyTest pilotSecond group of astronautsFrank BormanGemini 7
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Flight of Apollo 13

ESTPogo oscillationsTitan rocketsCavitationS-IVB
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Popular culture, media and 50th anniversary

Houston, We've Got a ProblemBBC25th anniversary of Apollo 11Jeffrey KlugerRon Howard
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Background

John F. KennedyMoonNASAProject MercuryProject Gemini
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Callsign
CSM: Odyssey · LM: Aquarius
Closest approach
April 15, 1970, 00:21:00 UTC
COSPAR ID
CSM: 1970-029A · LM: 1970-029C
Crew size
3
Distance
254.0 kilometers (157.8 mi)
Docking date
April 11, 1970, 22:32:08 UTC

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Overview

Background

Astronauts and key Mission Control personnel

Mission insignia and call signs

Space vehicle

Training and preparation

Experiments and scientific objectives

Flight of Apollo 13

Public and media reaction

Investigation and response

Aftermath

Popular culture, media and 50th anniversary

Gallery

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Apollo 13

Nodes229
Edges228
Triples73
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008734
Components1

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Apollo 13

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related to Astronauts and key Mission Control personnel · 20
Apollo 13 → Air Force, Air National Guards, Apollo, At, Buzz Aldrin, CMP, Frank Borman, Fred Haise, Gemini, Group, He, Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell, LMP, Lovell, Lunar Module, Marine Corps, Moon, NASA, United States Naval Academy
related to Gallery · 14
Apollo 13 → ALSEP, Apollo, Aquarius, December, EarthMission Control, Lovell, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mattingly's, Mission Control, Module Aquarius, President Nixon, S-IVB's, Swigert's, USS Iwo Jima
related to External links · 11
Apollo 13 → All NASA, Apollo, April, CBS Radio, Minneapolis/St, MN, NASA, Paul, PDF, Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription, WCCO-AM
Members · 3
Apollo 13 → Fred W. Haise Jr., James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr.
Callsign · 2
Apollo 13 → CSM: Odyssey, LM: Aquarius
COSPAR ID · 2
Apollo 13 → CSM: 1970-029A, LM: 1970-029C
Manufacturer · 2
Apollo 13 → CSM: North American Rockwell, LM: Grumman
Spacecraft · 2
Apollo 13 → Apollo CSM-109, Apollo LM-7
Closest approach · 1
Apollo 13 → April 15, 1970, 00:21:00 UTC
Crew size · 1
Apollo 13 → 3

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Important terminology

apollo 13 mission moon crew lunar would lovell lm oxygen nasa astronauts tank swigert haise earth space flight landing two

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Apollo 13CallsignCSM: Odyssey1.00infobox
Apollo 13CallsignLM: Aquarius1.00infobox
Apollo 13Closest approachApril 15, 1970, 00:21:00 UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 13COSPAR IDCSM: 1970-029A1.00infobox
Apollo 13COSPAR IDLM: 1970-029C1.00infobox
Apollo 13Crew size31.00infobox
Apollo 13Distance254.0 kilometers (157.8 mi)1.00infobox
Apollo 13Docking dateApril 11, 1970, 22:32:08 UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 13Landing dateApril 17, 1970, 18:07:41 (1970-04-17UTC18:07:42Z) UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 13Landing mass5,050 kilograms (11,133 lb)1.00infobox
Apollo 13Landing siteSouth Pacific Ocean .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-…1.00infobox
Apollo 13Launch dateApril 11, 1970, 19:13:00 (1970-04-11UTC19:13Z) UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 13Launch mass44,069 kg (CSM: 28,881 kg; LM: 15,188 kg)1.00infobox
Apollo 13Launch siteKennedy LC-39A1.00infobox
Apollo 13ManufacturerCSM: North American Rockwell1.00infobox
Apollo 13ManufacturerLM: Grumman1.00infobox
Apollo 13MembersJames A. Lovell Jr.1.00infobox
Apollo 13MembersJohn L. Swigert Jr.1.00infobox
Apollo 13MembersFred W. Haise Jr.1.00infobox
Apollo 13Mission duration5 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes, 41 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 13Mission typeCrewed lunar landing attempt (H)1.00infobox
Apollo 13OperatorNASA1.00infobox
Apollo 13Recovered byUSS Iwo Jima1.00infobox
Apollo 13RocketSaturn V SA-5081.00infobox
Apollo 13SATCAT no.43711.00infobox
Apollo 13SpacecraftApollo CSM-1091.00infobox
Apollo 13SpacecraftApollo LM-71.00infobox
Apollo 13Undocking dateApril 17, 1970, 16:43:00 UTC1.00infobox

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