Short Story of Apollo 13 - Okay, Houston, We've had a problem here.

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Apollo 13 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) failed two days into the mission.

A routine stir of an oxygen tank ignited damaged wire insulation inside it, causing an explosion that vented the contents of both of the SM's oxygen tanks to space. Without oxygen, needed for breathing and for generating electric power, the SM's propulsion and life support systems could not operate. The CM's systems had to be shut down to conserve its remaining resources for reentry, forcing the crew to transfer to the LM as a lifeboat. With the lunar landing canceled, mission controllers worked to bring the crew home alive.

Although the LM was designed to support two men on the lunar surface for two days, Mission Control in Houston improvised new procedures so it could support three men for four days. The crew experienced great hardship caused by limited power, a chilly and wet cabin and a shortage of potable water. The astronauts' peril briefly renewed public interest in the Apollo program; tens of millions watched the splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean on television.

The crew instead looped around the Moon, and returned safely to Earth on April 17. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell with Jack Swigert as command module (CM) pilot and Fred Haise as lunar module (LM) pilot.

The story of Apollo 13 has been dramatized several times, most notably in the 1995 film Apollo 13 – based on a memoir co-authored by Lovell titled Lost Moon – and an episode of the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:10 Commemoration
0:21 Inception
1:01 Space Research History
2:23 Houston Control Center
2:44 Apollo 13
3:57 Launching
4:28 Route
5:21 Okay Houston We've Had A Problem Here
8:21 Task Awareness
8:41 Home Sweet Home
10:56 Next Video
11:08 Outro

Literature
Adamo, Daniel (2009). "The Elusive Human Maximum Altitude Record". Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly. Vol. 16 no. 4. ISSN 1065-7738.
Apollo 13 Press Kit (PDF). Washington, D.C.: NASA. 1970. 70-50K.
Apollo Program Summary Report (PDF) (Report). National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Barell, John (2016). Antarctic Adventures: Life Lessons from Polar Explorers. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-5043-6651-9.
Benson, Charles D.; Faherty, William Barnaby (1978). Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations. NASA.

Visual Sources
Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got a Problem - National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 1155023 / Local Identifier 255-HQa-200 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (10/01/1958 - ). This film depicts attempts to return the crewmen of the Apollo 13 mission safely to earth following an explosion onboard the service module. The film emphasizes the Mission Control and spacecraft teamwork that overcame the life-or-death problems of Apollo 13, as well as the worldwide reaction to the crisis.
JFK's Moon Speech, as presented by the Festival - Public Domain
NASA | "Plant the Flag" - Partially Restored Apollo 11 Video - Public Domain
This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted"
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