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Apollo 13 Mission Launched

April 11, 1970 · 20th Century

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April 11, 1970. 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, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module failed two days into the mission.

Key Figures

James A. Lovell Jr.Fred W. Haise Jr.John L. Swigert Jr.Eugene F. Kranz

Locations

Kennedy Space CenterJohnson Space CenterApollo 13 Splashdown Site

Topics

Space ProgramMoon LandingKennedy Space CenterApollo 13

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