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Apollo 13 Launch
Video of LaunchThe Apollo 13 mission crew took off on Saturday April 11th 1970 at 1:13pm from the Kenedy Space Center. -
Jack Swigert leaves the orbit that will return the crew to earth.
The main pilot of the mission fires the odyssey's engines to leave the free-return trajectory. -
Oxygen Tank Explodes "Houston we have a problem!"
Audio between NASA and Appollo 13One of the main oxygen tanks explode and cause the crew to have major problems. Jack Swigert radios in to say "Houston we have a problem!" -
Crew completes a TV broadcast
The mission crew completes a televised broadcast and the white team at ground control requests a cryo stir of the oxygen and hydrogen tanks at 8:56 P.M. -
The crew uses a free return trajectory to return home
At 2:43 A.M...The crew uses the aquarius's engines to get into a free return trajectory, by using the orbit of the moon to pull the craft into the gravity of earth to return them home safely -
Radio contact is lost
At 6:15PM. All radio contact is lost when the crew orbits behind the moon while trying to get home. -
Another explosion occurs
One of the batterys in the aquarius explodes, destroying one quarter of the remaining power they have left. -
Apollo 13 crew begins re-entry
At 11:53 A.M. The crew begins the re-entry process but, loses contact with mission control. -
Crew notices damage
at 7:14 A.M. The service module is jetisoned away so the crew can see the horrible damage that was done to the ship. -
Crew reaches earth safely
The Apollo 13 crew reaches earth safely into an ocean and is shortly rescued.
