APOLLO 13 By: Ryan Yamauchi. Goal The goal of the Apollo 13 mission was to land on the Moon. The...

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APOLLO 13 By: Ryan Yamauchi

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APOLLO 13

By: Ryan Yamauchi

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GoalGoal

The goal of The goal of the Apollo 13 the Apollo 13 mission was mission was to land on to land on the Moon. the Moon.

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CrewCrew

James A. Lovell- CommanderJames A. Lovell- Commander

John L. Swigert- CM PilotJohn L. Swigert- CM Pilot

Fred W. Haise- LM PilotFred W. Haise- LM Pilot

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Ken MattinglyKen Mattingly

Ken Mattingly was the Ken Mattingly was the original LM Pilot, but he original LM Pilot, but he was replaced by Fred was replaced by Fred Haise 3 days before the Haise 3 days before the launch, after being launch, after being exposed to German exposed to German measles. measles.

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LaunchLaunch

• The mission was launched on April 11, 1970 at 1:13pm.

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• Two days into the flight, the astronauts aboard the spacecraft heard a loud crashing sound which caused fluctuations in the electrical power.

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The astronauts The astronauts initially thought initially thought they had been hit they had been hit by an meteoroid, by an meteoroid, but later but later discovered that discovered that one of their two one of their two oxygen tanks had oxygen tanks had exploded.exploded.

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►They eventually They eventually decided that a moon decided that a moon landing would be landing would be unsafe and that the unsafe and that the best plan would be to best plan would be to get the astronauts get the astronauts back home. back home.

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One major problem was One major problem was that there was too much that there was too much carbon dioxide in the space carbon dioxide in the space craft. craft.

The engineers eventually The engineers eventually figured out a way to get the figured out a way to get the lithium hydroxide (capable lithium hydroxide (capable of removing carbon dioxide) of removing carbon dioxide) from the Command Module from the Command Module to the Lunar Moduleto the Lunar Module

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Another problem was Another problem was that there was not that there was not enough energy to power enough energy to power up the space craft after up the space craft after the shutting down the the shutting down the command module. command module.

Engineers on Earth Engineers on Earth developed a new developed a new protocol to save enough protocol to save enough energy aboard the energy aboard the spacecraft. spacecraft.

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• The spacecraft The spacecraft finally landed in finally landed in the Pacific Ocean the Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970. on April 17, 1970.

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