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Apollo 13

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Lunar Exploration Timeline

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Luna 3 Ranger 7

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Overview

•April 11-17, 1970•Fred W. Haise, Jr., John “Jack” L. Swigert, Jr., James A. Lovell, Jr.

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Change of Crew

•Jack Swigert replaced command module pilot Ken Mattingly

• Exposed to the German measles during training

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Launch – April 11, 1970

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Apollo Spacecraft

Engine Bell

Thrusters

High-Gain Antenna

Thrusters

Thrusters

Descent Stage Ascent Stage

Command Module Service Module

Aquarius Lunar Module Odyssey

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Moon on April 15, 1970

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024:18:10 Kerwin: …Today's favorite pastime across the - Uh oh; have you guys completed your income tax?024:18:28 Lovell: How do I apply for an extension?024:18:31 Kerwin: [Laughter.]024:18:32 Swigert: Yeah, Joe. I got to - hey, listen - It ain't too funny; things kind of happened real fast down there, and I do need an extension.024:18:43 Kerwin: [Laughter.]024:18:44 Swigert: I didn't get mine filed. I'm really serious; would you...024:18:47 Kerwin: You're breaking up the room down here.

Taxes!

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Onboard TV Broadcast

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Stirring of the Cryogenic Tanks

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“Houston, we’ve had a problem.”

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Explosion

•Micrometeoroid impact?•Or something else…

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Venting into Space

•Oxygen leaking from tank 1

• Acts like a rocket thruster

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Global Support

London

New York City

Italy

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Shift Change

Gene Kranz’s “White Team” (also “Tiger Team”)

Glynn Lunney's“Black Team”

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Aquarius, the Lifeboat

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Improvised Air Filter

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Return to Earth

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Return to Earth

•Service module jettison

•Return to Odyssey

•Farewell, Aquarius

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Splashdown

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Splashdown

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Ticker Tape Parade

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Lunar Impact of S-IVB Rocket Stage

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Grumman’s Mock Invoice

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Oxygen Tank No. 2 Findings

•Previously installed in Apollo 10’s SM, removed for modification, damaged in process

• Tank installed in Apollo 13’s SM & tested • Didn’t empty properly

• Remaining oxygen was “boiled off” using electrical heater w/in tank

• Tank’s internal heating elements severely damaged

•Spark Fire Explosion

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“Successful Failure”

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Apollo 13 Mirror

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•Name: “Odyssey”•Location:

• Kansas Cosmosphereand Space Center

• Hutchinson, KS

Apollo 13 Command Module

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More Info

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Apollo Landing Sites

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Apollo 11 Traverses

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Apollo 17 Traverses

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• The Decision to Go to the Moon

• May 25, 1961•We Choose to Go to the Moon

• September 12, 1962

JFK’s Speech

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•Apollo Images:• https://images.nasa.gov/

•Apollo Videos:• https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/apollo.html

•Apollo 13 General:• http://apolloinrealtime.org/• https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap13fj/index.html• https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo13info.html

• https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_13/overview

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