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The explosion that turned Apollo 13 into a rescue mission

In April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was supposed to be another routine journey to the Moon. Instead, it became one of the ...
The Montana Standard

Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a 'successful failure'

On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were about ...

Remembering Apollo 13’s Jim Lovell, the Most Down-to-Earth Astronaut

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.
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Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped Apollo 13 crew return safely home, dies at age 87

FILE - Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot, Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, center, speaks with guests during GlobalSpec's presentation of a Great Moments In Engineering Award at Space Center Houston, April 19, ...
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Cosmosphere remembers Apollo 13 hero Jim Lovell

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) — The Cosmosphere is paying tribute to Captain Jim Lovell, the Apollo 13 commander whose steady leadership during a near-disaster made him an American hero. Lovell died ...