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Apollo 13

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time11 Apr 197019:13:03 UTC

partial success

Orbit: Around the Moon and back

Serial number: SA-508

Apollo 13 was the third mission to land on the Moon. However, the lunar landing was aborted due to the failure of the oxygen tank in the service module. The crew looped around the Moon, and returned safely to Earth.

Rocket Saturn V

launched from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39AUSA

Payloads

Total mass 45931 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
Apollo CSM-109---
Apollo LM-7---

Spacecraft landing

success
  • Type

    parachute

Crew

  • James A. Lovell Jr. USA
  • John L. Swigert Jr. USA
  • Fred W. Haise Jr. USA