Volume 12 , Issue 16

Apollo 13 To Moon

What were you doing 40 years ago, April 11, 1970, 13:13 CST? Where did you watch the Apollo 13 To the Moon when a near disaster struck and had a miraculous landing four days later?

James Bradley asks, "An item of note. It was 40 years ago that Apollo 13 was on its way to the moon when near disaster struck. The following is a quote from Wikipedia: Apollo_13

"How many subscribers remember this. Time really flies when you are having fun, doesn't it? I was in graduate school with my nose to the grindstone and hardly remember the reactions.

"The mission launched on April 11, 1970 at 13:13 CST. Two days later, en route to the Moon, a fault in the electrical system of one of the Service Module's oxygen tanks produced an overpressure rupture which caused a loss of electrical power and failure of both oxygen tanks."
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