Another perspective.
On April 11, 1970, the powerful Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 13 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center propelling astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert on what was intended to be humanity’s third lunar landing — but the mission was aborted after rupture of an oxygen tank. With the lunar landing erased from the equation, both the astronauts aboard Apollo 13 and NASA personnel on the ground worked tirelessly around the clock to develop solutions that would allow them to return home safely.
The Apollo 13 mission has become known as “a successful failure” that saw the safe return of its crew.
Image description: An oblique view of the International Astronomical Union Crater No. 302 on the farside of the Moon as photographed from the Apollo 13 spacecraft. This large crater is located at 162 degrees east longitude and 10 degrees south latitude. The smaller crater, I.A.U. No. 301, is in the foreground. I.A.U. No. 302 has ridges in its cent...
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