Apollo 13: Lunar Module Turned Lifeboat In April 1970, an explosion in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 aborted that mission. Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control allowed ...

At 141 hours, 31 minutes into the flight. We've had lunar module jettison. And for Apollo 13 the age of Aquarius ended at 141 hours, 30 minutes, ground elapse time.” Announcer: The combined ...

The explosion that damaged Apollo 13 occurred during the night while she ... Jack actually wrote the manual on emergency procedures in the command module,” says Jeff. “So there may have ...

They discovered that the 13-pin modules are miniature analog circuits using cordwood construction, with common discrete passives stacked vertically between parallel PCBs. The module they imaged ...

The Apollo 13 mission is a story of tragedy averted. It only makes sense they would make a film about that event. Would it be a worthy dramatization, though? Well, we’re still talking about ...

We were looking at what is rumored to be the only remaining paper copy of the Lunar Module’s source code . This is the source code book used by Don Eyles during Apollo missions and for development.

Ed Mitchell piloted the Lunar Module on Apollo 14. Credit: NASA After Apollo 13’s near-disaster and aborted Moon landing, Apollo 14 (1971) saw America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard ...

Image enhancement techniques have shed new light on Nasa's stricken Apollo 13 mission. Imaging specialist Andy Saunders created sharp stills from low-quality 16mm film and by reprocessing original ...