EXPLORATION - What has gone before...
Apollo 13 page2
...a safe return!
I salute the crew of Apollo 13 and all the personnel that enabled their safe return.
Apollo 13 jettisons the Service Module while approaching Earth (object in the center). It was not known if the service module explosion damaged the Command Modules
heat shield
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We could have lost three more astronauts at any time.
We could have lost three more astronauts at any time.
Images courtesy NASA.
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