[DOC] [TLE] Apollo 13 - Wikipedia [PAR] Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space 
program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on 
April 11, 1970, at 13:13 CST from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, but the 
lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two .... The next Apollo 
mission, Apollo 14, eventually made a successful flight to... [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 13: Facts About NASA's Near-Disaster - Space.com [PAR] Aug 23, 2012 ... The Apollo 13 mission stretched the capabilities of astronauts Jim ... In an instant, 
the Apollo 13 spacecraft pivoted from a moon-bound landing unit to a ... He 
joined the crew officially just 48 hours before the launch on April 11, 1970, after ... 
had no immunity, NASA doctors yanked him from the mission over... [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 13 (AS-508) | National Air and Space Museum [PAR] Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on the Moon. An explosion in one of 
the oxygen tanks crippled the spacecraft during flight and the crew ... The Apollo 
13 mission was launched at 2:13 p.m. EST, April 11, 1970 from launch ... but was 
aborted en route to the moon after about 56 hours of flight due to loss of service... [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 13 | NASA [PAR] Jul 8, 2009 ... An explosion on board forced Apollo 13 to circle the moon without landing. ... 
helium tank in the lunar module, or LM, descent stage, so the flight ... 16, 1970. 
The tanks normally are emptied to about half full. No. ... Apollo 13 was to be the 
third lunar landing attempt, but the mission was aborted after rupture... [DOC] [TLE] Moon Triva - HiWAAY Information Services [PAR] The surface speed record on the Moon is 10.56 miles per hour. ... as a lunar 
landing mission but was aborted en route to the moon after about 56 hours of 
flight due to loss of ... Apollo Lunar Mission number 13, which was aborted while 
enroute to the moon in 1970 because of an explosion of a fuel cell in the service 
module,... [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 13 - Encyclopedia Astronautica [PAR] Fuel cell tank exploded en route to the moon, resulting in loss of all power and 
oxygen. ... power in the service module required an immediate abort of the 
mission. ... No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration 
Missions, by W. ... With the exception of spacecraft 104 (scheduled for flight as 
Apollo 9),... [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 13 | United States spaceflight | Britannica.com [PAR] Aug 17, 2016 ... Related Topics ... Apollo 13, U.S. spaceflight, launched on April 11, 1970, that 
suffered an oxygen tank explosion en route to the Moon, threatening the ... to 
mission control in Houston, quickly turning a routine flight into one of the ... Still 
three days away from Earth, the astronauts moved into the lunar module... [DOC] [TLE] See a 1970 Explanation of What Happened to Apollo 13 | TIME [PAR] Apr 11, 2015 ... The ill-fated lunar journey lifted off on April 11, 1970. ... when Apollo 13 was 
launched into space, manned missions to the moon ... There had been no recent 
disasters. ... of the ever-present danger and bravery involved in space flight. ... 
with its ruptured oxygen tank and aborted attempt to land on the moon,... [DOC] [TLE] 13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 4: Using the LM for Propulsion ... [PAR] Engineers and flight directors in Mission Control for the Apollo 13 mission. ... 
Using these engines to execute a direct abort burn would allow the crew to turn ... 
Moon and use the descent engine on the lunar lander rather than the CSM. ... 
Damage to the Apollo 13 spacecraft from the oxygen tank explosion. .... Related 
posts. [DOC] [TLE] Bill Keel's Space Bits - Tracking the Apollo Flights [PAR] Telescopic Tracking of the Apollo Lunar Missions ... carrier USS Yorktown, both 
for planned recovery and in case of early mission abort. ... The first opportunity for 
large telescopes to view

Question: The Apollo lunar mission with this number was aborted en route to the Moon in 1970 due to an in-flight explosion
Answer: 13