In Apollo 13 , Lovell finds out he and his crew will be flying Apollo 13 instead of Apollo 14 after 1969 .
On October 30 , 1969 , while giving a VIP tour of NASA 's Vehicle Assembly Building , Lovell is informed by his boss Deke Slayton that he and his crew will fly the Apollo 13 mission instead of Apollo 14 .
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