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Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a ‘successful failure’ - CNN
On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were ...
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51 years later, Apollo 13 astronauts reflect on historic mission - Click2Houston
The Apollo 13 crew consisted of Commander James ‘Jim’ Lovell Jr., Command Module Pilot John ‘Jack’ Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise Jr. Fifty-one years later, the surviving ...
The Denver Post5y
“Houston, we’ve had a problem”: Remembering Apollo 13 at 50
Apollo 13′s astronauts never gave a thought to their mission number as they blasted off for the moon 50 years ago. Even when their oxygen tank ruptured two days later — on April 13.
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Apollo 13 astronauts raise a toast to their recovery with new statue
Joining Lovell and Haise at Space Center Houston for the anniversary were three of the four flight directors who led Mission Control during Apollo 13: Milt Windler, Gerry Griffin and Gene Kranz.
Space on MSN6d
'Apollo 13' at 30: the space movie where scientists have the right stuff too
The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final ...
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RELIVING PERILOUS FLIGHT OF APOLLO 13 - Orlando Sentinel
One of the biggest heroes, according to Lovell, was Gene Kranz, the lead flight director at Johnson Space Center, who formed a “Tiger Team” after the explosion rocked the Apollo 13 service ...
KSL5y
50 years ago tonight on Apollo 13: 'Houston, we've had a problem here'
On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were ...
CNN5y
Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a ‘successful failure’ | CNN - CNN International
On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were ...
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Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a 'successful failure' - KOAT Channel 7
On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were ...
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Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a 'successful failure' - WYFF News 4
On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were ...
Chicago Sun-Times5y
Remembering Apollo 13 at 50: ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’
Lovell, Haise and Jack Swigert, a last-minute fill-in who died in 1982, were almost to the moon when they heard a bang and felt a shudder. One of two oxygen tanks had burst in the spacecraft’s ...