Apollo 13 (April 11th-17th 1990 (apr 11, 1990 – apr 17, 1990)
Description:
Date: April 11th - 17th 1990Who: USA
What: Spacecraft (Apollo CSM-109 Odyssey; Apollo LM-7 Aquarius), Rocket (Saturn V SA-508)
Mission: Third American Human on the Moon
Aim: To be the third lunar-landing event in history
Key Figures: Mission Duration (5 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds), Launch/Landing Mass (45,931kg/5,050kg)
Success: Yes/no. Failed landing due to rupture of service module oxygen tank, however, gave good insight into what to do in the case of this type of emergency.
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 11, 1990
apr 17, 1990
~ 6 days