On the third day of Apollo13 mission, just as the astronauts were getting ready to separate from the command module, Lovell had gone to do the final check up before they went in the lunar module, the command module exploded.
An oxygen tank in the command module.
3 astronauts on Apollo 13 one of them did not go up but he went up on Apollo 14.
There were no casualties on Apollo 13. So there were 3 survivors, which was everybody on the spacecraft.
Modern Marvels - 1994 Apollo 13 7-3 was released on: USA: 23 January 2001
The Real Story - 2009 Apollo 13 4-3 was released on: USA: 12 August 2012
Apollo 11 did not explode. Apollo 13 had an explosion on board in an oxygen tank. The first Apollo mission, Apollo 1, had a fire when on the launchpad which killed 3 astronauts.
Al the Apollo spacecrafts use three parachutes.
Apollo Live - 2012 5-3 was released on: USA: 13 December 2012
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Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. NASA was planning on sending 3 more missions, but because of budget cuts Apollo 17 had to be the last one.
Apollo 1 did not launch as there was a fire killing 3 astronauts. Apollo 2 and 3 did not use the full Apollo name and actually happened before Apollo 1. Apollo 4, 5 and 6 were unmanned launches. Apollo 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 were manned launches.
The crew of Apollo 13 was James "Jim" Lovell (commander), Fred Haise (lunar module pilot), and John "Jack" Swigert (command module pilot).