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Apollo 13 was named after the Greek god Apollo as part of NASA's tradition to use the name "Apollo" for its manned space missions. The Apollo program was named after the god of the sun, Apollo, who drove his chariot of fire across the sky each day. The association with the sun was fitting for a space program aiming to reach the moon.
All the Apollo missions where named after Apollo not just 13. But the reason being is that he was the God of the Sun, Light and Knowledge. And the Apollo missions were all about collect data on the moon
Yes, the spacecraft Apollo 13 was named after the Greek god Apollo, known for being the god of light, music, and healing. The Apollo program, which included Apollo 13, was named after Apollo because he was associated with the sun and light, symbolizing the project's goal of shining light on the unknown mysteries of space.
Apollo is the greek God of the Sun and Music. Apollo 13 was named after him because it went dangerously close to the sun. The Apollo theater was also named after him because of its musical backround.
Well, a lot of spaceships were named for Apollo. (Apollo 13, 11, etc.)
The Greek god, Apollo, is the god of music, singing, poetry, and other acting related things, so I suppose it was to subtlety ask him for luck when the actors performed, or that they were dedicating their performance to Apollo
Being the god of th sun and music, driving his sun chariot around the earth everyday, being one of the many sons of Zeus, having Apollo 13 and the Apollo theater named after him, and being the twin of Artemis.
Because, Apollo is the God of the sun, and Diana is the goddess of the moon. They probably just chose Apollo because they thought it had more of a ring to it.By, Devin,A very smart little 6th grader :)
yes there was a Apollo 13 , it followed Apollo 12.
The names are different, other than that nothing King of the God, lord of the sky-Zeus (Greek), Uranus (Roman) Queen of the Goddess, goddess of marriage, Hera (Greek), Juno (Roman) God of the sun, music, young men-Apollo (greek) Goddess of moon, the hunt, young women, virginity-Artemis (greek), Diana (roman)-twin to Apollo God of wine, festivity, the theatre, party-Dionysus (greek) Bacchus (Roman) Goddess of wisdom, tactical warfare, arts and crafts-Athena (greek), Minerva (roman) God of forgery, technology, fire-Hephaestus (greek), Vulcan (roman) Goddess of the hearth and home-Hestia (greek), Vesta (roman)-NOT an olympian, used to be but left so dionysus could join without being 13) Goddess of love and beauty-Aphrodite (greek), Venus (roman) God of war-Ares (greek) Mars (roman) Messenger of the Gods, travel, robbers-god-Hermes (greek), Mercury (roman) God the Underworld and death-Hades (greek), Pluto (roman) God of the sea-Poseidon (greek), Neptune (roman)
Apollo 13 launched April 13, >1952<1999
Because it followed Apollo 12