The Apollo 13 astronauts were not on the space shuttle.
Apollo 13 did not use a Space Shuttle. Apollo 13 was in April, 1970. The Space Shuttle was not invented until the '80s. Apollo 13 was launched by Saturn V.
Apollo 13 was not a Space Shuttle in any sence, as it was not a reusable space craft.
the NASA Apollo 13 mission to the Moon
Nobody died on the Apollo 13 mission by NASA.
April 11, 1970 @ 19:13:00 UTC
The Apollo missions were ended by NASA due to budget constraints and shifting priorities. The final mission was Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA shifted its focus to the development of the Space Shuttle program after the Apollo missions.
NASA did not build Apollo 13. Apollo 13 was one of NASA's manned space missions in the Apollo program, where astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise were aboard. NASA-built contractors, like North American Aviation, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, and Boeing, constructed the components of the Apollo spacecraft, which included the command module, service module, and lunar module used in the mission.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13.
James Lovell was not assigned as the commander of Apollo 13 because he had already commanded Apollo 8 and NASA wanted to rotate commanders for each mission. NASA decided to assign Alan Shepard, who was scheduled to command Apollo 13, to Apollo 14, and Lovell was selected as the commander of Apollo 13 as a replacement.
The last Apollo Missions (Sky Lab) were in the early to mid 1970's. Richard Nixon was president when the Apollo Program was cancelled, so he played a prominent role. The US/NASA began development of the STS (Space Shuttle) shortly afterwards.