That failure is not an option!
the NASA Apollo 13 mission to the Moon
Nobody died on the Apollo 13 mission by NASA.
Apollo 13.
No, Apollo 13 was a real-life mission by NASA that took place in 1970. It was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program.
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apollo 13
The mission was named Apollo 13 because it was the 13th mission in the Apollo program lineup. The number 13 was traditionally considered unlucky, but NASA continued the mission numbering sequence as planned.
Apollo 13 was not invented; it was a NASA mission that took place in 1970. Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and was intended to land on the Moon, but an oxygen tank explosion forced the mission to be aborted.
The Apollo 13 mission is often referred to as a "successful failure" by NASA. Despite the mission not achieving its objective of landing on the moon due to an oxygen tank explosion, the safe return of the crew showcased the ingenuity and teamwork of NASA engineers and astronauts.
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.
The total cost of the Apollo 13 mission was approximately $355 million.
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.