It was the Apollo 13 that had to return to earth, due to a explosion .
Apollo 13 did not land on the moon. The mission was intended to, but due to an oxygen tank explosion, the spacecraft had to abort its lunar landing and return to Earth. The crew safely landed in the Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970.
No, Apollo 13 was unable to land on the moon as originally planned due to an oxygen tank explosion that severely damaged the spacecraft. The mission was aborted, and the crew had to work with ground control to safely return to Earth.
Apollo 13 was supposed to land in the Fra Mauro region of the Moon. However, due to an oxygen tank explosion, the mission had to be aborted, and the spacecraft slingshotted around the Moon to return safely to Earth.
Apollo 13 did not land on the moon. They had an explosion in the Service Module which forced them to abort the mission and return home.
Apollo 11 landed in the pacific ocean.The coordnates were:13°19′N 169°9′W
Two Apollo missions experienced fatal accidents - Apollo 1 during a pre-launch test in 1967 and Apollo 13 which suffered an onboard explosion in 1970. However, neither mission was fully in flight when the accidents occurred. No Apollo mission that launched failed to return its crew safely to Earth.
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon, while Apollo 13 had an explosion and started loosing power and oxygen, making it imposible to make the moon landing. They had to return back to earth.
Apollo 13 is the mission that famously experienced an explosion in its Service Module while en route to the moon in 1970. The explosion led to the mission being aborted, and the astronauts had to use the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat" to return safely to Earth.
The Apollo 13 mission aborted its planned moon landing in 1970 due to an oxygen tank explosion that damaged the spacecraft. The crew had to make a successful return to Earth without completing their mission on the moon.
Apollo 11 was the first mission to land humans on the moon. Apollo 13 was supposed to land on the moon 9 months later, but an oxygen tank explosion crippled the spacecraft about halfway to the moon and the landing was canceled. The mission became one of crew survival and return to earth. They landed safely in the Pacific Ocean 4 days after the explosion with just a few hours of oxygen left in the spacecraft.
Americans have landed on the moon during the Apollo missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The last manned mission to the moon was Apollo 17 in 1972. Since then, there have been no manned missions to the moon, but there are plans for future missions to return to the moon.