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An explosion in the o2 tanks on the way to the moon forced them to abort the landing mission. The Apollo 13 spacecraft made it back to earth safe but only bt the grace of God and some really good engineers at NASA. Please see the Ron Howard movie. It is very accurate.

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Q: Why did Apollo 13 not land on the moon but Apollo 11 12 14 16 and 17 did?
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