The Apollo 13 astronauts used the lunar module to travel safely back to earth.The explorer spacecraft became their savior.
The Apollo 13 Command Module was 'Odyssey' . Aquarius was the Lunar lander.
The lunar module aboard Apollo 13 was named Aquarius.
Apollo 13 spacecraft was near to the moon and they were shortly going to separate from the Apollo craft. that Lunar module. But it happened before they had separated.
Houston told Apollo 13 to shut down the command module and transfer the astronauts to the lunar module, as the command module's oxygen supply was compromised. They were also instructed to make the safest possible reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
The name of the LEM (Lunar excursion model) was Aquarius (:
The Apollo 13 Command Module was 'Odyssey' . Aquarius was the Lunar lander.
The lunar module aboard Apollo 13 was named Aquarius.
Apollo 13 spacecraft was near to the moon and they were shortly going to separate from the Apollo craft. that Lunar module. But it happened before they had separated.
Houston told Apollo 13 to shut down the command module and transfer the astronauts to the lunar module, as the command module's oxygen supply was compromised. They were also instructed to make the safest possible reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
The name of the LEM (Lunar excursion model) was Aquarius (:
Every Apollo mission had astronauts walking on the moon.
The LEM on Apollo 13 was named 'Aquarius'. This did not land on the moon as planned, but enabled the astronauts to survive, and was used as a 'lifeboat'.
1. Apollo 7: Low Earth Orbit 2. Apollo 8: Lunar Orbit 3. Apollo 9: Low Earth Orbit 4. Apollo 10: Lunar Orbit 5. Apollo 11: Lunar Landing 6. Apollo 12: Lunar Landing 7. Apollo 13: Lunar flyby (aborted landing) 8. Apollo 14: Lunar Landing 9. Apollo 15: Lunar Landing 10. Apollo 16: Lunar Landing 11. Apollo 17: Lunar Landing
The lunar module pilot on Apollo 13 was Astronaut Fred Haise, Jr. Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970 and returned on April 17, 1970. The crew spent time in the lunar module due to the oxygen vent not working.
The command module for Apollo 13 was called Aquarius. The lunar module was called Aquarius.
Apollo 13 was the spacecraft that had an oxygen tank explosion, not the lunar module that landed on the moon. The lunar module that landed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission was called the Eagle, piloted by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
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