3 astronauts on Apollo 13 one of them did not go up but he went up on Apollo 14.
The Gemini astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission was Jim Lovell. He had previously flown in Gemini 7 and Gemini 12 before taking command of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in April 1970. Lovell and his crew faced a life-threatening situation when an oxygen tank exploded, but they successfully returned to Earth after overcoming numerous challenges.
The name of that astronaut was Thomas. K. Mat tingly and he was first chosen to fly in the Apollo 13 with James Lovell , Fred. w. Haise . So the back up astronaut Jack Swigert took his place.
Jim Lovell's crew was originally scheduled for Apollo 14, but due to medical reasons, the original Apollo 13 crew had to be replaced. Lovell and his crew were then re-assigned to Apollo 13.
Yes the Apollo 13 spacecraft did explode as a oxygen cylinder exploded.
3 astronauts on Apollo 13 one of them did not go up but he went up on Apollo 14.
The Gemini astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission was Jim Lovell. He had previously flown in Gemini 7 and Gemini 12 before taking command of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in April 1970. Lovell and his crew faced a life-threatening situation when an oxygen tank exploded, but they successfully returned to Earth after overcoming numerous challenges.
The name of that astronaut was Thomas. K. Mat tingly and he was first chosen to fly in the Apollo 13 with James Lovell , Fred. w. Haise . So the back up astronaut Jack Swigert took his place.
The original Apollo 13 team chosen by N.a.s.A were James Lovell, Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly, but ken Mattingly caught measles. So Mattingly was grounded and back up astronaut Jack Swigert took his place.
Yes Apollo 13 was scary as a whole side blew up .
On the back-up crew Charlie Duke got the measles and they took Ken Mattingly off of the mission because he was exposed to them and was supposed to get sick but he never did.
No u do not need to go up into space to be an astronaut. Actually many astronauts train and train but don't get to go up in space.
The only astronaunt that went to the moon twice is James Lovell. He was on the crew of both Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, and would have landed had they not had the mishap that wrecked the mission. He was fortunate to have returned to earth safely. Actually Jim Lovell was NOT the only astronaut to go to the moon twice - there were two others! - John Young went twice - as CM pilot on Apollo 10 and as commander of Apollo 16. - Gene Cernan also went twice - as LM pilot on Apollo 10 and as commander of Apollo 17.
Jim Lovell's crew was originally scheduled for Apollo 14, but due to medical reasons, the original Apollo 13 crew had to be replaced. Lovell and his crew were then re-assigned to Apollo 13.
Yes the Apollo 13 spacecraft did explode as a oxygen cylinder exploded.
Alan Shepard and his crew was supposed to fly Apollo 13, but he got an ear infection close to the launch, so the crew of Apollo 14 were moved up a place allowing Alan Shepard to fly Apollo 14. The reason the whole crew switched was because they trained with each other and were put together to compliment each others skills.
The famous phrase from the Apollo 13 mission is "Houston, we've had a problem." These words were spoken by astronaut Jack Swigert to mission control on April 13, 1970, to alert them of an oxygen tank explosion onboard the spacecraft.