Liftoff Videos
Every mission, with the videos that tell it
Every mission we cover, by year.
Mission: 1970Published: 2 Nov 2026
Apollo 13 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, meant to be the third Moon landing at Fra Mauro.
Mission: 1970Published: 1 Nov 2026
Apollo 13 was meant to be the third Moon landing, but an oxygen tank exploded about 55 hours 54 minutes into the mission, and the crew used the lunar module Aquarius as a lifeboat.
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, meant to be the third crewed Moon landing.
Apollo 13 was meant to be the third Moon landing, targeting the Fra Mauro region, but an oxygen tank burst about 55 hours into the flight, around 200,000 miles from Earth.
Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970 for the lunar highlands of Fra Mauro, but an oxygen tank in the service module ruptured roughly 320,000 km from Earth.
Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970, and 55 hours and 53 minutes into the flight an oxygen tank exploded after Houston asked the crew to stir the tanks.
Mission: 1970Published: 26 Jan 2026
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, planning the first landing in the Fra Mauro highlands, but an oxygen tank explosion turned it into a survival mission.
Mission: 1970Published: 3 Jan 2026
A long-form documentary-style retelling of Apollo 13 built from the mission voice recordings and the Review Board report.
Mission: 1970Published: 4 Jul 2025
After an oxygen tank rupture, Apollo 13 became a rescue effort with the lunar module serving as a lifeboat.
Mission: 1970Published: 10 May 2025
Part one of a documentary on Apollo 13, launched in April 1970 with Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise.
Mission: 1970Published: 6 Nov 2024
Apollo 13 was launched in April 1970 toward the Moon with Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise.
Mission: 1970Published: 13 Nov 2022
An hour-by-hour account of Apollo 13, from launch on a Saturn V to the oxygen tank 2 explosion at about hour 56.
Mission: 1970Published: 1 Jan 2021
After an oxygen tank rupture crippled Apollo 13, NASA and the crew used the lunar module as a lifeboat.
Mission: 1970Published: 25 Dec 2020
Part one of a documentary on Apollo 13 covers the crew change, the launch, the pogo vibration on ascent and the oxygen tank rupture 56 hours into the flight.
Mission: 1970Published: 11 Apr 2020
NASA's documentary on Apollo 13 draws on interviews with astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise and flight directors Gene Kranz and Glynn Lunney.
Mission: 1970Published: 2 Oct 2019
Apollo 13 launched April 11, 1970, and was meant to land at Fra Mauro.
Mission: 1970Published: 3 Mar 2018
This 1994 documentary follows Apollo 13 from its April 11, 1970 launch through the oxygen tank explosion on the way to the Moon.
Mission: 1970Published: 16 Mar 2012
Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970, but an oxygen tank explosion about 200,000 miles from Earth ended its Moon landing plans.
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