Liftoff Videos
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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 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.
Published: 29 Oct 2025
Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke gave this keynote at the 2nd Annual Astro Awards on January 26, 2025, recalling his career, the Saturn V launch, a control-system problem that nearly…
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