NASA's famous Apollo 13 mission launched 50 years ago, and on April 14 the oxygen tank on its service module exploded. As you undoubtedly know, the mission's Moon landing was canceled after the ...

When an explosion rocked Apollo 13's service module on April 13, 1970, the vehicle's vital role, and that of the attached command module spacecraft, suddenly became crystal clear. The astronauts ...

The tanks were updated, and in January of 1969 the shelf was installed in service module 109. A month later, the spacecraft as assigned to Apollo 13. It wasn’t until March of 1970, during countd ...

Thus, five hours and 25 minutes after the service-module explosion, the lunar module’s descent engine was fired. Had it not burned, Apollo 13 would have swung around the moon but missed the ...

Internally, a fill line suffered slight damage. NASA assigned the seemingly undamaged tank to fly in Apollo 13’s service module. Extensive testing took place again prior to launch, and during ...

Apollo 13 was comprised of three main components. The command module housed the crew, acted as a control center and would enable them to return to Earth. The service module supplied oxygen ...

Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission ... Numerous design changes were made to the Apollo service module and command module on subsequent missions in the Apollo program.

NASM As Apollo 13 approached Earth, it jettisoned both the service module and the lunar module. Because the lunar module carried a nuclear reactor, it had to be dropped where it would sink deep in ...