Running head: APOLLO 13
Apollo 13
St.Thomas University
Abstract
Apollo 13 was intended to be the third mission to carry humans to the surface of the Moon, but an explosion of one of the oxygen tanks and resulting damage to other systems resulted in the mission being aborted before the planned lunar landing could take place. The crew, Commander James Lovell, command module pilot John Swigert, and command lunar pilot Fred Haise were returned safely to Earth on April 17th 1970.
Apollo 13
Mission profile
Apollo 13 was launched on April 11, 1970 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
First, the missions purpose were to explore regions of the moon, to inspect, survey and sample the material of the moons surface, to further develop man's capabilities to work in lunar environments, and take photographs of exploration sites. These goals were to be carried out. Prior to the launch of Apollo 13 there were already some imperfections with previous journeying into space.......
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