It was meant to be a simple space mission to the moon, but 56 hours into the flight tragedy struck.In this episode, we'll learn how three astronauts managed to use teamwork and quick thinking to escape death and return to Earth alive.
Background to the Apollo programme
The objective of the Apollo 13 mission
The pilots of the Apollo 13 mission
The three parts of the Apollo 13 spacecraft
The importance of ground control at Houston
The uneventful first 56 hours of the mission
A piece of routine maintenance goes wrong
"Houston, we've had a problem"
What actually went wrong?
Losing all power and being 330,000 km away from Earth
How quick thinking turned this lunar mission into a rescue mission
Figuring out the path back
Conserving oxygen and water and going around the moon
Fixing the spacecraft to avoid getting carbon dioxide poisoning
Returning to Earth
The legacy of Apollo 13
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