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Cosmic Perspectives from Amid the Stars:
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Houston, We've Had a Problem - What Went Wrong with Apollo 13?
Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third time landing a crew on the Moon. Instead, it turned into a mission of survival that became one of the most intense chapters in the history of human space flight. An explosion in the oxygen tank put the fate of the mission and its crew in peril. Along the way on their mission to return home safely, the crew of Apollo 13 became the humans to travel farthest from Earth, a record that stood until April 6, 2026, when the crew of Artemis II

Brandon Holloman
Apr 65 min read
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