Video: Apollo 13 splashes down 43 years ago today
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
The Apollo 13 mission launched on April 11, 1970, with the intent of landing on the moon, but the mission was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded. On April 17, the crew returned safely to Earth after a longer-than-expected blackout period which heightened tensions at Mission Control. This 28-minute NASA documentary, "Houston, We've Got A Problem," tells the full story of the seven-day mission.