Apollo 13
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Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and would have been the third Moon landing. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the landing was
Odyssey's damaged service module, as seen from the Apollo Lunar Module Aquarius, hours before reentry
Left to right: Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred HaiseApollo program← Apollo 12Apollo 14 →
Swigert, Lovell and Haise the day before launch.
Mission Operations Control Room during the TV broadcast just before the Apollo 13 accident. Astronaut Fred Haise is shown on the screen.
Apollo 8
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Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing and
Earthrise Taken from Apollo 8 by William Anders
Left to right: Anders, Lovell and BormanApollo program← Apollo 7Apollo 9 →
Apollo 8 space-flown silver Robbins medallion
The first stage of AS-503 being erected in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on February 1, 1968