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mission
Close ✕Apollo 13
The third landing attempt, aborted after an in-flight explosion.
No recorded place · 1970-04-11 – 1970-04-17
Lunar mission
Operated byNASA · United States
ProgrammeApollo
ClassCrewed orbit · crewed
Outcomepartial
Launched1970-04-11
Arrived1970-04-15
PositionThis mission did not reach the surface. It has no position because it never had one.
Connections
- survived via Apollo Lunar Module — The Lunar Module Aquarius, designed to sustain two men for two days, supplied power, oxygen, water and propulsion for three men for about four days after the service module failed.
- record superseded by Artemis II — Apollo 13's swing around the far side took the crew 248,655 miles from Earth, the human distance record until Artemis II passed it on 6 April 2026 and reached 252,756 miles.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates