Apollo 13 crew returns alive
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After looping around the far side of the Moon on a free-return trajectory and surviving on Lunar Module consumables, the crew splashed down safely in the Pacific. Their swing around the Moon carried them 248,655 miles from Earth — a distance record for humans that stood for 56 years.
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- Story
- After looping around the far side of the Moon on a free-return trajectory and surviving on Lunar Module consumables, the crew splashed down safely in the Pacific. Their swing around the Moon carried them 248,655 miles from Earth — a distance record for humans that stood for 56 years.
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- Apollo 13 crew returns alive
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- Artemis II
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- Apollo 13 oxygen tank 2 ruptures
- Apollo 13 crew returns alive
- Artemis II rounds the lunar far side and breaks the Apollo 13 distance record
- Evidence
- Attributes the Apollo 13 service module oxygen tank 2 rupture to damaged wire insulation inside the tank, following thermostatic switches that were never upgraded from 28 V to the 65 V ground supply and welded shut during a pre-flight detanking.
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