Saturn V | Apollo 13

Saturn V | Apollo 13

Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Apollo 13

Apollo 13 was the famous mission that never made it to the moon's surface because of a catastrophic malfunction on board, but the astronauts did return safely to the Earth. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell, the Command Module Pilot was Jack Swigert, and the Lunar Module Pilot was Fred Haise. The mission launched on April 11th 1970 and the Capsule safely landed in the ocean on April 17th 1970.

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Apollo Odyssey CSM-109


Serial CSM-109

Launch Crew Count 3

Status Single Use

Landing Time 1970-04-17T18:07:00+0000


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Crew

Jim Lovell

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1928-03-25

Status Retired

Type Government


Jack Swigert

Command Module Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1931-08-30

Deceased 1982-12-27

Status Deceased

Type Government


Fred Haise

Lunar Module Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1933-11-14

Status Retired

Type Government


Saturn V


Height 110.60 Meters

Max Stages 3

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 35100 kN

Diameter 10.10 Meters

Mass To LEO 140000 kg

Liftoff Mass 2970 Tonnes


Launch Success 12

Consecutive Success 11

Maiden Flight 1967-11-09

Launch Failures 1


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Apollo

The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.

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