Apollo 13

Apollo 13 was originally supposed to land on the moon, but when an explosion occurred in the Command Module plans changed. Fortunately, the Lunar Module was working properly, so the astronauts moved into it. They then jettisoned the CM off of the spacecraft. Now the problem was how to get back to earth. What they did was they circled around the moon, the moons gravity grabbed the spacecraft and shot it back towards earth, where it had enough fuel to get back into the atmosphere and down into the ocean. Apollo 13 was the first aborted Apollo mission, likewise no objectives were met. The crew was James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr., and Fred Haise, Jr. xJohn Swigert, Jr. was the replacement for Thomas Mattingly who got the German measles. Mattingly later flew on Apollo 16.


Mission Apollo 13 was originally supposed to land on the moon, but when an explosion occurred in the Command Module plans changed. Fortunately, the Lunar Module was working properly, so the astronauts moved into it. They then jettisoned the CM off of the spacecraft. Now the problem was how to get back to earth. What they did was they circled around the moon, the moons gravity grabbed the spacecraft and shot it back towards earth, where it had enough fuel to get back into the atmosphere and down into the ocean. Apollo 13 was the first aborted Apollo mission, likewise no objectives were met. The crew was James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr., and Fred Haise, Jr. xJohn Swigert, Jr. was the replacement for Thomas Mattingly who got the German measles. Mattingly later flew on Apollo 16.
		Mr. Jim Lovell Born March 25, 1928, in Cleveland, Ohio. Bachelor of science from U.S. Naval Academy; Advanced Management Program, Harvard Graduate School of Business. Flew on Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than 715.
		Mr. Fred Haise Born November 14, 1933, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from University of Oklahoma. Flew on Apollo 13 and Space Shuttle approach and landing tests 1, 3, and 5. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than 142.
		Mr. Jack Swigert Born August 30, 1931, in Denver, Colorado. Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from University of Colorado; master of science in aerospace science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; master of business administration from Hartford College. Flew on Apollo 13. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than 142. Died December 27, 1982.