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Apollo 13 Project

Apollo. Space!!. Apollo 13 Project. Apollo 13. The date of the launch was April 4 th 1970. The location of the launch was at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose of the mission was to land in another region of the moon which was ‘ Fra Mauro’. The Crew Members.

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Apollo 13 Project

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  1. Apollo Space!! Apollo 13 Project

  2. Apollo 13 • The date of the launch was April 4th 1970. The location of the launch was at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose of the mission was to land in another region of the moon which was ‘Fra Mauro’.

  3. The Crew Members • The crew members were Captain James, Arthur Lovell Jrcommander John Lenornard,Jack swigert Fred Wallace Haise Jr. The crew members were feeling excited and anxious when they were lifting off. They were hoping to complete their mission and arrive home safely.

  4. The Complications • The oxygen tank 2 blew up and then 1 was also to fail the crew members had to shut off all electricity to regain power to send them back home. Lovell, Thirteen minutes after the explosion, Lovell happened to look out of the left-hand window, and saw the final evidence pointing toward potential catastrophe. "We are venting something out into the- into space," he reported to Houston. Jack Lousma, the CapCom replied, "Roger, we copy you venting." Lovell said, "It's a gas of some sort." It was oxygen gas escaping at a high rate from the second, and last, oxygen tank.

  5. Extra Information • The oxygen tanks were highly insulated spherical tanks which held a "slush" of liquid oxygen with a fill line and heater running down the center. The no. 2 oxygen tank used in Apollo 13 (North American Rockwell; serial number 10024X-TA0008) had originally been installed in Apollo 10. It was removed from Apollo 10 for modification and during the extraction was dropped 2 inches, slightly jarring an internal fill line. The tank was replaced with another for Apollo 10, and the exterior inspected. The internal fill line was not known to be damaged, and this tank was later installed in Apollo 13.

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