Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
The year is 1970. The US space program had already successfully placed the first men on the moon the year before with Apollo 11, and the subsequent Apollo 12 mission also successfully landed. It seemed like Apollo 13 would also prove equally successful as the she launched on April 11. However, two days after launch, Apollo 13 suffered an explosion that threatened to claim the lives of its three crewmen and to deal a fatal blow to the American space program. What went wrong? More importantly, could the astronauts still be saved?
The year is 1970. The US space program had already successfully placed the first men on the moon the year before with Apollo 11, and the subsequent Apollo 12 mission also successfully landed. It seemed like Apollo 13 would also prove equally successful as the she launched on April 11. However, two days after launch, Apollo 13 suffered an explosion that threatened to claim the lives of its three crewmen and to deal a fatal blow to the American space program. What went wrong? More importantly, could the astronauts still be saved?
