Houston Mission Control Helps Bring Apollo 13 Home

Category Science, Technology & Space

Date April 13, 1970

Country United States

An oxygen-tank failure on Apollo 13 forced the abandonment of its planned lunar landing. Flight controllers in Houston worked with the astronauts to conserve resources and develop procedures for their safe return to Earth on April 17.

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