Apollo 13 was Swigert's first trip to space, at age 38. He had been part of the support crew for Apollo 7 in 1968, and was initially Apollo 13's backup command module pilot.

Never leave home without duct tape!’,” chuckles Jeff Lovell, whose father, Jim, is best known for commanding Nasa’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in April 1970. ­After an onboard explosion left their ...

His suit never made it to the moon, however, because NASA cancelled all landings after Apollo 17 in December 1972. Since then Elkins, who is in the U.S. Space Foundation’s Space Technology Hall ...

NASA, no. S70-15841 Apollo 13 suffered its first unexpected issue two days before liftoff. Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly was exposed to German measles and grounded.

For the rescue of Apollo 13, these sorts of debates were going on in real time,” concludes Woodfill. “Now a mission to Mars, is, indeed, a magnitude more challenging than the rescue of Apollo 13.

8. Alan Shepard was picked to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, then replaced. Shepard was assigned to fly Apollo 13 along with Stuart Roosa and Ed Mitchell.

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