Apollo XIII
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| Tribe name: | Apollo XIII |
| Tag: | XIII |
| Number of members: | 3 |
| Points of the best 20 players | 481 |
| Total points: | 481 |
| Average points: | 160 |
| Rank: | 123 |
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Apollo 13 was the third mission intended to land humans on the Moon, launched on April 11, 1970, by NASA. The crew included commander James Lovell, command module pilot John Swigert, and lunar module pilot Fred Haise. However, two days into the mission, an oxygen tank in the service module exploded, causing a life-threatening situation for the astronauts. The explosion damaged the spacecraft’s systems, including its power and oxygen supplies, forcing the mission to be aborted before it could land on the Moon.
Despite the crisis, the crew and ground control worked together to improvise a solution. The astronauts used the lunar module, originally intended for landing on the Moon, as a "lifeboat" to keep them alive and to navigate their way back to Earth. Using minimal resources, including the Moon landing vehicle's systems and the limited power available, they were able to safely return home.
After a tense and harrowing journey, Apollo 13 safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970. The mission is considered a "successful failure" because, although it did not achieve its original goal of a lunar landing, the successful return of the crew demonstrated the resilience, ingenuity, and teamwork of NASA's engineers and astronauts in the face of critical adversity. |
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