Apollo 13: The NASA Mission Reports

Language: English

Published by Apogee Books, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 2000

1896522556 / 9781896522555

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256 pages. Includes a CD-ROM of NASA Apollo 13 movies and images. Illustrations (some in color) Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, at 13: 13 CST from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the Service Module (SM) upon which the Command Module (CM) depended. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to jury-rig the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17. The flight passed over the far side of the Moon at an altitude of 254 kilometers (137 nautical miles) from the lunar surface, 400, 171 km (248, 655 mi) from Earth, a spaceflight record marking the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth. The mission was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module Pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module Pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for the original CM pilot Ken Mattingly, who was grounded by the flight surgeon after exposure to German measles. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Presumed first edition/first printing thus.…

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Title
Apollo 13: The NASA Mission Reports
Author
Godwin, Robert (Compiled and Edited by)
Publisher
Apogee Books, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Publication year
2000
Binding
Trade paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1896522556
ISBN 13
9781896522555
Edition
1st Edition
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