Jack Swigert

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 6: The Mysterious Longer-Than-Expected Communications Blackout

Join Universe Today in celebrating the 45th anniversary of Apollo 13 with insights from NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill as we…

9 years ago

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 5: The CO2 Partial Pressure Sensor

The Apollo 13 accident crippled the spacecraft, taking out the two main oxygen tanks in the Service Module. While the…

9 years ago

13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 13: The Mission Operations Team

The phrase "last but not least" was likely never more appropriate. Though this is the last article of our "13…

14 years ago

13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 10: Duct Tape

Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things…

14 years ago

13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 8: The Command Module Wasn’t Severed

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14 years ago

13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 7: The Apollo 1 Fire

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14 years ago

13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 6: Navigating By Earth’s Terminator

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14 years ago

13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 3: Charlie Duke’s Measles

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15 years ago