Members of
the Apollo 13 crew leave the launch site after finishing a countdown
demonstration in the Apollo 13 spacecraft on March 26, 1970 at Cape Kennedy in
Florida. Leading the astronauts is Fred W Haise, with command pilot James A
Lovell in the middle and Thomas K Mattingly in the back. AP PHOTO
…..The astronauts had almost reached the moon when they heard a
bang and felt a shudder. One of two oxygen tanks in the service module had
ruptured. Within seconds, Houston's Mission Control saw pressure readings for
oxygen tank B plunge to zero…..
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