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Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon.
The lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the service module (SM) upon which the command module (CM) had depended.
Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to make makeshift repairs to the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17, 1970, six days after launch.
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Well that's the official version. As we all know, the whole thing was staged in an aircraft hangar in Nevada, including the splashdown, and was done to promote the making of a film twenty-five years later.
Well, there are long lead in times in the film business and finance does have to be arranged, you know.
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