In the spring of 1970, NASA launched what would be the third mission to walk on the moon, but almost nothing went to plan, putting the crew in peril until the moment they splashed down.

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Our Apollo Episodes:

• Apollo 1
• Apollo 4 & 5
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• Apollo 11
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• Apollo 13
• Apollo 14
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• Apollo 16
• Apollo 17

Apollo 13 | NASA

Apollo 13 Accident

Apollo 13: Home Safe - NASA on YouTube

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Apollo 13 Flight Journal - Index Page

Apollo 13 (AS-508) | National Air and Space Museum

The Recipe for Apollo 13's Disaster | Popular Science

45 years after Apollo 13: Ars looks at what went wrong and why | Ars Technica

Apollo 13: An Accident in Space | The New Yorker

Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got a Problem - YouTube

Apollo 13 Accident - Flight Director Loop Part 1 - YouTube

Your Questions about Apollo 13 Answered by Jerry Woodfill - Universe Today

More of Your Apollo 13 Questions Answered by Jerry Woodfill - Universe Today

031320a-apollo-13-real-time-website.html">Apollo 13 in Real Time website offers new insight into mission, 50 years later | collectSPACE

As it Happened - Apollo 13 "Houston We've Had A Problem" - YouTube

The Apollo 13 Mission and Rescue: How much plutonium was added to the Earth's environment?

Apollo 13 (1995) - IMDb

BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon

Houston, we have a problem - Wikipedia

Apollo 13: Lovell, Jim, Kluger, Jeffrey - Amazon.com

Apollo 50th on Twitter: "Damage caused to the first car from the fire..."

The Incomparable: Apollo 13