Timeline of Apollo 13 mission
April 11, 1970
1:13 P.M. -Apollo 13 takes off
April 13, 1970
8:56 P.M. -the crew completes a televised broadcast and the white team at ground control requests a cryo stir of the oxygen and hydrogen tanks
9:07 P.M. -oxygen tank two explodes inside the service module, causing the command module to lose power and air
8:56 P.M. -the crew completes a televised broadcast and the white team at ground control requests a cryo stir of the oxygen and hydrogen tanks
9:07 P.M. -oxygen tank two explodes inside the service module, causing the command module to lose power and air
April 14, 1970
2:43 A.M. -the crew on Apollo 13 use Aquarius's engines to get into a free return trajectory. Which is basically, a return to Earth by using the orbit of the moon to pull the craft into Earth's gravity
6:15 P.M. -the radio contact is lost when they orbit behind the moon and Haise and Swigert get there first close up veiw of the moon and take many pictures of the moon
2:43 A.M. -the crew on Apollo 13 use Aquarius's engines to get into a free return trajectory. Which is basically, a return to Earth by using the orbit of the moon to pull the craft into Earth's gravity
6:15 P.M. -the radio contact is lost when they orbit behind the moon and Haise and Swigert get there first close up veiw of the moon and take many pictures of the moon
April 15, 1970
3:38 A.M.- the crew begins to assemble canisters for Aquarius to prevent any more carbon dioxide build up
2:23 P.M.- battery two in the Aquarius explodes destroying one quarter of the remaining power
10:31 P.M. -the crew fires Aquarius's engine again to correct its path after drifting off course due to the crew urinating out of the craft, which affected the ship's course ever so slightly
3:38 A.M.- the crew begins to assemble canisters for Aquarius to prevent any more carbon dioxide build up
2:23 P.M.- battery two in the Aquarius explodes destroying one quarter of the remaining power
10:31 P.M. -the crew fires Aquarius's engine again to correct its path after drifting off course due to the crew urinating out of the craft, which affected the ship's course ever so slightly
April 17, 1970
7:14 A.M.- the service module is jettisoned away so the crew can see the extensive damage that was done to the ship
10:43 A.M. -the crew returns to the odyssey to jettison Aquarius
11:53 A.M. -the crew begins re-entry and loses contact with mission control
Apollo 13 touches down safely in the Pacific Ocean
7:14 A.M.- the service module is jettisoned away so the crew can see the extensive damage that was done to the ship
10:43 A.M. -the crew returns to the odyssey to jettison Aquarius
11:53 A.M. -the crew begins re-entry and loses contact with mission control
Apollo 13 touches down safely in the Pacific Ocean