NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Apollo 13

Launch Time
Sat Apr 11, 1970 19:13 UTC

During the launch, one of the second stage engines shutdown prematurely. However, the four remaining second stage engines and the third stage were able to compensate by burning longer. The service module anomaly which prevented a moon landing was a fault of the spacecraft, not the launch vehicle.

Rocket

Saturn V
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $1,160.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 35,100 kN
Payload to LEO: 140,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 110.6 m

Mission Details

Apollo 13

Apollo 13 was to be the third moon landing in the Apollo program but was aborted due to an oxygen tank exploding. The crew returned to Earth safely.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 46,305.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1970

31st orbital launch attempt

Saturn V

8th mission
1st mission of 1970
7th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission