Status
Success
Apollo 13
Launch Time
Sat Apr 11, 1970 19:13 UTC
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
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