To go far and beyond as past Apollo missions were the plans for the Apollo 13 mission, but with a sudden change of plans they only had one mission left, get back home safe and alive. They launched on April 11, 1970, orbiting around the moon and back to earth for five days, twenty-two hours, fifty-four minutes, and forty-one seconds, and landed back to Earth in the Pacific Ocean on April 17 1970. On the mission, the crew composed of James A. Lovell Jr. as commander, Charles M. Duke Jr. as Lunar Module Pilot, and John L. Swigert Jr. As Command Module Pilot. Originally Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly was to be part of the Apollo 13 crew, but when exposed to German measles, to which was unknown to his immunity, from backup crew Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, he was replaced by John Swigert.
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An explosion on board forced Apollo 13 to have to orbit around the moon. This mission's landing area was reassigned to Apollo 14. Even though the Apollo 13 mission never made it to the moon, as in fact they are the third lunar attempt to land on the moon, this mission was labeled as the “successful failure” because of the knowledge they gained while rescuing the crew. During the first two days, there were only minor problems but it was looking like the smoothest flight of the program. At 46 hours Joe Kerwin reported that everything was going perfectly. Even bored of it but that was the last time they'd say
An explosion on board forced Apollo 13 to have to orbit around the moon. This mission's landing area was reassigned to Apollo 14. Even though the Apollo 13 mission never made it to the moon, as in fact they are the third lunar attempt to land on the moon, this mission was labeled as the “successful failure” because of the knowledge they gained while rescuing the crew. During the first two days, there were only minor problems but it was looking like the smoothest flight of the program. At 46 hours Joe Kerwin reported that everything was going perfectly. Even bored of it but that was the last time they'd say