Apollo 13 was supposed to circle the moon, sending a lander down to explore the surface before returning to earth, but an explosion forced the crew to abandon their mission. For other missions that were routine we didn’t play that big of a role, but for the Apollo 13 mission, we did play a role.” Woodfill tends to downplay both his role and the importance of the MER. What did we learn from Apollo? Before Apollo, however, the origin of lunar impact craters was not fully understood and the origin of similar craters on Earth was highly debated. After the mission's conclusion, NASA appointed an official review board to determine what went wrong. Posted by: DJ | 06/05/2012 at 11:23 AM.

Within minutes, he was at the space center trying to come up with a solution. I loved it!
In that case they would be very similar in composition. 2 blows up on Apollo 13 , the third manned lunar landing mission. Photogeologic interpretation of other planets is based largely on lessons learned from the Moon. As it turns out, there are similarities in composition between the Moon and the Earth, but .

The youngest Moon rocks are virtually as old as the oldest Earth rocks. if we put our minds to it! Thank you for this post. And, they travelled to the moon with the computer equivalent of what we now have in our mathematical calculators! Technology today, coupled with the lessons you mention above . The three astronauts had to retreat into the two-man lunar lander, a vehicle that was not designed to take them home. . Smylie said he was at home watching television when he learned there was a problem aboard Apollo 13. So many lessons in Apollo 13! In the case of Apollo 13, the lesson (among others) learned was that “Enh, I'm sure it'll be fine” is not a solid design philosophy. . Though they returned safely, the Apollo 13 mission was each crew member's last spaceflight. The review board found that the explosion had been caused by a spark that resulted from an electrical short circuit, which was the result of damaged wiring insulation. there is no end to what we can accomplish (in ALL areas!)
Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes On April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No.