Apollo 13: 50 Years Since the Great Space Odyssey
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A talk recounts the Apollo 13 accident of April 1970 and explains how mission control planned and executed the rescue of the three astronauts after an in-space explosion. It draws on the speaker’s long research into crewed spaceflight history and his book Huellas en la Luna, covering the Apollo program’s missions, key people (politicians, engineers, astronauts) and first-hand interviews with participants.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:31Apollo 13 mission overview
- 7:46Science team and prep
- 10:10Launch and early orbit
- 11:58The explosion cause
- 17:34Critical rescue decisions
- 20:46Survival challenges in space
- 22:56Return flight adjustments
- 24:40Safe reentry and splashdown
- 25:44Impact and legacy
- 27:11Q&A
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