NASA astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert launch aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 11, 1970. The mission seemed to be going smoothly until 55 hours and 55 minutes in when an oxygen tank ruptured. The new mission plan involved abandoning the Moon landing, looping around the Moon and getting the crew home safely as quickly as possible. The crew needed to go into “lifeboat mode,” using the lunar module Aquarius to save the spacecraft and crew. On April 17, the crew returned to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Samoa.
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1970年4月11日，NASA宇航员吉姆·洛弗尔（Jim Lovell）、弗雷德·海斯（Fred Haise）和杰克·斯威格特（Jack Swigert）从佛罗里达州的NASA肯尼迪航天中心搭乘阿波罗13号飞船升空。任务初期一切进展顺利，直到飞行55小时55分钟时，一只氧气罐发生爆炸。随后任务计划被紧急调整，登月任务被取消，改为绕月一圈并尽快安全返回地球。宇航员们被迫进入“救生艇模式”，启用登月舱水瓶座号（Aquarius）作为临时生命维持系统，以挽救飞船和机组成员。最终在4月17日，三名宇航员成功返回地球，飞船在萨摩亚附近的太平洋海域溅落。
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