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1 online resource |
| Summary |
"Houston, we've had a problem here." On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in incomparably grave danger. Faced with below-freezing temperatures, a seriously ill crew member, and a dwindling water supply, a safe return seemed unlikely. Thirteen is the shocking, miraculous, and entirely true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 to a safe landing on earth. Expanding on dispatches written for the New Yorker, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. brings readers unparalleled detail on the moment-by-moment developments of one of NASA's most dramatic missions. |
| Note |
Originally published: Thirteen, the flight that failed. New York : Dial Press, c1972. |
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Project Apollo (U.S.)
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Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) -- Accidents.
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Space vehicle accidents -- United States.
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Space rescue operations.
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Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) (OCoLC)fst00655657 |
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Project Apollo (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00610722 |
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Accidents. (OCoLC)fst00795270
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Space rescue operations. (OCoLC)fst01127805
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Space vehicle accidents. (OCoLC)fst01127949
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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SCIENCE / Space Science
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Electronic books.
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Freading.
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| Added Title |
Thirteen, the flight that failed
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| Cover Title |
XIII, the Apollo flight that failed |
| ISBN |
9781480462199 (electronic bk.) |
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1480462195 (electronic bk.) |
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