Dec 7, 2025 · Apollo 13 - Reentry, Splashdown, Recovery: During the morning of April 15, Apollo 13 entered the region of gravitational influence of Earth, at a distance from Earth’s surface of 348,064 …

Wikipedia • The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969.

The astronauts' peril briefly renewed public interest in the Apollo program; tens of millions watched the splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean on television. An investigative review board found fault with …

After tense minutes of communication loss as Odyssey re-entered Earth's atmosphere, the parachutes opened and the Command Module splashed down into the South Pacific. A US Navy ship and …

Apr 17, 2025 · Apollo 13 splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. (NASA Image)

The Apollo 13 crew return to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Source video: NASA (90k, 8sec QuickTime file). Astronomy Now Online uses Apple's QuickTime technology to deliver...

Apr 17, 2025 · Imagine the excitement that rippled through Brevard County when NASA’s Apollo 13 capsule made its splashdown at 1:07 p.m. on April 17. This dramatic return—a stunning moment of …

Apr 17, 2020 · The crew of Apollo 13 had made it back to Earth safely. In Mission Control, pandemonium erupted as the exhausted flight controllers, joined by astronauts, managers and VIPs, …

Apr 17, 1970 · The crew members of the Apollo 13 mission, step aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific …

13: “A Successful Failure” After the historic Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 Moon missions, NASA planned more adventurous visits to different geolog. cal zones on the lunar surface. Apollo 13 sought to …