Title: Apollo 13 Flight Plan - Signed by James Lovell Author: ** Place: Houston, Texas Publisher: Manned Spacecraft Center Date: March 16, 1970 Description: [2], xx, [340] pp. 10½x8, stiff paper covers, stapled at upper left. Final version of the NASA flight plan for Apollo 13, intended to be the third manned space flight to land on the moon. Signed on the front cover by Commander John Lovell. The mission had to be aborted after an oxygen tank ruptured, severely damaging the spacecraft's electrical system and crippling the service module upon which the Command Module depended. To conserve its batteries and the oxygen needed for the last hours of flight, the crew instead used the Lunar Module's resources as a "lifeboat" during the return trip to Earth. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water and the critical need to jury-rig the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17. NASA called the mission a "successful failure". Provenance: Property of Mr. Dean Mell, NBC News correspondent for Apollo missions 7 through 14. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached, light wear; very good. Item number: 212503
Title: Apollo 13 Flight Plan - Signed by James Lovell Author: ** Place: Houston, Texas Publisher: Manned Spacecraft Center Date: March 16, 1970 Description: [2], xx, [340] pp. 10½x8, stiff paper covers, stapled at upper left. Final version of the NASA flight plan for Apollo 13, intended to be the third manned space flight to land on the moon. Signed on the front cover by Commander John Lovell. The mission had to be aborted after an oxygen tank ruptured, severely damaging the spacecraft's electrical system and crippling the service module upon which the Command Module depended. To conserve its batteries and the oxygen needed for the last hours of flight, the crew instead used the Lunar Module's resources as a "lifeboat" during the return trip to Earth. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water and the critical need to jury-rig the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17. NASA called the mission a "successful failure". Provenance: Property of Mr. Dean Mell, NBC News correspondent for Apollo missions 7 through 14. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached, light wear; very good. Item number: 212503
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