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Apollo 13

Saturn V

Sat, 11 Apr 1970 19:13:03 GMT

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Historical mission record

This page records Saturn V | Apollo 13 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

Source record updated Jun 15, 2024, 2:36 PM UTC. This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.

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Mission status

Launch Successful

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Mission

Apollo 13 was the famous mission that never made it to the moon's surface because of a catastrophic malfunction on board, but the astronauts did return safely to the Earth. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell, the Command Module Pilot was Jack Swigert, and the Lunar Module Pilot was Fred Haise. The mission launched on April 11th, 1970 and the Capsule safely landed in the ocean on April 17th, 1970.

Launch vehicle: Saturn V
Mission type: Human Exploration
Destination orbit: Lunar Orbit
Spacecraft: LM Aquarius
Destination: Cislunar Orbit
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Programs: Apollo

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Launch vehicle

Saturn V

The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.

Height: 110.6 m
Diameter: 10.1 m
Stages: 3
Recorded launches: 13
First flight: 1967-11-09