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50th anniversary: After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 (mission patch pictured) exploded,...

Name: 50th anniversary: After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 (mission patch pictured) exploded,...
Start: 2020-04-14

Tue, April 14, 2020

7 yr ago

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In 1970, After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 (mission patch pictured) exploded, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here".

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Wikipedia "On this day" selected anniversary, 50 years (1970 to 2020).

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2026-09-25: added to 2020-04-14