50th anniversary: After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 (mission patch pictured) exploded,...
History · Anniversaries · Tue, April 14, 2020
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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