Launch of Apollo 13. Target: the Fra Mauro Hills on the Moon. It will never get there. Two days later, they will have a serious accident with the Service Module. But it will still be “a very successful failure.” Apollo 13 (Saturn V SA-508): James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise attempt the third lunar landing with the Command Module Odyssey and the Lunar Module Aquarius; the attempt is aborted after an oxygen tank explodes; they nevertheless complete a lunar orbit and use the LM’s engine to enter reentry orbit. PS: Apollo 14 will actually reach the Fra Mauro Hills…
