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Apollo 13's crew timed a fourteen-second engine burn with a wristwatch in April 1970 after the lunar module's main guidance computer had been powered down to conserve power and ...

The strange part of the Apollo 13 story I keep coming back to is this. The spacecraft carried a computer with a 2.048 MHz clock. It also carried a mechanical wristwatch, a chronograph Omega first ...
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The Apollo Missions

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...
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Apollo 13 odyssey transfixed the nation, tested NASA's mettle

This story originally posted Sept. 17, 2016. It is being republished as part of the Chronicle's 125 series. By the time Apollo 13 launched in April 1970, Americans already had walked on the moon twice ...
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What ‘Apollo 13’ Got Right—and Wrong—About One of NASA’s Most Dramatic Missions

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Apollo 13 space mission in April 1970 riveted the public as NASA successfully saved the three astronauts onboard after a ...
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How Accurate Is Ron Howard’s ‘Apollo 13’?

Apollo 13 faced real issues in liftoff, including engine failure, but the film took some liberties for dramatic effect. NASA's response to the Apollo 13 crisis was methodical, not chaotic like in the ...