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Launched 11 April 1970, Splashdown 17 April 1970
Apollo 13 was the 3rd attempt to land humans on the Moon and the 1st to fail. Fifty-six hours into the mission, an explosion forced the crew to abort their Moon landing and take shelter in the Lunar Module. The crew ultimately returned to Earth safely.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 03, 2014 • 6
It's been two weeks since comet Siding Spring passed close by Mars, and six of the seven Mars spacecraft have now checked in with quick looks at their images of the encounter. I round up all the results.
Emily Lakdawalla • October 20, 2014 • 2
All seven Mars spacecraft are doing perfectly fine after comet Siding Spring's close encounter with Mars.
Casey Dreier • September 03, 2014 • 19
Senior review recommends continuing all major planetary exploration missions, but not without some changes.
Emily Lakdawalla • August 13, 2014 • 2
Now that we have reasonable confidence that our Mars orbiters will be safe from the close passage of comet Siding Spring, we are free to be excited about the opportunity that the encounter represents. At a community workshop on August 11, representatives from Mars missions shared their plans for great comet science.
Bruce Betts • March 06, 2014
Continue exploring Venus and begin looking at Mars in this video of class 5 of Bruce Betts' Introduction to Planetary Science and Astronomy class.
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