Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the apollo space program and the third meant to land on the moon the craft was launched from kennedy space center on april 11 1970 but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module sm failed two days into the mission.
Apollo 13 control room.
Mission control 2 the one used for the gemini apollo and early shuttle programmes is arranged in four rows of interconnected consoles that reach across the room with large.
The control rooms are called mission operation control rooms mocr and the apollo era mocr is now a national landmark and was recently restored to its original condition.
Apollo 13 is a 1995 american space docudrama film directed by ron howard and starring tom hanks kevin bacon bill paxton ed harris and gary sinise the screenplay by william broyles jr.
Those who watched the apollo 11 mission unfold remember what it was like to be in mission control.
We were a bunch of young people that happened to be at the right place at the right time.
12 failure is not an option was in fact coined by bill broyles one of the screenwriters of apollo 13 based on a similar statement made not by kranz but another member of the apollo 13.
This film depicts attempts to return the crewmen of the apollo 13 mission safely to earth following an explosion onboard the service module.
Kranz travels all over the world giving a motivational lecture titled failure is not an option including the historic apollo 13 flight control room.
A celebration recently took place at the kennedy space center s apollo saturn v center commemorating the 45th anniversary of apollo 13.
The restoration of apollo mission control center features the authentic consoles used to monitor nine gemini all apollo moon missions and 21 space shuttle missions.
The film emphasizes the mission control and spacecraft.
The perilous voyage of apollo 13 by astronaut jim lovell and jeffrey kluger.
These missions include the flight of apollo 11 that first landed men on the moon the apollo 13 mission that famously experienced an in flight emergency and 40 other space missions.