40 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Struggled

The Apollo 13 moon landing mission was underway 40 years ago today with the April 11, 1970, 13:13 Central Time launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Two days later, en route to the Moon, April 13, 1970, the Apollo 13 astronauts were at risk of never coming home again as the world watched a prayed for the safety of the three would-be lunar astronauts. Fortunately for the crew of Apollo 13: "Failure Is Not at Option" as mission controllers work night and day to provide a lunar flyby trajectory back to Earth safely using the Moon landing module as a safe place until atmospheric re-entry. Those are days to be remembered in space history.