Topic: 40th anniversary special: 13 things that saved Apollo 13

[TheBlackCat]

For the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, this is a pretty cool set of articles listing 13 things that were critical to the survival of the Astronauts on the Apollo 13 spacecraft. Some were acts of genius or hard work, some were total coincidence, and many are lesser-known, but without all of them one of the greatest rescues in history would probably have ended much more tragically.

• Introduction

• Timing
• The   Hatch That Wouldn't Close
• Charlie   Duke's Measles
• Using   the LM for Propulsion
• Unexplained   Shutdown of the Saturn V Center Engine
• Navigating   by Earth's Terminator
• The   Apollo 1 Fire
• The   Command Module Wasn't Severed
• Position   of the Tanks
• Duct   Tape
• A   Hollywood Movie
• Lunar   Orbit Rendezvous
• The   Mission Operations Team

[Caliban]

I got to re-watch my copy of "When we left the Earth". The beginnings of the space programs are so friggin' cool, and the footage they have just makes it that much more awesome.