One of America's most-beloved astronauts is not finished inspiring the nation -- offering a lesson of American ingenuity and resolve amid the coronavirus pandemic.
re-examined the six dramatic days that gripped the world, as American courage and ingenuity transformed near-certain tragedy into one of the space program's greatest triumphs.
"After we saw that the command module was dying and losing oxygen, electrical power, then we went into that lunar module and tried to see how and where and when we could use it to [inaudible] get back home," recalled Lovell.Lovell said that he put the disappointment of the aborted lunar landing out of his mind, and focused on the task at hand.
"Then, of course, it was getting cold, and we were running out of food, and Fred was getting sick at the time coming down -- and I had to put my arms around him to keep him warm -- but then we kept charging." The Apollo 13 crewmembers step aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Exiting the helicopter which made the pick-up some four miles from the Iwo Jima are astronauts Fred Haise, lunar module pilot; Jim Lovell., commander; and Jack Swigert, command module pilot.
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