{"id":12759,"date":"2024-12-19T12:06:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/55-years-ago-apollo-13-preparations-for-the-third-moon-landing\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:06:33","slug":"55-years-ago-apollo-13-preparations-for-the-third-moon-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/55-years-ago-apollo-13-preparations-for-the-third-moon-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"55 Years Ago: Apollo 13, Preparations for the Third Moon Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

55 Years Ago: Apollo 13, Preparations for the Third Moon Landing<\/h2>\n

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As 1969, an historic year that saw not just one<\/a> but two<\/a> successful human lunar landings, drew to a close, NASA continued preparations for its planned third Moon landing mission, Apollo 13, then scheduled for launch on March 12, 1970. The Apollo 13 prime crew of Commander James A. Lovell<\/a>, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Thomas K. \u201cKen\u201d Mattingly<\/a>, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Fred W. Haise<\/a>, and their backups John W. Young<\/a>, John L. \u201cJack\u201d Swigert<\/a>, and Charles M. Duke<\/a>, continued intensive training for the mission. NASA announced the selection of the Fra Mauro region of the Moon as the prime landing site for Apollo 13, favored by geologists because it forms an extensive geologic unit around Mare Imbrium, the largest lava plain on the Moon. The Apollo 13 Saturn V rolled out to its launch pad.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Apollo 11<\/h2>\n
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The Apollo 11 astronauts meet Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, left, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Image courtesy of The Canadian Press. <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n
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The Apollo 11 astronauts meet with Qu\u00e9bec premier ministre Jean Lesage in Montr\u00e9al. Image courtesy of Archives de la Ville de Montreal.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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