{"id":13116,"date":"2025-02-20T18:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/55-years-ago-preps-for-apollo-13-and-14-apollo-12-crew-on-world-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:05:30","slug":"55-years-ago-preps-for-apollo-13-and-14-apollo-12-crew-on-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/55-years-ago-preps-for-apollo-13-and-14-apollo-12-crew-on-world-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"55 Years Ago: Preps for Apollo 13 and 14, Apollo 12 Crew on World Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

55 Years Ago: Preps for Apollo 13 and 14, Apollo 12 Crew on World Tour<\/h2>\n

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With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell<\/a>, Thomas Mattingly<\/a>, Fred Haise<\/a>, and backups John Young<\/a>, John Swigert<\/a>, and Charles Duke<\/a> continued to train for the 10-day mission planned to land in the Fra Mauro highlands region of the Moon. Engineers continued to prepare the Saturn V rocket and spacecraft at the launch pad for the April 11, 1970, liftoff and completed the Flight Readiness Test of the vehicle. All six astronauts spent many hours in flight simulators training while the Moon walkers practiced landing the Lunar Module and rehearsed their planned Moon walks. The crew for the next Moon landing mission, Apollo 14, participated in a geology field trip as part of their training for the flight then planned for October 1970. Meanwhile, NASA released Apollo 12 lunar samples to scientists and the Apollo 12 crew set off on a Presidential world goodwill tour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

At NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers completed the Flight Readiness Test of the Apollo 13 Saturn V on Feb. 26. The test ensured that all systems are flight ready and compatible with ground support equipment, and the astronauts simulated portions of the countdown and powered flight. Successful completion of the readiness test cleared the way for a countdown dress rehearsal at the end of March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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John Young prepares for a flight aboard the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle.<\/div>\n
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John Young after a training flight aboard the landing trainer. <\/div>\n
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Fred Haise prepares for a flight at the Lunar Landing Research Facility. <\/div>\n
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