Apollo 13 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, heading towards the Moon on its mission to perform lunar landing and exploration.
An oxygen tank in the service module exploded, causing a critical failure that endangered the spacecraft and its crew, forcing the mission to be aborted.
Due to the explosion and loss of oxygen and power, the planned lunar landing was aborted and the crew prepared for a safe return to Earth.
The Apollo 13 crew safely returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, thanks to the NASA mission control team's efforts and the astronauts' actions.
Apollo 13 travels toward the Moon without incident during initial phase of mission.
Decision made to abort the lunar landing mission and focus on safe return to Earth due to damage.
Crew powers down the command module to conserve energy for reentry, moves to Lunar Module as lifeboat.
Apollo 13 fires engine using Lunar Module thrusters to adjust trajectory for safe return to Earth.
Crew faces carbon dioxide buildup in Lunar Module; engineers on ground improvise a solution using available materials to adapt CO2 scrubbers.
As approaching Earth, crew powers up Command Module and transfers from Lunar Module back to Command Module for reentry.
Apollo 13 safely splashes down in the Pacific Ocean and crew is recovered by Navy vessel USS Iwo Jima.
