Apollo 13 Infographic: How did they make that CO2 scrubber?
Apr 10, 2019 · Here’s a handy infographic detailing what those steps were and how the Apollo 13 astronauts made that CO2 scrubber work. See the model used by NASA engineers here in Houston as part of our Starship Gallery timeline.
This is the actual hack that saved the astronauts of the Apollo XIII
Jul 1, 2014 · This is the mother of all hacks, the genius device that saved the Apollo XIII crew from dying in their emergency return to Earth, as photographed during that trip using one of their Hasselblad...
Conserving the Creativity that Saved the Apollo 13 Astronauts
Apr 16, 2020 · Conserving the Creativity that Saved the Apollo 13 Astronauts. Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were meant to be the third Apollo crew to journey to the Moon on a lunar landing mission. On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 astronauts launched …
The Greatest Space Hack Ever - Popular Science
Oct 8, 2014 · When an oxygen tank exploded as Apollo 13 neared the moon, the three-man crew had to abort their mission, power down the command module, and move into the lunar module for the journey home.
Apollo 13 - Wikipedia
Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and would have been the third Moon landing.
An Insider Account Of The Hack That Saved Apollo 13
Mar 21, 2021 · Ken Mattingly explains how—and why—NASA designed a makeshift air filter from tube socks and duct tape. Astronaut Ken Mattingly was supposed to fly on Apollo 13, but he was bumped from the ...
Was the Apollo 13 CO2 problem a matter of capacity, or of rate?
Mar 19, 2020 · During Apollo 13, an explosion in the service module caused the command module to lose electrical power. This required using the environmental control system of the lunar module to remove carbon dioxide from the air, instead of the one in the command module. However, CO 2 2 levels continued to rise.
VIDEO: History Up Close - CO2 Scrubber - Space Center Houston
Apr 17, 2020 · Today, we are exploring a special artifact we have in honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13. When the Apollo 13 astronauts had to leave the Command Module and take refuge in the Lunar Module for their return flight, it left some potentially deadly problems to solve.
NASA’s finest hour: The engineers who saved Apollo 13
S69–62224 (December 1969) — The members of the prime crew of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission (left to right) are astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander; Thomas K. Mattingly II,...
Apollo 13 Flight Journal - Day 4, part 4: Building The CO2 Adapter - NASA
Apr 21, 2020 · It is almost 90 hours into the mission of Apollo 13. Some 10 hours previously, the Descent Engine on the Lunar Module Aquarius was fired in the PC+2 maneuver to establish a faster return trajectory back to Earth. This is planned …