One of the most eventful of space missions!
An explosion on board on the way to the Moon left the astronauts scrambling to stay alive, and make it back to Earth.
The phrase “Houston, we have a problem!” (not an exact quote from the mission I know) is a popular quotation from the radio communications between the Apollo 13 astronauts and the NASA Mission Control Center, during the Apollo 13 spaceflight, as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion that crippled their flight.
If you don’t know the story, I highly recommend watching the movie Apollo 13 – Not sure if its on Netflix at the moment.
Alternatively, listen to this great podcast
BBC Podcast – 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2
Or present you were alive in 1970 and follow the “live”streaming from 50 years ago.