13 Factors That Saved Apollo 13
13 Factors That Saved Apollo 13
| 13 April 2014 (USA)
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April 13th, 1970, 180,000 miles from Earth, a devastating malfunction leaves Apollo 13 leaking previous oxygen and its crew of three astronauts facing a life and death crisis. If Mission Control cannot find a way to bring Apollo 13 home, the astronauts will be stranded 200,000 miles from Earth in their dying ship. Now with limited power and supplies on board the spacecraft, the ground teams work around the clocking, engineering creative solutions to overcome carbon dioxide poisoning, dehydration and the freezing temperatures of deep space, to ensure the crew's survival. Using spectacular NASA footage, exclusive interviews with Apollo space scientists and stunning visual effects; this film explores the thirteen remarkable factors that brought the crew safely home, and the full story of the courage and ingenuity that cemented Apollo 13 as NASA's finest hour.

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tom-22621

Love Ron Howard's A13 and this is a perfect follow up documentary. Obviously the limitations of a feature film mean that information has to be passed over but this reveals the full process the astronauts and mission control took to get the crew home. Fascinating and well executed.

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