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The 43 Minutes That Saved Apollo 13
The 43 Minutes That Saved Apollo 13
On April 13, 1970, an explosion 200,000 miles from Earth turned a routine moon mission into a desperate fight for survival. We reconstruct the frantic 43 minutes when three astronauts had to abandon their dying command module and squeeze into a lunar module built for two—a spacecraft that would become humanity's smallest, most unlikely lifeboat in the vacuum of space. Every decision made in those minutes would determine whether they'd ever see home again.