April 11
Posted in White History on Apr 11th, 2011
1970 Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral with astronauts James Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert on board. The mission was intended to land on the Moon, but a mid-mission oxygen tank rupture caused sufficient damage to force the lunar landing to be aborted. 1943 American engineer and [...]