Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise on their moon mission 50 years later

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It was not a scenario for which they had trained. Astronauts James Lovell and Fred Haise were prepared to carry out every aspect of the Apollo 13 mission — including what to do if something went wrong. But an explosion was not in the plan.

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[Ron B]

If the bad O2 tank had been put on the Apollo 8 capsule they would have never made it back. Also you here very little about the explosions on the Apollo 13 return trip to the earth. Although expected, those explosions must have been scary.