The longest hour in American history was when Apollo 13 took off from Kennedy space station on April 11, at 13:13 hours. Apollo was commanded by James Lowell, John Swigged and Fred Haze. People were concerned that the mission would not be a success,due to it landing on the moon on Friday the 13Th.Just after lift off and half way into the mission, something had went wrong.The craft had suffered a gas leak,which they had to abandon the mission to the moon.While up in space the craft also suffered more damage. With no heat and little food the crew was in trouble. But with the American people praying for them they returned to Earth successfully. And they said that this was not a successful mission.
Bryan Harper
3 comments:
What year was that?
It was April 11, 1970
I remember watching the tv during that trying time. I am often reminded of Gene Kranz's famous quote during the mission . . . "Failure is not an option." Isn't it amazing how much stronger we seem to become during trying times? Thank you for sharing :0) -- debbie
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