🚀 APOLLO 13: "HOUSTON, WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM" 🚀
April 13, 1970 - An oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13 en route to the Moon, forcing the abort of what was meant to be the third lunar landing mission. The dramatic rescue of astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise became one of NASA's greatest triumphs of human ingenuity under pressure.
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FYI... I was born 20:18 UK time on 11th April 1970. 5 mins earlier at 13:13 Houston time Apollo 13 was launched.
You could say we did our pre launched checks around the same time.
Dad watched the launch in the maternity ward waiting room TV.
There's a reason I own an (replica obviously) Apollo 13 flight patch from NASA XD
Certainly my most unique and thoughtful 30th birthday gift... that and a copy of Logan's Run with a birthday card that said "Time for Carousel!" :( 😆
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NASA MISSION UPDATE - ORBITAL MILESTONE BRIEFING 🚀
Mission Designation: HUMAN-1970-0411-P
Callsign: CRAVAT-GEEK-1
Launch Timestamp: April 11, 1970 - T+5 mins minutes post-Apollo 13 ignition
Completed Orbits: 56
New Trajectory: Initiating 57th orbit on April 11, 2026
MISSION REPORT: 56 ORBITS COMPLETE - ARTEMIS ERA OPERATIONS UNDERWAY
Houston, all systems remain impressively… operational.
Mission Control confirms that HUMAN-1970-0411-P has now successfully completed 56 full orbits of the Sun, maintaining a remarkably stable trajectory despite increasing gravitational interference from birthdays, paperwork, and “just one more episode.”
Born in the immediate wake of the Apollo 13 launch, the mission has now officially spanned:
The entire Apollo program
The Shuttle era
The rise (and fall, and subsequent rise again) of questionable fashion
A late autism diagnosis
And now, the Artemis program, including the recent Artemis II crewed lunar mission, which successfully looped humans around the Moon and brought them safely home
While Artemis II marked humanity’s return to deep space operations, subject HUMAN-1970-0411-P has been quietly conducting a continuous, unbroken long-duration mission since 1970 ...without the benefit of a launch escape system, mission patches, or freeze-dried ice cream.
Comparative Mission Notes:
Artemis II: ~10 days, lunar flyby, global celebration
HUMAN-1970-0411-P: 56 years, multiple terrain types, ongoing tea/coffee resupply dependency
Both missions demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and a willingness to say, “That’ll do” after a successful reentry.
SYSTEMS STATUS CHECK:
Navigation: Occasionally reliant on memory and/or guesswork
Propulsion: Powered by caffeine, curiosity, and mild stubbornness
Structural Integrity: Holding, with minor creaks during cold starts, some joints need oiling but otherwise still functional.
Communications: Strong, though may include repeated anecdotes from early mission phases
Vision Systems: Now include optional magnification attachments
MISSION OBJECTIVES - ORBIT 57:
Maintain forward momentum with style
Avoid unnecessary encounters with early mornings
Continue exploration of good food, good company, and low-risk mischief
Support ongoing human spaceflight initiatives from a safe distance (preferably with cake)
FLIGHT DIRECTOR’S NOTE:
As humanity returns to the Moon under Artemis, it’s worth noting that some missions never needed to leave Earth to be considered extraordinary.
56 orbits completed. No aborts. No recalls. No regrets logged (officially).
END TRANSMISSION
COMMENCE CELEBRATION PROTOCOL
Oggi, 11 aprile, nel 1970, l'Apollo 13 parte per la Luna. E tre giorni dopo: "Houston, abbiamo un problema"
il Centro di Controllo della NASA
Freddo, buio, CO₂ in aumento e una navicella danneggiata.
Ma alla NASA non si arresero: i filtri dell'aria sull'Apollo 13 erano quadrati, ma i connettori della capsula di emergenza erano circolari. Con nastro adesivo e ingegno, riportarono a casa Jim Lovell e il suo equipaggio.
Hollywood trasse dall'avventura un film. Qui il trailer:
youtube.com/watch?v=e3ZtOS4MCk…
Per saperne di più:
storicang.it/a/il-pericoloso-v…
Domani: Artemis II completa il suo viaggio attorno alla Luna, superato il record di distanza dalla Terra di Apollo 13
«Siete nella storia» ha detto Trump agli astronauti, che hanno lasciato la sfera d’influenza gravitazionale della Luna dopo sei ore di sorvolo del lato nascosto e hanno cominciato il viaggio di ritorno
Artemis II completed its journey around the Moon, surpassing the distance record set by Apollo 13.
“You are part of history,” Trump told the astronauts, who had left the gravitational sphere of the Moon after six hours of flying over its far side and had begun their return journey.
https://www.editorialedomani.it/fatti/artemis-luna-nasa-sorvolo-distanza-apollo-13-ov989hm4
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