Apollo 13, Tom Hanks and Artemis
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The NASA Artemis II mission is on its way to create a new record, aiming to exceed the distance travelled by Apollo 13 astronauts who flew to space in 1970. The Orion spacecraft carries
Artemis II astronauts will be looking at the Moon from a “unique perspective”, as they will be passing by at a much higher altitude compared to the Apollo missions.
Called a "successful failure", the crew of Apollo 13 applied what they'd learned at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill as well as flight engineers band in Houston "working the problem" to bring the three astronauts home safely. The crew of Apollo-8 (l ...