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Modified link of Web site: NASA - Apollo 13. Oct 25, 2026
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Interview: Fred Haise / The Best Time of This Apollo 13 Astronaut's Career? ...It Wasn’t Space. Mar 13, 2026
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Interview: Fred Haise / The Best Time of This Apollo 13 Astronaut's Career? ...It Wasn’t Space. Mar 13, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - The unsung heroes who prevented the Apollo 13 disaster. Jan 16, 2026
Add new Web site: Western Carolina University - Learning the Lessons of Apollo 13 (PDF). May 12, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: San Diego Air and Space Museum - Apollo 13. Feb 03, 2025
Add new Web site: NASA - Office of Safety and Mission Assurance - Apollo 13. Jul 22, 2024
Added art. Jun 05, 2024
Media added. Mar 13, 2024
Add new Web site: The Planetary Society - Apollo 13. Aug 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Space Center Houston - Apollo 13. Aug 15, 2022
Add new Web site: Space.com - Apollo 13: Facts about NASA's near-disaster moon mission. Aug 30, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jul 24, 2019
Media added. May 02, 2019
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Apollo 13. Apr 07, 2017
Changed "Swigert and Lovell" to "Haise and Lovell." Changed "Swigert: Okay, Houston?" to "Haise: Okay, Houston?." Aug 17, 2016
Changed "Swigert radioed" to "Swigert and Lovell radioed." Changed "Swigert: Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here." to "Swigert: Okay, Houston,— Lovell: I believe we've had a problem here." Aug 16, 2016
Add new Web site: HyperHistory - Opium War. Aug 29, 2011
Add new Web site: NASA - Apollo 13. Aug 29, 2011
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Apollo 13. Aug 29, 2011
Add new Web site: Lunar and Planetary Institute - Apollo 13 Mission. Aug 29, 2011
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - History of Apollo 13. Aug 25, 2011
Added images of Apollo 13 launch and splashdown. Jun 02, 2010
Added image of Apollo 13 crew after their splashdown. Apr 29, 2010
New article added. Oct 06, 2009
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