This video uses data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter spacecraft to recreate some of the stunning views of
the Moon that the Apollo 13 astronauts saw on their perilous
journey around the farside in 1970.
These visualizations, in 4K resolution, depict many
different views of the lunar surface, starting with earthset
and sunrise and concluding with the time Apollo 13
reestablished radio contact with Mission Control. Also,
depicted is the path of the free return trajectory around
the Moon, and a continuous view of the Moon throughout that
path.
All views have been sped up for timing purposes ...
they are not shown in "real-time."
History Apollo 13 was
the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and
the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched
from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar
landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service
module failed two days into the mission. The crew instead
looped around the Moon, and returned safely to Earth on
April 17. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell with Jack
Swigert as command module pilot and Fred Haise as lunar
module pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for Ken
Mattingly, who was grounded after exposure to rubella.
NASA
video produced by David Ladd (USRA) - February 24,
2020 Data Visualization by Ernie Wright (USRA)
NASA
