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The Times | April 13, 1970
Paul House. the boy whose German measles almost grounded the Apollo 13 spaceship, watches the rocket launch at his home in Houston, Texas. From IAN McDONALD - - Washington, April 12 The Apollo 13 astronauts, moving steadily out of the pull -of the ea...
The Times | April 10, 1970
Mr. John Swigert: Ability to work with team-mates tested. From Our Own Correspondent Washington, April 9 A final decision on whether to proceed with the launch of Apollo 13 on Saturday will not be taken until tomorrow, the National Aeronautics and Sp...
The Times | April 18, 1970
By The News Team It began at four minutes past four in the morning, British time, when Captain Jim Lovell, on his fourth and last space flight, radioed mission control at Houston: 'Hey. We've got a problem here'.'.. Blast off for the crisis ridden Ap...
The Times | April 17, 1970
T'he Apollo astronauts face the most critical patPt of their journey when they prepare to reenter the earth's atmosphere this evening. A point where all astronauts are completely on their own comes after the irrevocable move is made to plunge into th...
The Times | April 18, 1970
I he three Apollo 13 astronauts, Captain James Lovell, Mr. Fred Haise and Mr. John Swigert, were last night on board the recovery ship Iwo Jima after a perfect landing in the Pacific. Within three minutes of the capsule landing in the sea helicopters...
The Times | April 15, 1970
An explosion in a crucial part of Apollo 13 left the crew of the spacocraft in the most dangerous situation ever experi enced by United States astro- nauts in flight. Yesterday the men were running short of water, oxygen and the chemical agent used f...
The Times | April 16, 1970
The three Apollo 13 astronauts, off course on their perilous flight home, reported still another problem early today-a flashing battery alarm in their troubled spaceship. It came only hours before a critical rocket burn needed to put them back on a c...
The Times | April 15, 1970
From MICHAEL KNIPE and IAN McDONALD James Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert. Grounded astronaut Thomas Mattingley (standing, left) watches progress at mission control while for Mrs. LoveJ (right) domestic routine must u0 On. rhe sun chariot emblem ...
The Times | April 17, 1970
Optimism over Apollo 13's safe return increased last night as the patched-up spacecraft closed on earth with its reserves of oxygen, water, power and fuel holding out. Captain Lovell, the mission com- mander, said: " It's going a lot better than we e...
The Times | April 20, 1970
President Nixon greeting Mr. John Swigert as the Apollo 13 astronauts arrive in Honolulu from Samoa. Another picture, page 6. From IAN McDONALD Houston, April 19 The Apollo 13 astronauts, rested after the ordeals of their perilous mission in space, t...
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