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#272 | Apollo 13

#272 | Apollo 13

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It was meant to be a simple space mission to the moon, but 56 hours into the flight tragedy struck. In this episode, we'll learn how three astronauts managed to use teamwork and quick thinking to escape death and return to Earth alive. Full transcri

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It was meant to be a simple space mission to the moon, but 56
hours into the flight tragedy struck.

In this episode, we'll learn how three astronauts managed to use
teamwork and quick thinking to escape death and return to Earth
alive.

Background to the Apollo programme

The objective of the Apollo 13 mission

The pilots of the Apollo 13 mission

The three parts of the Apollo 13 spacecraft

The importance of ground control at Houston

The uneventful first 56 hours of the mission

A piece of routine maintenance goes wrong

"Houston, we've had a problem"

What actually went wrong?

Losing all power and being 330,000 km away from Earth

How quick thinking turned this lunar mission into a rescue
mission

Figuring out the path back

Conserving oxygen and water and going around the moon

Fixing the spacecraft to avoid getting carbon dioxide
poisoning

Returning to Earth

The legacy of Apollo 13

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/apollo-13

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