MISSION TIMELINE

11 April 19:13*

Apollo 13 launches

14 April 03:06

Tank 2 stirred, explodes a minute later

14 April 03:08

“Houston, we’ve had a problem here”

14 April 04:37

Mission Control and the crew consider Aquarius as a lifeboat

14 April 05:13

Fred Haise shuts down last fuel cell – Moon landing now impossible

14 April 05:23

Odyssey’s systems turned off to conserve power

14 April 08:42

Mid-course correction nudges Apollo 13 into return trajectory

15 April 00:21

Apollo 13 disappears behind the Moon, before emerging 25 minutes later

15 April 13:22

Crew fabricate a carbon dioxide filter

16 April 11:33

Power transfer to emergency batteries begins

17 April 13:14

Service module separates, and the crew photographs the damage

17 April 15:23

Odyssey is powered back up in preparation for the descent

17 April 18:07

Splashdown *All times are UT