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This country sent the Apollo 13 mission into space.
United States
The famous line from the mission is "Houston, we've had a "
Problem
The explosion caused the crew to lose much of this important resource.
Oxygen or power
This is where the astronauts were trying to go.
The Moon
The Apollo 13 mission happened in this year.
1970
Engineers on Earth had to quickly figure out how to solve problems using only this.
Materials on the spacecraft
This is the job of the people on the spacecraft.
Astronauts
The problem started when this exploded on the spacecraft.
Oxygen tank
The astronauts had to carefully control this to make sure they returned safely.
Their path or trajectory
The astronauts talked to this place on Earth for help.
Mission Control or Houston
Because of the explosion, the astronaut shad to stop trying to do this.
Land on the moon
The mission is remembered as a "successful failure" for this reason.
The crew survived and returned home safely
The mission had a big problem but still ended in this kind of outcome.
Safe return or success.
The astronauts used this part of the spacecraft like a "lifeboat"
This is the name of one of the Apollo 13 astronauts.
Jim Lovell or Jack Swigert or Fred Haise