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Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

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Command Module - The Last Circuit Burger to Be Pulled

Mission Control has no procedure for switching the IMU back on again. There is no guarantee they will ever be able to switch it back on. The crew won't be able to steer the command module precisely enough to get back to Earth and enter its atmosphere at exactly the right angle. But as John Aaron explains, it was the best and only solution they had.

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