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S2 Ep.01 Time bomb: Apollo 13

13 Minutes to the Moon

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Apollo 13 Houston

Apollo 13 is safely set to coast for three days. For the first time there's a chance to sit back, enjoy the ride, and take some photographs of home. The Saturn V had to lift two vehicles into space, the Command and Service Module, or CSM, and the Lunar Module, better known as the LEM. In comparison to the Spider-like Lunar Module, the Command Module Odyssey was built like a tank.

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