Saving Apollo 13 is the incredible story of NASA's Apollo 13 mission, told by Forensic Engineer Sean Brady. Itβs the story of the spacecraft that failed en route to the moon, and the feats of human ingenuity that saved the lives of the 3 men aboard.
Saving Apollo 13 is produced by:
forensic engineering firm Brady Heywood, and
leading podcast agency Wavelength Creative.
Itβs been 4 days since the catastrophic explosion in the service module. Since then, Mission Control has solved problem after problem to save the three men on that spacecraft. Jack Swigert, Fred Haisβ¦
How do you restart a spacecraft when itβs been switched off in the cold of space for nearly half a week? It usually takes a team of people an entire day, but you have only one person, and half an houβ¦
Can an untested engine get three stranded astronauts home? And on the long journey back to Earth, how do you keep them alive when their air is slowly turning to poison?
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In a room full of experts, who takes charge in a crisis? And when your spacecraft is headed for the moon, how do you turn it around when its main engine is dead?
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What do you do when youβre in space and your only source of oxygen is slipping through your fingers? How do you solve problems that are so complex no one even thought they could occur? And how did onβ¦
How do you keep three men alive in space, when their oxygen tank just blew a hole in the side of their spacecraft?
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Saving Apollo 13 launches on 13th April 2020 β the 50 year anniversary of the explosion aboard Apollo 13. From there, we'll release episodes day-by-day to follow the mission in real time. Subscribe nβ¦