Apollo | 13

Water was the silent killer. The crew reduced their water intake to 6 ounces per day. Electronic systems were shut down to just 1/5th of their normal power. The crew suffered hypothermia and severe dehydration, yet they kept working.

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The first two days of the mission were unremarkable. The crew performed a trans-lunar injection burn, slingshotting them toward the Moon. On the evening of April 13—ironically, the 13th—the crew had just completed a television broadcast, showing the American public a somewhat sleepy view inside the spacecraft. Lovell signed off with a casual, “This is the crew of Apollo 13. Good night.” Water was the silent killer

The controllers on the ground, initially skeptical, began to see the data stream turn into a nightmare. Two of the three fuel cells had died. Oxygen pressure in Service Module Tank 2 was reading zero. Tank 1 was rapidly depleting. The crew suffered hypothermia and severe dehydration, yet

Ground crews drafted a brand-new powering sequence to revive the frozen, dead Command Module using remaining battery reserves.

The result was a catastrophic explosion that crippled the Command Module (CM) Odyssey .