Apollo 13 Odyssey-Aquarius crewed lunar-return spacecraft family
NASA Apollo 13 spacecraft family was intended for the third crewed lunar landing; after a service-module oxygen-tank failure, lunar module Aquarius supported the crew as a lifeboat and the astronauts returned safely to Earth in April 1970.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Apollo 13Apollo 13 spacecraftOdysseyAquariusApollo 13 command and service moduleApollo 13 lunar module
- Family Name
- Apollo 13
- Full Name
- Apollo 13 Odyssey-Aquarius crewed lunar-return spacecraft family
- Roles
- crewed_spacecraftorbiterlanderresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Apollo 13 spacecraft family was intended for the third crewed lunar landing; after a service-module oxygen-tank failure, lunar module Aquarius supported the crew as a lifeboat and the astronauts returned safely to Earth in April 1970.
- First Flight Year
- 1,970
- Last Flight Year
- 1,970
- Operator
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- spacecraft
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- service-module
- Variant Notes
- Single Aerojet AJ10-137 Service Propulsion System on the Odyssey service module; the existing Apollo CSM Block II integrated-system identity is reused without changing the propulsion identity.
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- spacecraft
- Propulsion System
- Role
- attitude-control
- Stage
- command-module
- Variant Notes
- Two independent Command Module reaction-control subsystems; the existing Apollo CSM Block II integrated-system identity is reused without inferring individual engine variants.
- Count
- 4
- Placement
- spacecraft
- Propulsion System
- Role
- attitude-control
- Stage
- service-module
- Variant Notes
- Four Service Module reaction-control quad packages distributed around the service-module periphery, matching the existing Apollo CSM Block II integrated-system boundary.
- Name
- Apollo 13 Odyssey CSM Block II propulsion
- Notes
- The Block II CSM boundary includes service propulsion and separate command-module and service-module reaction-control systems. Saturn launch-vehicle propulsion is outside this spacecraft-family packet.
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- spacecraft
- Propulsion System
- Role
- landing
- Stage
- descent
- Variant Notes
- One integrated Lunar Module Descent Propulsion System installed for the planned Fra Mauro landing and used for the Apollo 13 emergency return maneuver; the existing integrated-system identity is retained rather than inventing a mission-specific engine model.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- spacecraft
- Propulsion System
- Role
- takeoff-lift
- Stage
- ascent
- Variant Notes
- One integrated Lunar Module Ascent Propulsion System installed for planned lunar-surface liftoff and rendezvous; it was not used for a lunar ascent on Apollo 13, and no exact engine variant is inferred.
- Name
- Apollo 13 Aquarius lunar-module propulsion
- Notes
- The Aquarius lunar-module configuration models the installed integrated descent and ascent propulsion systems documented for Apollo 13. The planned landing was aborted, and NASA records the descent-engine emergency return burn; no exact canonical Lunar Module RCS dependency is substituted.
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-13/
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 08:57:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 19:20:07 UTC