Even More Things That Saved Apollo 13: The Nail-biting Re-entry Sequence

50 years ago today, on April 17, 1970, the crew of Apollo 13 came home. Safely. Successfully. The world breathed a collective sigh of relief as they watched NASA turn a disaster into one of the most dramatic happy-endings ever. The flight of Apollo 13 was unlike any other Apollo mission, and the final hours …