Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 13 mission that never made it to the moon. Commander Jim Lovell and fellow crewmembers Fred haise and Jack swigert returned safely to earth thanks to the determined work of the ground crew at Mission Control.

Apollo 13: home safe includes interviews with NASA flight directors gene kranz and Glynn lunney and engineer Hank rotter. Nasa is n’t planning in-person activities to commemorate the event due to the covid-19 pandemic.

A website called Apollo 13 in real time is providing transcripts, video footage, and audio recordings from the mission. Much of the audio was digitized for the first time for this project.