About this episode

This episode features a guest podcast discussing the Apollo 13 mission and its challenges.

We have a guest podcast on the feed today. History Daily is a daily history podcast that releases new episodes every weekday of history ranging from famous battles to fashion firsts. Check our their other episodes wherever you get podcasts! This episode covers April 13, 1970. An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13 leaving the spacecraft non-functioning, and the lives of the crew in peril.

People in this episode

Guest: History Daily

Topics covered

• Apollo 13
• space exploration
• history
• crew safety
• NASA

Keywords

• Apollo 13
• oxygen tank explosion
• spacecraft
• crew peril
• history podcast

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