Apollo 13 Flight Journal
Recent Updates and Additions
These are updates that have been made to the Apollo 13 Flight Journal in recent months.
2020-05-27
Addition of a high resolution PDF of the Apollo Operations Handbook, Lunar Module, LM 7 and Subsequent, Volume 1, Subsystems Data - 1970-02-01. Note that this is a large PDF File (639 MB). With thanks to Andy Anderson for scanning and tidying this informative document.
2020-04-27
Typos and other errors pointed out by Greg Parker, Rob Bailey and John Storr. With thanks.
2020-03-11
New essay; Service Module Damage: A Photographic Analysis by Andy Saunders. Also additional PDF documents added, courtesy of Andy Anderson.
2020-03-01
Additional chapter on Postflight Activities by Johannes Kemppanen. Johannes has also extended the first chapter, Day 1, part 1: Launch and Reaching Earth Orbit, with earlier PAO commentary from audion provided by Ben Feist.
2020-02-11
As of this date, all sections up to the end of the mission have been added. With thanks to Johannes Kemppanen.
2020-01-29
As of this date, all sections up to Day 6, part 3: Worn Out Crew have been added. With thanks to Johannes Kemppanen.
2020-01-20
As of this date, all sections up to Day 5, part 1: A Thump and Snowflakes in Space have been enhanced. With thanks to Johannes Kemppanen.
2020-01-14
The reworking of the Apollo 13 Flight Journal by Johannes Kemppanen continues. As of this date, all sections up to Day 4, part 3: Heading homeward have been enhanced.
2019-09-22
Chapter 1 of the Apollo 13 Flight Journal has been extensively reworked by journal contributor Johannes Kemppanen. This is the beginning of a complete overhaul of this journal by Johannes and new content wil appear here regularly over the coming months in time for the mission's 50th anniversary.
2019-01-12
Journal reader Tom Dickens corrected my comment in Day 2: Midcourse correction 2 on TV where I gave the wrong actor playing Fred Haise in the movie Apollo 13. The late Bill Paxton played Fred.
2016-06-21
New sections added:
2015-09-27
New sections added:
2015-05-27
Thanks to Jeff Sumner who has begun to add audio samples to the Apollo 13 FJ.
2015-02-06
HTML error in section 4, Day 1: Settling down for the flight, pointed out by Robert Meyrer. Now corrected, with appreciation to Robert. Index also updated pointing to sections 3 & 4.
2014-09-01
Apollo 13 Flight Journal goes online.
