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With two days left until the lunar landing, the pale glow of the
moon loomed large outside the spacecraft windows. Mission
control in Houston reported that all systems were running
smoothly. “The spacecraft is in real good shape as far as we’re
concerned,” they said. “We’re bored to tears down here.”
The crew filmed a television program for space fans on Earth.
Lovell held a movie camera and recorded Haise as he floated around
the spacecraft and pointed out different equipment that would
be used on the moon. He showed the audience the backpacks
they would wear on the moon. Containing oxygen and water,
the backpacks kept the men comfortable as they ran scientific
experiments and explored. Lovell ended the telecast with, “This is
the crew of Apollo 13 wishing everybody there a nice evening.”

Apollo 13 Mission Patch

stronaut crews for each space mission design their own mission
Apatch. Typically, the patch includes the crew’s names and visual
elements that represent the goals of the mission. The mission patch for
Apollo 13 broke with tradition by not including the astronaut’s names.
The design highlighted the scientific focus of the flight. it showed
the sun god, Apollo, driving his chariot across
the sky from Earth to the moon. Written on
the patch in latin was the motto Ex Luna,
Scientia or “From the Moon, Knowledge.”
The emblem symbolized that the mission
would extend Apollo’s light of knowledge
to all humankind.

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