The Lunar Module as a Lifeboat

With the command module's systems shut down to conserve power, the crew moved into the lunar module Aquarius, using it as a lifeboat for power, oxygen, and propulsion.

Cabin temperatures dropped to around 3-4 degrees Celsius. Because the lunar module's carbon dioxide scrubbers could not support three astronauts for long, ground engineers designed an improvised adapter - nicknamed "the mailbox" - built from spare parts, plastic bags, and tape, letting the crew use the command module's square canisters in the lunar module's round fittings.

Flight controllers at Mission Operations Control Room during the Apollo 13 crisis (NASA).

◉ REÁLNÉ FOTOFlight controllers at Mission Control working the problem.

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teplota v kabině~4

sources: NASA Mission Report · Apollo Flight Journal · NASA Image and Video Library — full list on Apollo 13

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