This home movie showcases the launch of Apollo 13 at Kennedy Space Center in what was then still known as Cape Kennedy, Florida, on April 11, 1970, including a closer look at the launch platform, the ascent of the flight crew into the Command Module, and the launch itself. Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on the Moon. Fifty-five hours and 55 minutes into flight, however, an oxygen tank exploded in the Service Module, depleting the crew's oxygen supply and causing multiple fuel cells to fail. NASA soon aborted the original mission, and the safe return and landing of the crew became the primary objective. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 17.