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Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, however it never landed on the Moon. Two days into the mission, an explosion occurred. All crew survived and made it back to earth, but what caused the explosion to occur, 200,000 miles from Earth? The Disaster Autopsy experts will use cutting-edge technology to analyse the evidence to discover what went wrong and why. Watch Disaster Autopsy on T

Apollo 13 blasted off 46 years ago in one of the most dramatic space odysseys in history. Re-live it and look back at how it all unfolded » | CNBC