Apollo 13 - A Race Against Time

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Transcription: Sixteen days prior to liftoff, the Apollo 13 Saturn V rocket sat on Pad 39A. Following the countdown demonstration test, engineers were unable to detank the liquid oxygen from tank number two using standard procedures. Improvising, they used the heating unit in the tank to boil out the oxygen, setting the stage for the events of April 13.