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The 16 pages that link to Apollo 13, each with the reason it gives.

• Apollo programBroader topic: The emergency tested Apollo’s capacity to recover a crew after a mission-critical failure.

• Apollo Guidance ComputerBroader topic: The AGC supported improvised navigation after the spacecraft's planned power and systems were disrupted.

• Apollo command and service moduleBroader topic: The damaged service module forced the crew to use the lunar module as a lifeboat.

• Apollo Lunar ModuleBroader topic: The Lunar Module Aquarius served as a lifeboat, supporting the crew until their return to Earth.

• Saturn VBroader topic: Its Saturn V launch began a mission that tested Apollo’s emergency capabilities.

• Ron HowardRelated: Howard directed this widely recognized account of a real spaceflight emergency.

• Atmospheric reentryBroader topic: The mission’s trajectory and power constraints made its Earth entry a demanding part of the rescue.

• Apollo 16Compared with: Unlike Apollo 16, it never landed on the Moon.

• Fred HaiseRelated: Haise served as lunar module pilot on the mission and helped operate Aquarius as a lifeboat.

• Jack SwigertRelated: Swigert joined this mission as command module pilot and helped bring the damaged spacecraft home.

• Jim LovellBroader topic: Lovell commanded the mission and helped guide its crew through the emergency.

• Ken MattinglyCompared with: Mattingly was removed from its crew before launch over possible rubella exposure.

• Pete ConradCompared with: Its emergency highlighted the risks Conrad’s successful Apollo 12 crew had also faced.

• Stuart RoosaCompared with: Apollo 14 followed the failed landing attempt and returned astronauts to the lunar surface.

• James IrwinCompared with: Unlike Irwin’s successful landing, Apollo 13 returned without reaching the lunar surface.

• Kevin BaconBroader topic: Bacon plays astronaut Jack Swigert in the ensemble cast.