50 years ago, the #Apollo13 crew was making its closest approach to the Moon, though they would not land. Scientific visualizers recreated what the crew of Apollo 13 saw during their flyby using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. When the mission ran into some unexpected trouble, the astronauts knew that landing on the lunar surface was not an option. However, the crew journeyed on, traveling around the far side of the Moon and briefly losing radio contact with mission control. This

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