Apollo XIII Large Silver Medal 50 gr .999 Fine Rainbow Toning GEM PROOF

Apollo XIII Large Silver Medal 50gr 999 Rainbow Toning PROOF

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Apollo XIII Large Silver Medal 50 gr .999 Fine Rainbow Toning GEM PROOF

 
999.9 USA Apollo 13 third moon landing 
approx. 50 grams, approx. 49.6mm
 
Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) failed two days into the mission. The crew instead looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth on April 17. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell, with Jack Swigert as command module (CM) pilot and Fred Haise as Lunar Module (LM) pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for Ken Mattingly, who was grounded after exposure to rubella.