Jerry Woodfill

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 5: The CO2 Partial Pressure Sensor

The Apollo 13 accident crippled the spacecraft, taking out the two main oxygen tanks in the Service Module. While the…

10 years ago

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 4: Early Entry into the Lander

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, Universe Today is featuring “13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo…

10 years ago

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 3: Detuning the Saturn V’s 3rd Stage Radio

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, Universe Today is featuring “13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo…

10 years ago

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 2: Simultaneous Presence of Kranz and Lunney at the Onset of the Rescue

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, Universe Today is featuring “13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo…

10 years ago

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 1: The Failed Oxygen Quantity Sensor

In our original series 5 years ago on the “13 Things That Saved Apollo 13,” the first item we discussed…

10 years ago

13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13

“Things had gone real well up to at that point of 55 hours, 54 minutes and 53 seconds (mission elapsed…

10 years ago

Final Round of Apollo 13 Questions Answered by Jerry Woodfill

Our readers had questions about our series "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," and NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill has graciously…

15 years ago

More of Your Apollo 13 Questions Answered by Jerry Woodfill

[/caption] Our many thanks to NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill for taking the time to answer questions from our readers about…

15 years ago

Your Questions about Apollo 13 Answered by Jerry Woodfill

Now that our series on "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13" is complete, NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill has graciously agreed…

15 years ago

13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 13: The Mission Operations Team

The phrase "last but not least" was likely never more appropriate. Though this is the last article of our "13…

15 years ago