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Apollo 13 astronaut exhibit re-launches at Chicago planetarium [i]Forty five years ago, Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell "lost the moon" after an explosion crippled his spacecraft, making his lunar landing mission a struggle for survival. Now, on what is the anniversary of his most famous liftoff, Chicago's Adler Planetarium is launching its own "Mission Moon," a new exhibit based on Lovell's space adventures. "The leadership, teamwork and the initiative of the Mission Control team turned an almost certain catastrophe into a successful recovery," Lovell said, describing his Apollo 13 flight in an interview with collectSPACE. Opening on Saturday (April 11), 45 years after Lovell and his Apollo 13 crewmates Fred Haise and Jack Swigert left Earth for the moon, "Mission Moon" is a re-imagination of the Adler's nearly decade-old "Shoot for the Moon" exhibit. Hands-on activities, interactive displays and artifacts now immerse visitors in the timeline of Lovell's life, beginning with his dreams of building rockets as a 12-year-old boy to his triumphant splashdown in 1970 and beyond.[/i]
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