''Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13'' (published in

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as ''Apollo 13''), is a 1994 non-fiction book by astronaut

Jim Lovell James Arthur Lovell Jr. (; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of th ...

and journalist

Jeffrey Kluger Jeffrey Kluger (born 1954) is a senior writer at ''Time'' magazine and author of nine books on various topics, such as ''The Narcissist Next Door'' (2014); ''Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio'' (2005); ''The Sibling Effect' ...

, about the failed April 1970

Apollo 13 Apollo 13 (April 1117, 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 aft ...

lunar landing mission which Lovell commanded. The book is the basis of the 1995 film adaptation ''

'', directed by

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and starring

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as Lovell. Lovell was initially approached by Kluger in 1991 about collaborating on the book.

Fred Haise Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( ; born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having f ...

was not interested in the collaboration, and

Jack Swigert John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Ap ...

had died of cancer in 1982.

Background

Apollo 13 was the third mission of the Apollo program intended to land men on the Moon. An explosion of an onboard

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tank in the Service Module, when the craft was close to reaching the Moon, crippled the electrical power generation and propulsion systems for the Command Module ''Odyssey''. This necessitated the abort of the lunar landing, and placed the lives of astronauts Lovell,

, and

in serious jeopardy. The mission became famous for the safe return of the men, made possible by the

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s' resourceful adaptation of the electrical, propulsion, and life support systems of the LM (Lunar Module) ''Aquarius'' as a "lifeboat".

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* Hardcover, 378 pages * Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (T) (October 1994) * Language: English * * Dimensions: 1.5 × 6.2 × 9.2 inches

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