Today’s Greatitude
Today marks fifty-four years since the Apollo 13 lunar mission became one of the greatest death-defying adventures in history.
Three astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert, found themselves rocketing around the moon in a pair of joined vehicles, each with the interior space of a VW Beetle, almost no power, and no heat. The mission was almost immediately dubbed a “successful failure” — a failure since it never achieved its prime objective of landing on the moon, successful because almost every single person who worked for NASA pulled together in an astounding feat of teamwork to save the crew.
According to his book, Lost Moon, as Apollo 13’s capsule landed in the ocean and the astronauts saw water running down the outside of their portholes, Lovell quietly pronounced the end of the mission: “Fellows, we’re home.”
One of the greatest stories to tell is that of beating the odds and getting to come home…an amazing greatitude!
