Mattingly (center) as part of the original prime crew for Apollo 13 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970 at 13:13 (military time) or 1:13. However fate happened and the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the Service Module (SM) upon which the Command Module (CM) had depended. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to make makeshift repairs to the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17, 1970, six days after launch. The mission was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module Pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module Pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for the original CM pilot Ken Mattingly, who was grounded by the flight surgeon after exposure to German measles. The oxygen tank explosion happened on the 13th of April. Yes the number 13 is all around the mission. We all know the story, Tom Hank's memorable Apollo 13 movie was a smash hit, but was a message from God hidden into the mission? Superstition? No. A coincidence? Maybe…… God is the greatest mathematician of all time. After all God invented math, the universe is based on God Made physics and most bible experts know that numbers mean things to God and his prophets.