Appllo13 Moon View

During the Apollo 13 mission, which took place in April 1970, the crew did not actually land on the Moon. Instead, they conducted a lunar flyby, which means they orbited the Moon but did not descend to the lunar surface.

The primary objective of Apollo 13 was to land in the Fra Mauro region of the Moon, but this mission had to be aborted due to a critical oxygen tank explosion in the spacecraft's service module. As a result, the mission had to be adapted to a "free return trajectory," which allowed the spacecraft to loop around the Moon and return to Earth safely.

The crew did have some views of the Moon during their flyby, but they did not get as close to the lunar surface as the crews of Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and subsequent missions. Their focus was on using the Moon's gravity to slingshot them back towards Earth, ensuring a safe return.

The famous images of the Moon captured during the Apollo missions were mostly from the lunar modules that descended to the surface, while Apollo 13's mission was primarily focused on the challenges of returning safely to Earth after the explosion.