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...three Apollo 13 astronauts gained a crucial 10-hour margin of oxygen, water, and electrical power with a short burst of rocket fire last night...
...Apollo Control in Houston expects the astronauts to splash down in the Pacific about 300 miles southeast of Samoa at 12:18 p. m. Friday afternoon...
...lunar craft must circle the moon before the astronauts can start back to earth. At the earliest, Apollo 13 will start its return trip at 9:40 p.m. tonight and splash down at 1:20 p.m. Friday afternoon if everything goes right...
...splash down is now scheduled for the Atlantic Ocean. Emergency recovery ships are not stationed in the Atlanticfor Apollo 13 as they were for previous flights. Mission Control said the United States will ask any "ship of opportunity" from any nation to help with the recovery...
Mission control said early this morning that the oxygen supply will hold up if Apollo 13 follows the optimal return path...