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Apollo 13’s damage was far worse than anyone realized. After separating from the Service Module, the crew of Apollo 13 saw a blown-out panel and extensive external destruction — the result of an oxygen tank explosion that crippled the spacecraft’s power and life-support systems. With systems failing, the astronauts relied on the Lunar Module as a lifeboat, looping around the Moon before beginning their tense journey back to Earth. The haunting image of the damaged Service Module remains one of NASA’s most sobering reminders of how close the mission came to catastrophe — and how ingenuity turned crisis into survival.