On April 11, 1970 Apollo 13, the third expected mission to land on the moon and seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida intending to land in the Fra Mauro area, on the moon. However after two days into the flight an oxygen tank exploded, handicapping the lunar module and forcing the crew to abandon the lunar landing. During their exploration in space Apollo 13 encountered a hardship of an oxygen tank exploding. Although the mission was considered to be a failure, however in exchange we received important information from mistakes made so that improvements could be made on any future endeavors to the moon.