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Apollo 13 was planned to explore the Fra Mauro highlands, named after the 80-kilometer-diameter Fra Mauro crater located within it. Apollo 14 instead did this mission.
The crew of Apollo 13 was supposed to land in the hilly uplands region called Fra Mauro. However, due to an oxygen tank explosion on the spacecraft, their mission was aborted, and they had to circle around the moon and return to Earth without landing.
Apollo 13 was supposed to land in the Fra Mauro region of the Moon. However, due to an oxygen tank explosion, the mission had to be aborted, and the spacecraft slingshotted around the Moon to return safely to Earth.
The original goal of Apollo 13 was to land on the Moon and explore the Fra Mauro region. However, an oxygen tank explosion forced the mission to be aborted, and the focus shifted to safely returning the crew back to Earth.
Apollo 13 was originally intended to land on the moon at the Fra Mauro landing site. However, due to an oxygen tank explosion, the mission had to be aborted and the crew did not land on the moon. They were returned safely to Earth after overcoming numerous obstacles.