What happened during Apollo 13 space mission?

The Apollo 13 mission, launched on April 11, 1970, aimed to land on the Moon, but it faced a critical emergency when an oxygen tank exploded two days into the flight. This explosion crippled the spacecraft's service module and forced the crew to abort their lunar landing. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise used the Lunar Module as a lifeboat to conserve resources and navigate back to Earth. Despite the life-threatening situation, the crew successfully returned home on April 17, 1970, thanks to the ingenuity of both the astronauts and mission control.