Published on 2025-09-10

A towing bill for Apollo 13

The Apollo 13 lunar module acted as an unexpected lifeboat after an onboard explosion. The astronauts had to take refuge in this emergency module and use its engine to change their return trajectory to Earth. At the end of this mission, an employee of Grumman, the builder of the LEM, sent a humorous invoice to the manufacturer of the damaged module, North American.