How did Apollo 13 get rid of CO2?

After an explosion crippled the Apollo 13 spacecraft, the three astronauts went into the Lunar Module for much of their flight home. With each breath, the extra astronaut helped overload the carbon dioxide scrubbers in the lunar module.

How did the crew solve the filter problem?

To save themselves, the astronauts had to somehow attach a square CO2 scrubber to the circular opening of the lunar module’s filtration system. The ground team designed an adapter from the limited items on board, including hoses from spacesuits, tube socks, and duct tape.

What caused a problem for the Apollo 13 astronauts?

The Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module. The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no. 1 oxygen tank, causing it to lose oxygen rapidly.

How did Apollo 13 make oxygen?

In order to power the fuel cells that provided most of the electricity used during the flight, the Apollo spacecraft carried two tanks of liquid hydrogen and two tanks of liquid oxygen. The testing team decided to solve this problem by heating the tank overnight to force the liquid oxygen to burn off.

How did the Apollo 13 crew fix the problem?

2 oxygen tank onboard Apollo 13 had been accidentally dropped during maintenance before the Apollo 10 mission in 1969, causing slight internal damage that didn’t show up in later inspections. The testing team decided to solve this problem by heating the tank overnight to force the liquid oxygen to burn off.

What happened to the oxygen tank on Apollo 13?

The Apollo 13 Accident. The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no. 1 oxygen tank, causing it to lose oxygen rapidly. The service module bay no.4 cover was blown off. All oxygen stores were lost within about 3 hours, along with loss of water, electrical power, and use of the propulsion system.

What was the cause of the Apollo 13 malfunction?

The Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module. The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no. 1 oxygen tank, causing it to lose oxygen rapidly.

Why was the Apollo 13 service module towed back to Earth?

This blurry photo taken by the astronauts shows the extent of the injury to the Apollo 13 spacecraft, which exposed most of the inside of the service module to space. The Service Module was towed all the way back to Earth after the explosion in order to protect the Command Module heat shield.

How did they empty the oxygen tanks in the ISS?

(On the ground, the tanks were emptied by forcing oxygen gas into the tank and forcing the liquid oxygen out, in space there was no need to empty the tanks.) The heaters in the tanks were normally used for very short periods to heat the interior slightly, increasing the pressure to keep the oxygen flowing.