Apollo 13 S-IVB impact stage

Spent stage intentionally impacted the Moon for Apollo seismic experiment calibration.

Coordinates

-2.555, -27.88749999999999 (positive-east)

Era

A (1959-1976)

Parent mission

Apollo 13

Role

Saturn V S-IVB impactor

Operator

NASA

Nation

USA

Launched (UTC)

1970-04-11 19:13:00

Reached Moon (UTC)

1970-04-14

Event type

impactor

Outcome

success

Site

S-IVB impact site

Left on surface

S-IVB impact debris

Returned material

none

Current status

crashed/on lunar surface

Operational status (derived)

inactive

Source grade

primary

Primary source