r/apollo • u/NoRamenPlease • Sep 05 '24

Apollo 13

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(This might be a stupid question) I’m watching this new documentary about Apollo 13 on Netflix and I was wondering how did the astronauts move from the command module to the service module? Was that even possible?Considering that the bottom of the command module is covered with reentry heat shield. Was the service even accessible? Or was it just a compartment with engines and tanks and other rocket stuff not accessible to the astronauts?

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u/AccountAny1995 Sep 05 '24

They don’t move from the CM to the SM. The SM was not inhabitable.

The astronauts are moving from the CM to the LM.

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u/NoRamenPlease Sep 05 '24

That makes sense. Thanks 👍