Where is Aquarius?

[furie]

I'm watching Apollo 13 right now, and a thought came to me; Where is the lunar lander named Aquarius?
They jettison the Aquarius right before they reenter the earth's atmosphere, and we see it tumbling back away from the earth. So where did it go? has anyone ever tracked it's movements since then?

[Tall_James]

Where is the lunar lander named Aquarius?


It is in the Seventh House
where Jupiter aligns with Mars.

[SatCam]

we're in the age of it

[DarkHippie]

we're in the age of it

actually, we are now in the age of Capricorn

[DarkHippie]

In real life, the aquarius LEM reentered the atmosphere

[furie]

In real life, the aquarius LEM reentered the atmosphere

did it? where did hit hit? the ocean?

[DarkHippie]

did it? where did hit hit? the ocean?

yes

[disneyspy]

mentoring aqualad

[OGC]

Google is your friend....

http://www.answers.com/topic/apollo-13

The lunar module burned up in Earth's atmosphere on April 17 (http://www.answers.com/topic/april-17), 1970 (http://www.answers.com/topic/1970), having been targeted to enter over the Pacific Ocean to reduce the possibility of contamination from a SNAP 27 (http://www.answers.com/topic/systems-nuclear-auxiliary-power-program) <deadilnk entry_key="Radioisotope thermoelectric generator">radioisotope thermoelectric generator</deadilnk> (RTG) on board. (Had the mission proceeded as planned, the RTG would have been used to power the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (http://www.answers.com/topic/apollo-lunar-surface-experiments-package), and then remained on the Moon.) The RTG survived re-entry (as designed) and landed in the Tonga Trench (http://www.answers.com/topic/tonga-trench). While it will remain radioactive for approximately 2,000 years, it does not appear to be releasing any of its 3.9 kg of radioactive plutonium. NASA has expressed a wish that the RTG be recovered.

[A.J.]

The lunar module burned up in Earth's atmosphere on April 17 (http://www.answers.com/topic/april-17), 1970 (http://www.answers.com/topic/1970),

That was the sunseting of the Age of Aquarius.

[patsopinion]

the earth's atmosphere is an amazing thing and along with water is one of the great miracles that allows life on earth to happen at all

really diserves its own appreciation thread

that and precooked frozen chicken

[Reephdweller]

I think this will answer your question

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