Duct Tape The Apollo 13 Lifesaver!

did a simple roll of duct tape save the lives of astronauts in space it absolutely did in 1970 Apollo 13 was headed to the moon when disaster struck an oxygen tank exploded crippling the spacecraft and leaving the three astronauts Jim level Fred Hayes and Jack Swagger in a life-threatening situation with their main oxygen supply gone they had to use the lunar module as a Lifeboat but there was a new problem carbon dioxide was building up inside NASA Engineers on Earth came up with a solution duct tape using the tape and some other materials the astronauts built a makeshift air filter it worked thanks to Quick thinking and duct tape Apollo 13 made it home safely