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Apollo 13's astronauts never gave a thought to their mission number as they blasted off for the moon 50 years ago. That won't stop Haise, who still lives in Houston, from marking what he calls "boom day" next Monday, as he does every April 13. Lovell dispelled that notion on page one of his 1994 autobiography, "Lost Moon," the basis for the "Apollo 13" film. "We never dreamed a billion people were following us on television and radio, and reading about us in banner headlines of every newspaper published," Lovell noted in a NASA history. Apollo 13 "showed teamwork, camaraderie and what NASA was really made of," said Columbia University's Mike Massimino, a former shuttle astronaut.

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