WASHINGTON DC — The Apollo 13 exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum features artifacts from NASA's "successful failure" mission of April 1970. Prominently displayed is Eugene Kranz's white vest, hand-sewn by his wife Marta, which he wore as leader of Mission Control's "White Team" during the emergency. The exhibit includes Kranz's Apollo 13 mission patch button and photographs of the improvised carbon dioxide filtering system that saved the astronauts' lives after an oxygen tank explosion forced the crew—Commander Jim Lovell, Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, and Command Module Pilot Jack

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