It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA crew systems chief Ed Smylie shows the work that he and his team did in April 1970 to jury ...

Smylie, with his team, found the "way to make 'this' fit into the hole for 'this,' using nothing but 'that.'" It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 ...