mission the astronauts were stranded in the Lunar Module for much of the mission. Using instructions from the ground they improvised a way to adapt the Command Module carbon dioxide... absorbers for use in the Lunar Module. Otherwise the increased amount of carbon dioxide in the cabin air from the astronauts own breathing would have killed them. Photo below... shows a Command Module carbon dioxide absorber element placed in the Apollo 13 Lunar Module "Aquarius" with the improvised adapter, made by the Apollo 13 astronauts. (NASA photo) [Home...