{"id":37536,"date":"2020-06-05T12:58:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T17:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacecenter.org\/?p=37536"},"modified":"2020-06-05T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T17:58:35","slug":"video-history-up-close-apollo-fuel-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacecenter.org\/video-history-up-close-apollo-fuel-cell\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: History Up Close &#8211; Apollo fuel cell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Get closer than ever before with some of our science and space exploration learning center&#8217;s artifacts and exhibits in our video series, &#8220;History Up Close.&#8221; Today, we are exploring an Apollo 13 fuel cell.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Electricity for the Apollo Command Module was generated by fuel cells, like this one. A set of three fuel cells combined oxygen and hydrogen in the service module. The result of the chemical combining also created water. <\/p>\n<p>During Apollo 13, the explosion in an oxygen tank drained the Service Module\u2019s supply of oxygen, leaving the Command Module running only on limited battery power. 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