Editing Interplanetary spaceflight (section)

===Reliability===
Any major failure to a spacecraft en route is likely to be fatal, and even a minor one could have dangerous results if not repaired quickly, something difficult to accomplish in open space. The crew of the [[Apollo 13]] mission survived despite an explosion caused by a faulty oxygen tank (1970).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |date=2020-04-13 |title=Apollo 13’s Astronauts Survived Disaster 50 Years Ago. Could It Happen Again? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/science/apollo-13-anniversary.html |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>