What was the purpose of the Apollo 13 mission?

Question: What was the purpose of the Apollo 13 mission!?

Was it to beat the Russians to the moon!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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We beat the Russians with Apollo 9 [11] in 1969!.

The Apollo 13 mission was scheduled to explore the Fra Mauro formation, or Fra Mauro highlands, named after the 80-kilometer-diameter Fra Mauro crater, located within it!. It is a widespread, hilly geological (or more properly, selenological) area covering large portions of the lunar surface around Mare Imbrium, and is thought to be composed of ejecta from the impact which formed the mare!. With the failure of the mission, the flight to Fra Mauro was done on Apollo 14!.
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Yes, Apollo 11!. I stand corrected!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Actually it was Apollo 11 not Apollo 9 that landed on the moon in 1969!.Www@QuestionHome@Com