Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Title:
View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description:
Overall view of Mission Operations Control Room in Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. Dr. Donald K. Slayton (in black shirt, left of center), Director of Flight Crew Operations at MSC, and Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, shake hands, while Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters (standing, near Lee), watches the large screen showing Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 commander, during the on-board ceremonies. In the foreground, Glynn S. Lunney (extreme left) and Eugene F. Kranz (smoking a cigar), two Apollo 13 Flight Directors, view the activity from their consoles.
Date Taken:
1970-04-17
Program:
Apollo
Mission:
Apollo XIII
Subject Terms:
CEREMONIES
Subject Terms:
PROJECT
Subject Terms:
PERSONNEL
Subject Terms:
WATER
Subject Terms:
LANDING
Subject Terms:
APOLLO
Subject Terms:
TEXAS
Subject Terms:
CONSOLES
Subject Terms:
CONTROL
Subject Terms:
GROUND
Subject Terms:
BASED
Subject Terms:
INTEGRATED
Subject Terms:
MISSION
Subject Terms:
CENTER
Subject Terms:
FACILITIES
Subject Terms:
SPACE
Subject Terms:
13
Subject Terms:
JOHNSON
Subject Terms:
VIEWING
facet_who:
Dr. Rocco A. Petrone
facet_what:
Apollo 13
facet_what:
Mission Control Center (MCC-H)
facet_where:
Texas
facet_where:
NASA Headquarters
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Photo ID:
S70-35145
Film Type:
35mm
UID:
SPD-JSC-S70-35145
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View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown