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View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 emergency return

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 emergency return
Description	As the Apollo 13 crewmen entered their final 24 hours in space, several persons important to the mission remained attentive at consoles in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) at Manned Spacecraft Center. Among those monitoring communications and serving in supervisory capacities were (from left)Thomas H. McMullen, Office of Manned Space Flight, Shift 1 Mission Director, Dale Myers, Associate Administrator, Manned Space Flight, Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate, OMSF, Apollo 13 Mission Director, and Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Dirctor, OMSF. All four were from NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Date Taken	1970-04-16

View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description	A group of eight astronauts and flight controllers monitor the console activity in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission. Seated, left to right, are MOCR Guidance Officer Raymond F. Teague, Astronaut Edgar D. Michell, and Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Standing, left to right, are Scientist-Astronaut Anthony W. England, Astronaut Joe H. Engle, Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, and M.P. Frank, a flight controller. When this picture was made, the Apollo 13 moon landing had already been cancelled, and the Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home.
Date Taken	1970-04-14

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 emergency return
Description	Overall view showing some of the activity in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the final 24 hours of the Apollo 13 mission. Here, flight controllers and several NASA/MSC Officials confer at the flight director's console. When this picture was made, the Apollo 13 moon landing had been cancelled and the Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home (35368), Discussion in the MOCR dealing with the Apollo 13 crewmen during their final day in space. From left to right are Glynn S. Lunney, Shift 4 Flight Director, Gerald D. Griffin, SHift 2 Flight Director, Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Manager, APollo Spacecraft Program, MSC, Dr. Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations, MSC, and Dr. Willard R. Hawkins, M.D., Shift 1 Flight Surgeon (35369).
Date Taken	1970-04-16

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description	Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., prime crew commander of the Apollo 14 mission, monitors communications between the Apollo 13 spacecraft and Mission Control Center (MCC). He is seated at a console in the Mission Operations Control Room of the MCC. The main concern of the moment was action taken by the Apollo 13 crewment to make corrections inside the spacecraft following discovery of an oxygen cell failure several hours earlier.
Date Taken	1970-04-14

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description	A group of flight controllers gather around the console of Glynn S. Lunney (seated, nearest camera), Shift 4 Flight Director, in the Mission Operations Control Room of Mission Control Center (MCC). Their attention is drawn to a weather map of the proposed landing site in the South Pacific. Among those looking on is Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Deputy Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (standing, in black suit, right). When this photograph was taken, the Apollo 13 lunar landing had been cancelled, and the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home.
Date Taken	1970-04-15

View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown

Title	View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description	Dr. Thomas O. Paine (center), NASA Administrator, and other NASA Officials joined others in applauding the successful splashdown of the Apollo 13 crewmen. Others among the large crowd in the Mission Operations Control Room of the Mission Control Center, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) at the time of recovery were U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (extreme left), who formerly served as Apollo program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, Dr. Charles A. Berry (third from left), Director, Medical Research and Operations Directorate, MSC, and Dr. George M. Low, Associate NASA Administrator.
Date Taken	1970-04-17

View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 liftoff

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 liftoff
Description	Sigurd A. Sjoberg, Director of Flight Operations at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), views the Apollo 13 liftoff from a console in the MSC Mission Control Center, bldg 30. Apollo 13 lifted off at 1:13 p.m., April 11, 1970 (34627), Astronaut Thomas F. Mattingly II, who was scheduled as a prime crewman for the Apollo 13 mission but was replaced in the final hours when it was discovered he had been exposed to measles, watches the liftoff phase of the mission. He is seated at a console in the Mission Control Center's Mission Operations Control Room. Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, a spacecraft communicator for the mission, looks on at right (34628).
Date Taken	1970-04-11

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description	Two phases of busy activity during critical moments of the Apollo 13 mission are reflected in this view in the Mission Control Center (MCC), bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MCC). In the foreground, Henry Simmons (left) of Newsweek magazine and John E. Riley, Public Information Specialist, Public Affairs Office, MCC, man their positions in the Press Room. At extreme left of photo, Gerald D. Griffin, Shift 2 Flight Director, talks on telephone in Mission Operations Control Room. When this photograph was taken, the Apollo 13 lunar landing had been cancelled, and the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home.
Date Taken	1970-04-15

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

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description	Mrs. Mary Haise receives an explanation of the revised flight plan of the Apollo 13 mission from Astronaut Gerald P. Carr in the Viewing Room of Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Her husband, Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., was joining the fellow crew members in making corrections in their spacecraft following discovery of an oxygen cell failure several hours earlier (34900), Dr. Charles A. Berry, Director of Medical Research and Operations Directorate at MSC, converses with Mrs. Marilyn Lovell in the Viewing Room of Mission Control Center. Mrs. Lovell's husband, Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., was busily making corrections inside the spacecraft following discovery of an oxygen cell failure several hours earlier (34901).
Date Taken	1970-04-14

View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 fourth television signal

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 fourth television signal
Description	Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 mission in space. Eugene F. Kranz (foreground, back to camera), one of four Apollo 13 Flight Directors, views the large screen at front of MOCR. Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is seen on the screen.
Date Taken	1970-04-13

Title	View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description	Several persons important to the Apollo 13 mission, at consoles in the Mission Operations Control Room of the Mission Control Center (MCC). Seated at consoles, from left to right, are Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations, Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Shift 3 spacecraft communicator, and Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 13 back-up crew. Standing, left to right, are Astronaut Tom K. Mattingly, who was replaced as Apollo 13 command module pilot after it was learned he may come down with measles, and Astronaut Vance D. Brand, Shift 2 spacecraft communicator. Several hours earlier crew members of the Apollo 13 mission reported to MCC that trouble had developed with an oxygen cell in their spacecraft.
Date Taken	1970-04-14

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. The Apollo 13 spacecraft, with Astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken	1970-04-17

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. The Apollo 13 spacecraft, with Astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken	1970-04-17

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