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Film taken includes views ta …
1970
Description Film taken includes views taken during re-entry, shot of deployed parachutes, and various views of lunar surface. Also includes nice views of lunar surface taken from lunar orbit and lunar surface landmarks. From Apollo 13, film taken includes scenes of Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert in the Lunar Module (LM) after the cryogenic oxygen tank failure and Service Module seen after separation from the Command Module.
Date 1970
Mission Control Celebrates
Title Mission Control Celebrates
Full Description Three of the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors applaud the successful splashdown of the Command Module "Odyssey" while Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Deputy Director, light up cigars (upper left). The Flight Directors are from left to right: Gerald D. Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz and Glynn S. Lunney. Apollo 13 crew members, astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., Commander, John L. Swigert Jr., Command Module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module pilot, splashed down at 12:07:44 (CST) in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately four miles from the Apollo 13 prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 13
Title Apollo 13
Full Description Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center, during the fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 spacecraft while enroute to the Moon. 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. The fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 mission was on the evening of April 13, 1970. Shortly after the transmission ended and during a routine proceedure that required the crew to flip a switch that stirred one of the cryogenic liquid oxygen tanks, an explosion occurred that ended any hope of a lunar landing and jeopordized the lives of the three crew members.
Date 04/13/1970
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 13 Astronauts on the …
Title Apollo 13 Astronauts on the U.S.S. Iwo Jima
Full Description The crew of the Apollo 13 mission step aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific. Exiting the helicopter, which made the pick-up some four miles from the Iwo Jima are (from left) astronauts Fred. W. Haise, Jr., lunar module pilot, James A. Lovell Jr., commander, and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 13 Astronauts Practic …
Title Apollo 13 Astronauts Practice Moonwalk at KSC
Full Description Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell and Fred W. Haise, Jr., during practice moonwalk at Kennedy Space Center. Lovell (right) operates Lunar Equipment conveyor, a pulley arrangement to load and unload equipment from the cabin section of Lunar Module. Apollo 13's original target on the Moon was the Fra Mauro region, southeast of the Ocean of Storms, to perform an inspection, survey, and sampling of the lunar surface, as well as to deploy and activate the ALSEP package, obtain photographs of candidate exploration sites and to develop human capability to work in the lunar environment. This mission drastically changed after an explosion of one of the oxygen tanks in the Service Module forced the Apollo 13 crew to abort the lunar landing mission and return to Earth.
Date 02/03/1970
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 13 Crew on Deck
Title Apollo 13 Crew on Deck
Full Description Commander Philip Eldredge Jerauld (at microphone), ship's chaplain for U.S.S. Iwo Jima, offers a prayer of thanks for the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew members soon after they arrived aboard the recovery ship. Standing in the center of the picture, from the left, are astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., Commander, Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module Pilot, and John L. Swigert Jr., Command Module Pilot. The Apollo 13 Command Module "Odyssey" splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, to conclude safely a perilous space flight. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and flown to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. Standing at left is Captain Leland E. Kirkemo, Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. Standing behind the chaplain, almost obscured, is Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the Pacific Recovery Force for the Manned Spacecraft Missions.
Date 04/16/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 13 EVA Walk-Through
Title Apollo 13 EVA Walk-Through
Full Description The two members of the Apollo 13 crew who will land on the Moon's Fra Mauro region in the lunar module this spring underwent a walk-through of the extravehicular activity timeline here today. Fred W. haise, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot, tries out a motorized core sampler, right, while James A. Lovell, Jr., the Apollo 13 Commander, looks on at left.
Date 1/28/1970
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 13 Recovery Area
Title Apollo 13 Recovery Area
Full Description Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut Fred W. Haise, Jr., lunar module pilot, is already aboard the helicopter. In the life raft with Lovell, and in the water are several U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers, who assisted in the recovery operations. The crew was taken to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship, several minutes after the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:01:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 13 Senate Space Commi …
Title Apollo 13 Senate Space Committee Hearings
Full Description Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr., Commander of the Apollo 13, relates to the members of the Senate Space Committee in an open session the problems of the Apollo 13 mission. In the background is Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator.
Date 04/24/1970
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 13 Splashdown
Title Apollo 13 Splashdown
Full Description A perilous space flight comes to a smooth ending with the safe splashdown of the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) in the south Pacific Ocean, only four miles from the prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. The Command Module "Odyssey" with Commander, James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr. splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970. The crew men were transported by helicopter from the immediate recovery area to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Odyssey On Deck
Title Odyssey On Deck
Full Description Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Astronaut John Swigert with …
Title Astronaut John Swigert with "Mailbox
Full Description Astronaut John L. Swigert, Jr., Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot, holds the "mailbox" a jerry-rigged arrangement which the Apollo 13 astronauts built to use the Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to purge carbon dioxide from the Lunar Module. Lithium hydroxide is used to scrub CO2 from the spacecraft atmosphere. Since there was a limited amount of lithium hydroxide in the Lunar Module, this arrangement was rigged up using the canisters from the Command Module. The "mailbox" was designed and tested on the ground at the Manned Spacecraft Center before it was suggested to the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen. Because of the explosion of an oxygen tank in the Service Module, the three astronauts had to use the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Explosive Evidence
Title Explosive Evidence
Full Description This view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) was photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module following SM jettisoning. As seen here, an entire SM panel was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two located in Sector 4 of the SM. Two of the three fuel cells are visible just forward (above) the heavily damaged area. Three fuel cells, two oxygen tanks, and two hydrogen tanks are located in Sector 4. The damaged area is located above the S-Band high gain antenna. Nearest the camera is the Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and nozzle. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo 13 crewmen to use the Lunar Module (LM) as a "lifeboat." The Lunar Module "Aquarius" was jettisoned just prior to Earth reentry by the Command Module "Odyssey".
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Actual Apollo 13 Prime C …
Title The Actual Apollo 13 Prime Crew
Full Description The actual Apollo 13 lunar landing mission prime crew from left to right are: Commander, James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr.and Lunar Module pilot, Fred W. Haise Jr. The original Command Module pilot for this mission was Thomas "Ken" Mattingly Jr. but due to exposure to German measles he was replaced by his backup, Command Module pilot, John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr.
Date 04/29/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Interior View of the Apollo …
Title Interior View of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module and the "Mailbox
Full Description An interior view of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module and the "mailbox." The "mailbox" was a jerry-rigged arrangement which the Apollo 13 astronauts built to use the Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to purge carbon dioxide from the Lunar Module. Lithium hydroxide is used to scrub CO2 from the spacecraft atmosphere. Since there was a limited amount of lithium hydroxide in the Lunar Module, this arrangement was rigged up using the canisters from the Command Module. The "mailbox" was designed and tested on the ground at the Manned Spacecraft Center before it was suggested to the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen. Because of the explosion of an oxygen tank in the Service Module, the three astronauts had to use the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Research pilot Fred Haise
Photo Date April 7, 1966
Apollo 13 Launch
Name of Image Apollo 13 Launch
Date of Image 1970-04-11
Full Description The third marned lunar landing mission, Apollo 13 (SA-508), with three astronauts: Mission commander James A. Lovell Jr., Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr., and Command Module pilot John L. Swigert Jr., lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center launch complex 39A on April 11, 1970. The mission was aborted after 56 hours of flight, 205,000 miles from Earth, when an oxygen tank in the service module exploded. The Command Module, Odyssey, carrying the three astronauts, safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 1:08 p.m. EST, April 17, 1970.
Damage to Apollo 13
Title Damage to Apollo 13
Explanation In April of 1970 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-350/ ch-13-1.html ], after an oxygen tank exploded and crippled their service module, the Apollo 13 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ap13acc.html ] astronauts were forced to abandon plans to make the third human lunar landing [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a13/a13main.html ]. The extent of the damage [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ ap13chrono.html ] is revealed in this grainy, grim photo [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS13/ 10075514.htm ], taken as the service module was [ http://www.qsl.net/w7ftt/apollo13.html ] drifting away -- jettisoned only hours prior to the command module's reentry and eventual safe splashdown. An entire panel on the side of the service module [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1970-029A.html ] has been blown away and extensive internal damage is apparent. Visible below the gutted compartment is a radio antenna and the large, bell-shaped nozzle of the service module's rocket engine.
Saturn The Giant
Title Saturn The Giant
Explanation Forty years ago today (May 25, 1961) U.S. president John Kennedy announced [ http://history.nasa.gov/moondec.html ] the goal of landing Americans on the Moon by the end of the decade. Kennedy's ambitious speech triggered [ http://www.wamu.org/special/moon.html ] a nearly unprecedented peacetime technological mobilization and one result was the Saturn V [ http://www.hrw.com/science/si-science/earth/spacetravel/ spacerace/SpaceRace/sec300/sec380.html ] moon rocket [ http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/ ]. Its development directed by rocket pioneer Wernher Von Braun, the three stage Saturn V stood [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-350/ch-3-1.html ] over 36 stories tall. It had a cluster of five first stage [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-000559.html ] engines fueled by [ http://users.commkey.net/Braeunig/space/propel.htm ] liquid oxygen and kerosene which together were capable of producing 7.5 million pounds of thrust. Giant Saturn V rockets ultimately hurled [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ contents.html ] nine Apollo missions [ http://history.nasa.gov/apollo.html ] to the Moon and back again [ http://www.literature.org/authors/verne-jules/ round-the-moon/ ] with six landing on the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/ ]. The first landing, by Apollo 11 [ http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/ introduction.htm ], occurred on July 20, 1969 achieving Kennedy's goal. Bathed in light, this Saturn V [ http://www.apollosaturn.com/frame-sv.htm ] awaits an April 11, 1970 launch on the third lunar landing mission, Apollo 13 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010519.html ].
Lunar Farside from Apollo 13
Title Lunar Farside from Apollo 13
Explanation In April of 1970, after an explosion damaged their spacecraft, the Apollo 13 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo13info.html ] astronauts were forced to abandon their plans to make the third manned lunar landing. Still, while coasting around the moon in their desperate attempt to return to earth they were able to photograph the moon's far side. The large, dark, smooth looking feature on the left in this picture is known as the "Mare Moscoviense". It was created by a lava flow filling in a large impact crater on the lunar surface. As suggested by the name, the Mare Moscoviense was first photographed by an early Soviet lunar probe. For more information about the picture see the NASA photo caption. [ http://139.169.29.11/images/pao/AS13/10075506.htm ]
Damage to Apollo 13
Title Damage to Apollo 13
Explanation In April of 1970, after an oxygen tank exploded and damaged their service module, the Apollo 13 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo13info.html ] astronauts were forced to abandon their plans to make the third manned lunar landing. The extent of the damage is revealed in this photo, taken as the crippled module was drifting away - jettisoned prior to their reentry and eventual safe splashdown. An entire panel on the right side of the module is seen to have been blown away and damage to internal structures is apparent. For more information about the picture see the NASA photo caption. [ http://139.169.29.11/images/pao/AS13/10075514.htm ]
Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Hai …
Title Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise and Apollo 13 Mission Patch
Description Astronaut Fred Haise Jr. of Biloxi, Miss., views his Apollo 13 mission patch, the flight on which he served in 1970, in a StenniSphere display donated to NASA by the American Needlepoint Guild. The exhibit is on permanent display at StenniSphere, the visitor center at John C. Stennis Space Center. In its first year of operation, more than 251,000 visitors representing over 40 countries have viewed the 123 hand-stitched patches in the exhibit. Forty-two guild members from 20 states made the trip to StenniSphere for the opening of the exhibit, one of the most popular at StenniSphere.
Date 04.17.2000
Astronaut James Lovell at hi …
Title Astronaut James Lovell at his position in the Lunar Module
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander of the Apollo 13 mission, is pictured at his position in the Lunar Module (LM). The Apollo 13 crew of Astronauts Lovell, John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, relied on the LM as a "lifeboat". The dependence on the LM was caused by by an apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two in the Service Module. The LM was jettisoned just prior to Earth re-entry by the Command Module.
Date 04.14.1970
View of damaged Apollo 13 Se …
Title View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module from the Lunar/Command Modules
Description This view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM), with the Moon in the distant background, was photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module following SM jettisoning. The Command Module (CM), still docked with the Lunar Module (LM), is in the foreground. An entire panel on the SM was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two located in Sector 4 of the SM. Three fuel cells, two oxygen tanks, and two hdyrogren tanks are located in Sector 4. The damaged area is forward (above) the S-band high gain antenna. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo 13 crewmen to use the LM as a "lifeboat". The LM was jettisoned just prior to Earth reentry by the CM.
Date 04.17.1970
View of damaged Apollo 13 Se …
Title View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module from the Lunar/Command Modules
Description This view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM), with the Moon in the distant background, was photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module following SM jettisoning. The Command Module (CM), still docked with the Lunar Module (LM), is in the foreground. An entire panel on the SM was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two located in Sector 4 of the SM. Three fuel cells, two oxygen tanks, and two hdyrogren tanks are located in Sector 4. The damaged area is forward (above) the S-band high gain antenna. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo 13 crewmen to use the LM as a "lifeboat". The LM was jettisoned just prior to Earth reentry by the CM.
Date 04.17.1970
View of damaged Apollo 13 Se …
Title View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module from the Lunar/Command Modules
Description This view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) was photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module following SM jettisoning. As seen here, an entire panel on the SM was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two located in Sector 4 of the SM. Two of the three fuel cells are visible just forward (above) the heavily damaged area. Three fuel cells, two oxygen tanks, and two hydrogen tanks are locate in Sector 4. The damaged area is located above the S-band high gain antenna. Nearest the camera is the Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and nozzle. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo 13 crewmen to use the Lunar Module (LM) as a "lifeboat". The LM was jettisoned just prior to Earth reentry by the Command Module.
Date 04.17.1970
View of damaged Apollo 13 Se …
Title View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module from the Lunar/Command Modules
Description This view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) was photographed from the Command Module (CM) just after the CM/SM separation prior to Earth re-entry. As seen here, an entire panel on the SM was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two located in Sector 4 of the SM. Two of the three fuel cells are visible just forward (above) the heavily damaged area. Three fuel cells, two oxygen tanks, and two hydrogen tanks are located in Sector 4. The damaged area is located above the S-band high gain antenna. Nearest the camera is the Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and nozzle. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo 13 crewmen to use the Lunar Module (LM) as a "lifeboat". The LM was jettisoned just prior to Earth reentry by the Command Module.
Date 04.17.1970
View of damaged Apollo 13 Se …
Title View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module from the Lunar/Command Modules
Description This view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) was photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module following SM jettisoning. Nearest the camera is the Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and nozzle. An entire SM panel was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two located in Sector 4 of the SM. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo 13 crewmen to use the Lunar Module (LM) as a "lifeboat". The LM was jettisoned just prior to Earth reentry by the Command Module.
Date 04.17.1970
View of Apollo 13 Lunar Modu …
Title View of Apollo 13 Lunar Module from the Command Module
Description This view of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module (LM) was photographed from the Command Module (CM) just after the LM had been jettisoned. The jettisoning occurred a few minutes after 11 a.m., April 17, 1970, just over an hour prior to splashdown of the CM in the South Pacific Ocean. The apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two in the Apoll 13 Service Module caused the Apollo 13 crewmen to rely on the LM as a "lifeboat".
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 Command Module rec …
Title Apollo 13 Command Module recovery after splashdown
Description Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, guide the Command Module (CM) atop a dolly on board the ship. The CM is connected by strong cable to a hoist on the vessel. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 Command Module rec …
Title Apollo 13 Command Module recovery after splashdown
Description Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 Service Module and …
Title Apollo 13 Service Module and Lunar Module as entering Earth's atmosphere
Description An unidentified airline passenger snapped these bright objects, believed to be the Apollo 13 Service Module and Lunar Module as they entered Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean on April 18, 1970. The aircraft, an Air New Zealand DC-8, was midway between the Fiji Islands (Nandi Island, to be specific) and Aukland, New Zealand when the photograph was taken.
Date Taken 1970-04-18
Launching of the Apollo 13 l …
Title Launching of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission
Description The Apollo 13 (spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicles lifts off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center at 2:13 p.m., April 11, 1970 (34852,34853), Apollo 13 space vehicle is shown almost past the launch tower, fire coming from its engines as it lifts off (34854), The Apollo 13 space craft is shown passing the launch tower as it lifts off to begin its lunar landing mission (34855).
Date Taken 1970-04-11
Launching of the Apollo 13 l …
Title Launching of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission
Description The Apollo 13 (spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicles lifts off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center at 2:13 p.m., April 11, 1970 (34852,34853), Apollo 13 space vehicle is shown almost past the launch tower, fire coming from its engines as it lifts off (34854), The Apollo 13 space craft is shown passing the launch tower as it lifts off to begin its lunar landing mission (34855).
Date Taken 1970-04-11
View of Mission Control Cent …
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
Seismic reading taken at MSC …
Title Seismic reading taken at MSC recording impact of Apollo 13 S-IVB with surface
Description A seismic reading taken from instruments at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) recording impact of the Apollo 13 S-IVB/Instrument Unit with lunar surface. The expended Saturn third stage and instrument unit impacted the lunar surface at 7:09 p.m., April 14, 1970. The location of the impact was 2.4 degrees south latitude and 27.9 degrees west longitude, about 76 nautical miles west-northwest of the Apollo 12 Lunar Surface Experiment package deployment site. The S-IVB/IU impact was picked up by the Passive Seismic Experiment, a component of the package and transmitted to instruments at the Mission Control Center.
Date Taken 1970-04-14
View of Mission Control Cent …
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
Launching of the Apollo 13 l …
Title Launching of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission
Description The Apollo 13 (spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicles lifts off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center at 2:13 p.m., April 11, 1970 (34852,34853), Apollo 13 space vehicle is shown almost past the launch tower, fire coming from its engines as it lifts off (34854), The Apollo 13 space craft is shown passing the launch tower as it lifts off to begin its lunar landing mission (34855).
Date Taken 1970-04-11
Launching of the Apollo 13 l …
Title Launching of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission
Description The Apollo 13 (spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicles lifts off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center at 2:13 p.m., April 11, 1970 (34852,34853), Apollo 13 space vehicle is shown almost past the launch tower, fire coming from its engines as it lifts off (34854), The Apollo 13 space craft is shown passing the launch tower as it lifts off to begin its lunar landing mission (34855).
Date Taken 1970-04-11
Apollo 13 crew recovery afte …
Title Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown
Description Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., Apollo 13 command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a "Billy Pugh" net while Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut Fred Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is already aboard the helicopter. In the life raft with Lovell and in the water are several U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team Swimmers who assisted in the recovery operations. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 crew recovery afte …
Title Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown
Description The Apollo 13 spacecraft floats in the South Pacific following splash down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970. Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, rides the "Billy Pugh" net up to a rescue helicopter while Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander, and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, wait in the life raft. Two U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team swimmers can be seen in the water while a third waits in the raft with the astronauts.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 crew arrive on pri …
Title Apollo 13 crew arrive on prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima
Description Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the Pacific Recovery Forces for the Manned Spacecraft Missions, welcomes the Apollo 13 crew aboard the prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific. The crewmen (from left) Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., commander, were transported by helicopter to the ship following a smooth splashdown only about four miles from the Iwo Jima. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 crew arrive on pri …
Title Apollo 13 crew arrive on prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima
Description Apollo 13 crew arrive on prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific. Exiting the helicopter which made the pick-up some four miles from the Iwo Jima are (from left) Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, James A. Lovell Jr., commander, and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
View of Mission Control Cent …
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
Launching of the Apollo 13 l …
Title Launching of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission
Description The Apollo 13 (spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicle lifts off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center at 2:13 p.m., April 11, 1970. This view was taken from across a body of water near the launch complex. The launch itself can be seen reflected in the water.
Date Taken 1970-04-11
Apollo 13 spacecraft splashd …
Title Apollo 13 spacecraft splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean
Description The Apollo 13 Command Module splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970. In this view the capsule is in the water and its three parachutes are crumpling into the ocean in a row.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 spacecraft splashd …
Title Apollo 13 spacecraft splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean
Description The Apollo 13 Command Module splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970. In this view the capsule has just hit the water and its parachutes are still fully deployed.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description Overall view of Mission Control Center, bldg 30, during the splashdown of the Apollo 13 spacecraft. The large screen in front the front of the room shows the spacecraft with its parachutes deployed as it heads for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 spacecraft heads t …
Title Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean
Description The Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean. The Apollo 13 Command Module splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970. Note the capsule and its parachutes just visible against a gap in the dark clouds.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 crew recovery afte …
Title Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 commander, is lifted aboard a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, in a "Billy Pugh" net. Lovell was the last of the three Apollo 13 crewmen to egress the Command Module and the last to be lifted aboard the helicopter. He was preceded by Astronauts John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise Jr. The Command Module and a U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer can be seen in the background. Apollo 13 splashdown occured at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
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