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Mission Control Celebrates
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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 |
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Apollo 13 Splashdown
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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 |
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Odyssey On Deck
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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 |
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Apollo 13 Launch
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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. |
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View of Apollo 13 Lunar Modu
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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 |
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Apollo 13 Command Module rec
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Apollo 13 Command Module recovery after splashdown |
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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 |
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Apollo 13 Command Module rec
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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 |
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Apollo 13 Service Module and
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Apollo 13 Service Module and Lunar Module as entering Earth's atmosphere |
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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 |
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Apollo 13 spacecraft splashd
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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 |
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Apollo 13 spacecraft splashd
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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 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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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 |
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Apollo 13 spacecraft heads t
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Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean |
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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 |
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Apollo 13 Command Module rec
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Apollo 13 Command Module recovery after splashdown |
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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 |
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