NASA Photo ID: S70-34902           File Name: 10075495.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 04/14/70
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.           
Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
CONSOLES                                
EMERGENCIES                             
FLIGHT CONTROL                          
GROUND BASED CONTROL                    
INTEGRATED MISSION CONTROL CENTER       
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER                    
PERSONNEL                               
TEXAS                                   

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