NASA Photo ID: AS13-59-8513        File Name: 10075516.jpg
Film Type: 70mm BW                 Date Taken: 04/17/70
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.             

Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT                       
FAILURE ANALYSIS                        
PHOTOGRAPHS                             
SERVICE MODULES                         

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