NASA Photo ID: AS13-59-8562        File Name: 10075517.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 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".                 

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

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