NASA Photo ID: S70-35145           File Name: 10075531.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/70
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. Dr. Donald
K.  Slayton (in black shirt, left of center), Director of Flight Crew
Operations  at MSC, and Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate,
Office of  Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, shake hands, while Dr.
Rocco A.  Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight,
NASA  Headquarters (standing, near Lee), watches the large screen showing
Astronaut  James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 commander, during the on-board
ceremonies. In  the foreground, Glynn S. Lunney (extreme left) and Eugene
F. Kranz (smoking  a cigar), two Apollo 13 Flight Directors, view the
activity from their  consoles.           

Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CEREMONIES                              
CONSOLES                                
FACILITIES                              
GROUND BASED CONTROL                    
INTEGRATED MISSION CONTROL CENTER       
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER                    
PERSONNEL                               
TEXAS                                   
VIEWING                                 
WATER LANDING                           

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