NASA Photo ID: S70-17646           File Name: 10075539.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/18/70
Title: Apollo 13 Service Module and Lunar Module as entering Earth's atmosphere
Description:
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.                 

Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
EARTH ATMOSPHERE                        
LUNAR MODULE                            
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SERVICE MODULES                         

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