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Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third mission that was intended to land on the Moon.
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Apollo 13 launch. Scan by Kipp Teague.
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Apollo 13 launch. 11 April 1970. Scan by Kipp Teague.
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Apollo 13 clears the tower. Scan by Kipp Teague.
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Apollo 13 launch. Scan by Kipp Teague.
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On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was launched from 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The crew was James A. Lovell, Commander, John L. Swigert, Jr. command Module Pilot, and Fred W. Haise, Jr. Lunar Module Pilot. The Apollo 13 Mission was to be the third mission to get to the moon. After 56 hours of flight there was an explosion causing them to return to earth.
"This photograph of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center), Houston, was taken on April 13, 1970, during the fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 mission. Eugene F. Kranz (foreground, back to camera), one of four Apollo 13 flight directors, views the large screen at front as astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is seen on the screen."
Image Credit: NASA
Apollo 13 Saturn V launch. From When we left earth.
Apollo 13 Launch
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