| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
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| Image # : |
S70-35144 |
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| Date : |
04/17/1970
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Title
Mission Control Celebrates
Full Description
Three of the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors applaud the successful
splashdown of the Command Module "Odyssey" while Dr. Robert R. Gilruth,
Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC
Deputy Director, light up cigars (upper left). The Flight Directors are from
left to right: Gerald D. Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz and Glynn S. Lunney.
Apollo 13 crew members, astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., Commander; John L.
Swigert Jr., Command Module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module pilot,
splashed down at 12:07:44 (CST) in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately four
miles from the Apollo 13 prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima.
Keywords
Apollo 13 Odyssey Command Module Splashdown Recovery Mission Control Center MCC Christopher Kraft Gerald Griffin Eugene Kranz Glynn Lunney Gene Kranz
Subject Category
Apollo 13, NASA Management,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
S70-35144
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001313
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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Large |
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3000 |
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4,730 |
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