| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
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| Image # : |
S70-35603 |
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| Date : |
04/16/1970
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Title
Apollo 13 Crew on Deck
Full Description
Commander Philip Eldredge Jerauld (at microphone), ship's chaplain for U.S.S.
Iwo Jima, offers a prayer of thanks for the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew
members soon after they arrived aboard the recovery ship.
Standing in the center of the picture, from the left, are astronauts James A.
Lovell Jr., Commander; Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module Pilot; and John L.
Swigert Jr., Command Module Pilot. The Apollo 13 Command Module "Odyssey"
splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, to conclude safely a
perilous space flight. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and
flown to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima.
Standing at left is Captain Leland E. Kirkemo, Commanding Officer of the U.S.S.
Iwo Jima. Standing behind the chaplain, almost obscured, is Rear Admiral Donald
C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the Pacific Recovery Force for
the Manned Spacecraft Missions.
Keywords
Apollo 13 Helicopter James Lovell Philip Eldredge Jerauld Odyssey Fred Haise John Swigert Jack Swigert USS Iwo Jima
Subject Category
Apollo 13,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
S70-35603
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001318
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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