NASA Photo ID: S70-34985           File Name: 10075504.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 04/14/70
Title: Seismic reading taken at MSC recording impact of Apollo 13 S-IVB with surface
Description:
A seismic reading taken from instruments at the Manned Spacecraft Center 
(MSC) recording impact of the Apollo 13 S-IVB/Instrument Unit with lunar 
surface. The expended Saturn third stage and instrument unit impacted the 
lunar surface at 7:09 p.m., April 14, 1970. The location of the impact was 
2.4 degrees south latitude and 27.9 degrees west longitude, about 76
nautical  miles west-northwest of the Apollo 12 Lunar Surface Experiment
package  deployment site. The S-IVB/IU impact was picked up by the Passive
Seismic  Experiment, a component of the package and transmitted to
instruments at the  Mission Control Center.             

Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
SATURN LAUNCH VEHICLES                  
SEISMIC WAVES                           
SEISMOGRAPHS                            

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