NASA Photo ID: AS13-58-8464        File Name: 10075519.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/70
Title: View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module from the Lunar/Command Modules
Description:
This view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) was photographed
from  the Lunar Module/Command Module following SM jettisoning. Nearest the
camera  is the Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and nozzle. An entire
SM panel  was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number
two located in  Sector 4 of the SM. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo
13 crewmen to use  the Lunar Module (LM) as a "lifeboat". The LM was
jettisoned just prior to  Earth reentry by the Command Module.               

Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT                       
FAILURE ANALYSIS                        
PHOTOGRAPHS                             
SERVICE MODULES                         

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