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[Apollo 13]

Large Black and White Photograph of Lunar Module "Aquarius"

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July 27, 03:07 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 USD

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[Apollo 13]

"Aquarius"


Large black and white photograph, 20 x 20 inches, SIGNED and INSCRIBED in silver ink, clockwise from top right: "'Houston, we've had a problem!' April 11-17, 1970" FRED HAISE Apollo 13 LMP; "We are starting to think about the LM Lifeboat." JACK LOUSMA Apollo 13 CAPCOM; GERRY GRIFFIN Apollo 13 Flight Director Gold Team; JERRY BOSTICK Apollo 13 Flight Dynamics Officer.

The damage caused to the Service Module when an oxygen tank exploded led to a loss of power and breathing oxygen to Command Module Odyssey. The Apollo 13 lunar landing mission was cancelled, and Lunar Module Aquarius was used as a 'lifeboat.' During the four days required to fly around the moon and travel back to Earth, the crew had to conserve electrical power and oxygen all the while performing critical LM engine burns to insure their flight path would indeed return them to Earth.