Space Exploration

[Apollo 13]

Large Black and White Photograph of the Damaged Service Module

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July 27, 03:11 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 USD

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[Apollo 13]

Damaged Service Module

Large black & white photograph, 16 x 20 inches, SIGNED and INSCRIBED in silver ink, clockwise from top left: "This Houston, say again, please." JACK LOUSMA Apollo 13 CAPCOM; "'Houston, we've had a problem!' April 11-17, 1970" FRED HAISE Apollo 13 LMP; "Failure is not an option!" JERRY BOSTICK Apollo 13 Flight Dynamics Officer; GERRY GRIFFIN, Apollo 13 Flight Director Gold Team.

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAMAGED APOLLO 13 SERVICE MODULE SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WHO BROUGHT THE ASTRONAUTS BACK SAFELY

A view of the severely damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) as photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module (CM). 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.