[APOLLO 13] LUNAR DISC. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 11-17 APRIL 1970.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 13] 

LUNAR DISC. 11-17 APRIL 1970.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark, press captions printed in purple to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS13-60-8703” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning, tape to verso.

An incredible image of the near-full Moon, photographed from the Apollo 13 spacecraft during its transearth journey homeward. Though the explosion of the oxygen tank in the Service Module had forced the cancellation of the scheduled lunar landing, the crew made a pass around the Moon prior to returning to Earth. Captured in this view are the Sea of Crisis, the Sea of Fertility, the Sea of Tranquility, the Sea of Serenity, the Sea of Nectar, the Sea of Vapors, the Border Sea, Smyth's Sea, the crater Langrenus, and the crater Tsiolkovsky.