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View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 return

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo13-39003

Image Size 300 DPI: 48 * 31 cm

Overall view of Mission Operations Control Room in Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the ceremonies aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. Dr. Donald K. Slayton (in black shirt, left of center), director of Flight Crew Operations at MSC, and Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, shake hands, while Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo program director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters (standing, near Lee), watches the large screen showing astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 commander, during the onboard ceremonies. In the foreground, Glynn S. Lunney (extreme left) and Eugene F. Kranz (smoking a cigar), two Apollo 13 flight directors, view the activity from their consoles.

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1970 - APOLLO - APOLLO 13 - ASTRONAUT - BLACK AND WHITE - CONTROL ROOM - HOUSTON - HUMAN - KRANZ EUGENE - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - POSTFLIGHT - TELECAST - USA -