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Apollo 13: Jim Lovell

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo13-40010

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 22 cm

Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 mission commander, reads a newspaper account of the safe recovery of the problem plagued mission. Lovell is on board the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for Apollo 13, which was on a course headed for Pago Pago. From Pago Pago the astronauts flew to Hickham Air Force Base, Hawaii, where they were presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard M. Nixon. Other Apollo 13 crew members were astronauts John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. 17 April 1970.

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1970 - APOLLO - APOLLO 13 - ASTRONAUT - HUMAN - LOVELL JIM - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - POSTFLIGHT -