AS13-60-8705 - Apollo 13 - Apollo 13 Mission image - View of the nearly 3/4 full moon
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- Created Date
- 1967-11-09/1972-12-19
- Description
The original database describes this as: Description: This outstanding view of a 3/4 full Moon was photographed from the Apollo 13 spacecraft during its Trans-Earth journey homeward. Though the explosion of the oxygen tank in the Service Module (SM) forced the cancellation of the scheduled lunar landing, Apollo 13 made a pass around the Moon prior to returning to Earth. Some of the conspicuous lunar features include the Sea of Crisis (Mare Crisium), the Sea of Fertility (Mare Fecunditatis), the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis), the Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis), the Sea of Nectar (Mare Nectaris), the Sea of Vapors (Mare Vaporum), the Border Sea (Mare Marginis), Smyth's Sea (Mare Smythii), the crater Langrenus, and the crater Tsiolkovsky. Original film magazine was labeled L,film type was Ektachrome Color SO 368. This is equivilent to an Aerochrome 2448 but Ektachome processed and on a thin Estar film support. Subject Terms: Apollo 13 Flight, Moon Categories: Lunar Observations Original: Film - 70MM CT Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
- Creator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973
- Contributing Institution
- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
- Collection
- Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs of the Apollo Space Program
Apollo 13 - AS13-58-8456 through AS13-63-9045 - Type
- image
- Format
- Magnetic DiskMagnetic Disk: Hard DriveMagnetic Media
- Standardized Rights Statement
- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Chicago citation style
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. AS13-60-8705 - Apollo 13 - Apollo 13 Mission image - View of the nearly 3/4 full moon. 1967-11-09/1972-12-19. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/16695655. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973, (1967-11-09/1972-12-19) AS13-60-8705 - Apollo 13 - Apollo 13 Mission image - View of the nearly 3/4 full moon. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/16695655
- MLA citation style
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/16695655>.