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Apollo 13 (April 11 -17, 1970) was planned as the third lunar landing mission, but an explosion in the Apollo Service Module caused the mission to be aborted. After orbiting nearly 6 days, Apollo 13 landed in the Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970 where it was recovered by the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). Rodger Lee Lundgren was serving aboard the Iwo Jima at the time of the recovery as a Data Systems Technician.

 Identifier

NASM.2015.0026

Date

bulk 1970

Provenance

Rod Lundgren, Gift, 2015, NASM.2015.0026

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of ten 8.5 by 10.5 inch halftone screened offset litho prints showing Apollo 13 recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970. Images show the Command Module; the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima; Sikorsky (S-61B) SH-3D Sea King helicopters; astronauts Fred W. Haise, Jr., John Leonard Swigert, Jr., and James A. "Jim" Lovell; and U.S. Navy personnel. The collection also contains two black and white photographs (measuring 10 by 8 inches and 7 by 5 inches respectively) showing the USS Iwo Jima and other ships as well as Sikorsky (S-65A) CH-53A Sea Stallion aircraft.

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Citation

Apollo 13 Flight Recovery Images [Lundgren], NASM.2015.0026 , National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Manned space flight

Astronautics

Apollo 13

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs