https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/browse?tags=John+Leonard+Swigert%2C+Jr.&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&output=atom2024-03-29T09:13:55+00:00Omekahttps://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6104Iwo Jima after safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. Apollo 13 was termed a "successful failure," because the crew survived even though they did not accomplish its original objective of landing on the moon. Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, but an oxygen tank in the Service Module had exploded around 56 hours into the mission, as a result of a series of mismatched modifications and unfortunate testing, causing the mission and the astronauts being put in jeopardy. The Moon landing did not happen, but the astronauts landed safely in the Pacific Ocean on April 17.]]>2015-11-17T17:25:29+00:00
Dublin Core
Title
Apollo 13 Crew on the USS Iwo Jima After Recovery
Alternative Title
Apollo 13 Crew on USS Iwo Jima
Subject
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Apollo Project (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Astronauts--United States
Haise, Fred, 1933-
Lovell, Jim
Lovell, James A.
Swigert, Jack, 1931-1982
Swigert, John L. (John Leonard), 1931-1982
Description
Photographed, from left to right, are Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise (1933-), Mission Commander Jim Lovell (1928-) and Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert (1931-1982) aboard the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima after safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. Apollo 13 was termed a "successful failure," because the crew survived even though they did not accomplish its original objective of landing on the moon. Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, but an oxygen tank in the Service Module had exploded around 56 hours into the mission, as a result of a series of mismatched modifications and unfortunate testing, causing the mission and the astronauts being put in jeopardy. The Moon landing did not happen, but the astronauts landed safely in the Pacific Ocean on April 17.
Source
Original black and white photographic print, April 17, 1970: Larry Summers Collection.
"APOLLO 13 (AS-508)." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Accessed July 8, 2015. http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo13.cfm.