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BOOM! APRIL 13, 1970—NOT YOUR TYPICAL DAY IN SPACE ANNOTATED BY CREW MEMBERS THAT SURVIVED THE DEEP SPACE EMERGENCY
Apollo Translunar / Transearth Trajectory Plotting Chart (ATT), Apollo Mission 13.
Apollo Translunar / Transearth Trajectory Plotting Chart (ATT), Apollo Mission 13.
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BOOM! APRIL 13, 1970—NOT YOUR TYPICAL DAY IN SPACE
ANNOTATED BY CREW MEMBERS THAT SURVIVED THE DEEP SPACE EMERGENCY
Apollo Translunar / Transearth Trajectory Plotting Chart (ATT), Apollo Mission 13. Diagram in color with extensive descriptions in nine paragraphs and astronaut signatures. First Edition, March 16, 1970. 24 x 20 inches.
SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "JAMES LOVELL, Apollo 13 CDR."
INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Our 'problem' occurred 200,000 miles from earth! 13 April 1970, FRED HAISE, Apollo 13 LMP." He has marked an "X" where the explosion occurred along the flight path and added: "Boom! April 13, 1970, 10:08 pm EST, Freddo" with the number 13 underlined to emphasize the coincidental numbering of the flight and date.
A vivid illustration of how far away from Earth the Apollo 13 spacecraft was when the Service Module's oxygen tank exploded. The complex steps of a lunar mission are illustrated from a north polar view. Earth launch, lunar and earth coast phases, lunar orbit insertion, lunar landing - liftoff, the transearth injection, and earth return are all dimensionally illustrated. Significant Apollo 13 flight events with times are listed in the lower left corner and an eight paragraph mission description is located along the right side.
Apollo Translunar / Transearth Trajectory Plotting Chart (ATT), Apollo Mission 13. Diagram in color with extensive descriptions in nine paragraphs and astronaut signatures. First Edition, March 16, 1970. 24 x 20 inches.
SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "JAMES LOVELL, Apollo 13 CDR."
INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Our 'problem' occurred 200,000 miles from earth! 13 April 1970, FRED HAISE, Apollo 13 LMP." He has marked an "X" where the explosion occurred along the flight path and added: "Boom! April 13, 1970, 10:08 pm EST, Freddo" with the number 13 underlined to emphasize the coincidental numbering of the flight and date.
A vivid illustration of how far away from Earth the Apollo 13 spacecraft was when the Service Module's oxygen tank exploded. The complex steps of a lunar mission are illustrated from a north polar view. Earth launch, lunar and earth coast phases, lunar orbit insertion, lunar landing - liftoff, the transearth injection, and earth return are all dimensionally illustrated. Significant Apollo 13 flight events with times are listed in the lower left corner and an eight paragraph mission description is located along the right side.