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Description: Logo Apollo 13 This is the insignia of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission. The Apollo 13 prime crew will be astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander; Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. Represented in the Apollo 13 emblem is Apollo, the sun god of Greek mythology, symbolizing how the Apollo flights have extended the light of knowledge to all mankind. The Latin phrase Ex Luna, Scientia means "From the Moon, Knowledge." Apollo 13 will be the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) third lunar landing mission.
Title: Apollo 13-insignia
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo13/html/s69-60662.html http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-13/apollo-13.html
Author: NASA
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