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Image: Apollo 13 LM undocking (AS13-59-8566) (cropped)

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Description: Apollo 13 Lunar Module LM-7 Aquarius as photographed from the Command Module Odyssey after undocking from it and prior to both modules reentering the Earth's atmosphere. There the Lunar Module would burn up, having completed its "lifeboat" service by sustaining the crew after an accident disabled the Service Module. Original caption; "Apollo 13 Hasselblad image from film magazine 59/R - Transfer from LM to CM; LM undocking prior to reentry"
Title: Apollo 13 LM undocking (AS13-59-8566) (cropped)
Credit: AS13-59-8566
Author: Project Apollo Archive
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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