Image: Apollo 13 Mailbox at Mission Control

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Description: Deke Slayton (checked jacket) shows the adapter devised to make use of square Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to remove excess carbon dioxide from the Apollo 13 LM cabin. As detailed in Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, the adapter was devised by Ed Smylie. From left to right, members of Slayton's audience are Flight Director Milton L. Windler, Deputy Director/Flight Operations Howard W. Tindall, Director/Flight Operations Sigurd A Sjoberg, Deputy Director/Manned Spaceflight Center Christopher C. Kraft, and Director/Manned Spaceflight Center Robert R. Gilruth.
Title: Apollo 13 Mailbox at Mission Control
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo13/html/s70-35013.html (direct link)
Author: NASA
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