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Apollo 13 Service Module and Lunar Module as entering Earth's atmosphere
An unidentified airline passenger snapped these bright objects, believed to be the Apollo 13 Service Module and Lunar Module as they entered Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean on April 18, 1970. The aircraft, an Air New Zealand DC-8, was midway between the Fiji Islands (Nandi Island, to be specific) and Aukland, New Zealand when the photograph was taken.
Catalog Date: 18 April 1970
Film Type: 4x5 BW
NASA image: S70-17646