#sa-508

PRELAUNCH - APOLLO 13 (ROLLOUT) - KSC

"Nighttime, ground level view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 13 (Spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicle during Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT). The crew of NASA's third lunar landing mission includes astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. The Apollo 13 launch has been scheduled for 2:13 p.m. (EST), April 11, 1970."

Date: March 24, 1970

"The massive Saturn V rocket sat in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, awaiting the launch of Apollo 13, which would take place 9 months later on April 11, 1970. The technicians were dwarfed by its massive size. The Saturn V rocket was taller than the Statue of Liberty and weighed over 6 million pounds when fueled. It still holds the Guinness Book of World Record’s title of 'Largest Rocket Ever.' A total of 13 Saturn V rockets were launched between 1967 and 1973. Every launch was successful."

Date: July 20, 1969

The Apollo 13 Saturn V (CSM-109/LM-7/SA-508) being rollout from the VAB to LC-39A.

Date: December 15, 1969

NASA ID: KSC-69C-8944, KSC-69PC-820HR

"The Apollo 13 (CSM-109/LM-7/SA-508) space vehicle is launched from Pad A Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 2:13 p.m. (EST), April 11, 1970. The crew of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) third lunar landing mission are astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot."

"The Apollo 13 mission insignia depicts the Greek god of the Sun, Apollo, with three horses pulling his chariot across the face of the Moon, and the Earth seen in the distance. This is meant to symbolize the Apollo flights bringing the light of knowledge to all people. The mission motto, Ex luna, scientia ("From the Moon, knowledge"), appears. In choosing it, Lovell adapted the motto of his alma mater, the Naval Academy, Ex scientia, tridens ("From knowledge, sea power")."

-Info from Wikipedia: link

Date: April 11, 1970

NASA ID: S70-34852, S70-38747, S70-34853, S70-34855, S70-34854, 0101247, S69-60662

Apollo 13 spacecraft in trans-lunar trajectory

"A telescopic photograph showing the Apollo 13 spacecraft in trans-lunar trajectory in the distant sky. Arrows point to the spacecraft, to the oxygen cloud, and to the expended Saturn V third stage. Apollo 13 was tracked at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) using a 16 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with an IO television camera with an S-20 type IO tube, mounted in place of the eyepiece. The TV camera information is stored first on a data disc and played back on a viewing monitor from which this photograph was taken."

Date: April 13, 1970

View of the Keeler crater

"An oblique view of the International Astronomical Union Crater No. 302 on the lunar farside as photographed from the Apollo 13 spacecraft during its pass around the moon. This large crater is located at 162 degrees east longitude and 10 degrees south latitude. The smaller crater, I.A.U. No. 301, is in the foreground. I.A.U. No. 302 has ridges in its center and a smaller crater near its inner edge. This view is looking southeast."

Date: April 1970

All 13 of the flown Saturn Vs.

This illustration shows different configurations of the Saturn V test vehicles and flight vehicles.

Date: 1967