451 a
Jack Swigert or Fred Haise

Debris from the spacecraft hiding the view toward the Moon’s farside

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-60-8617” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

451 b
Jack Swigert or Fred Haise

The farside lunar horizon over Crater Tsiolkovsky

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-60-8619” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

451 c
Jack Swigert or Fred Haise

Sunset over Crater Keeler during the single pass around the Moon

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-60-8635” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

451 d
Jack Swigert or Fred Haise

The farside lunar horizon over the terminator

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13- 62-8922” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

451 e
Jack Swigert or Fred Haise

Telephotograph of the lunar farside horizon over the terminator during the single pass around the Moon

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-60-8651” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

451 c
Jacobs, p. 83.

451 e
Chaikin, Voices, p. 134 (variant).

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451 a
This photograph showing the forbidding lunar farside was taken through the 250mm telephoto lens. Debris from the spacecraft (due to the explosion of an oxygen tank in the Service Module at 055:55:20 GET) obscure the view.

Craters Chauvinet C and Chauvinet are visible at the bottom right.

From the mission transcript as the spacecraft was rounding the Moon and approaching the backside:

076:57:26 Lovell: I can’t for the life of me figure out what that dark stuff is. [Pause.]
076:57:38 Haise: Yes. Did you look at it, Jack? [...]
076:58:17 Swigert: See it there. Like two black clouds. [...]
077:03:08 Lovell: I know what that is. That might be the debris that was thrown out there.
077:03:15 Haise: ...into the cloud?
077:03:19 Lovell: It’s all dark now.
077:03:24 Lovell: From the explosion. [...]
077:03:32 Haise: Take a look. It covers a wide area.

451 b
This photograph looking southwest toward the 180-km Crater Tsiolkovsky was taken through the 250mm telephoto lens.
The 81-km Crater Chauvenet with the 48-km Crater Chauvenet C punched to its side is in the foreground.

“We really got out the cameras, at least Jack and I, and tried to make use of as much of the film as we could. We had several cameras loaded and ready. We shot a lot of pictures.”
Fred Haise (Chaikin, Voices, p. 146)

451 c
This photograph of the lunar farside terminator was taken through the 250mm telephoto lens looking southeast over the 160-km Crater Keeler. Latitude / longitude: 9.5° S / 163° E.

“Around the Moon, when we were getting ready for this PC plus 2 burn [firing the LM’s descent rocket two hours after the craft’s closest approach to the Moon], [...] these guys were interested in looking at the backside of the Moon. I’d seen the backside of the Moon. I’m trying to make sure that that thing is going to light off when we get started,” said James Lovell (Chaikin, Voices, p.146).

451 d
This photograph showing a great expanse of the lunar farside including the 276-km Sea of Moscow (left) and the 97-km Crater Papaleksi at the terminator (right) was taken looking east with the 60mm lens. Latitude / longitude: 15° N / 155° E.

“It’s a strange place. It’s a big, beat-up rock. Not anything like on Earth, I’ll tell you that... There’s nothing there. It’s a rock with a lot of holes in it.” Fred Haise (Chaikin, Voices, p. 146)

451 e
This photograph taken looking northeast with the 250mm lens shows the 97-km Crater Papaleksi at the terminator (right). Craters Konstantinov, Nagaoka, Van Gent and Kohlschütter are also visible. Latitude / longitude: 16.5° N / 151.5° E.

“The biggest emotion I had for several months after that flight was disappointment. It was the biggest emotion in real time, when the explosion happened. Just a big sinking feeling... Biggest disappointment of my life.”
Fred Haise (Chaikin, Voices, p.145)