This weeks Apod blog is on the photo of an oxygen tank that has exploded and has damaged the service module in the year 1970. The astronauts that were part of the the Apollo 13 were forced to leave and change the plans to make the 3rd manned lunar landing due to this event. The entire panel on the side of the module has been obviously been blown away and there is an intense internal damage that is apparent. In April 17th, 1970 the three astronauts returned safely to Earth. This is a very interesting photo, and I think it sheds a lot of light to events that happened in the past for people that were not completely aware. All in all the photo, although grainy still gives us an idea of the extensive damage done to the service module.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1004/AS13-59-8500HR.jpg
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