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13 Minutes: Trouble with HubbleApollo 13: Enhanced photos reveal life on board

Image enhancement techniques have shed new light on Nasa's stricken Apollo 13 mission. Imaging specialist Andy Saunders created sharp stills from low-quality 16mm film and by reprocessing original 70mm Hasselblad photographic film.

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Jim Lovell (left) and Jack Swigert appear in good spirits amidst the crisis as they take in food

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  • An exhausted and cold Fred Haise is grabs some sleep (centre) as Jack Swigert is curled up in the storage area on the left.
  • Jack Swigert (left) and Jim Lovell sit across the Lunar Module's control panel.
  • Jim Lovell (left) and Jack Swigert appear in good spirits amidst the crisis as they take in food
  • Separate images highlight the damage caused to the Service Module by the catastrophic failure of a cryogenic oxygen tank.
  • Jack Swigert (right) looks at Jim Lovell as they work together. The CO2 filter is visible behind them.
  • L to R - Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise prepare for re-entry through Earth's atmosphere as the mission nears its end.
  • The dark, powered-down Command Module, checked before the crew moved back in for the final perilous stage of the mission.
  • Apollo 13's commander Jim Lovell selects music on a tape player while Jack Swigert naps.
  • The Command Module, Odyssey, and the 'lost Moon' as seen from the Lunar Module, Aquarius.
  • Jack Swigert naps during the Apollo 13 mission.
  • The powered-down Lunar Module instrument panel with hand-written notes to remind the crew to fly differently to their training.
  • Fred Haise takes a nap. This before and after composite shows an unprocessed 16mm frame (L) and a multi-processed still (R).

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