An entire panel on the service module was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank no. 2. SM damage caused the crew to use the lunar module as a "lifeboat." The LM was jettisoned by the command module just prior to Earth re-entry.

During the final 24 hours of the Apollo 13 mission, all eyes were on the flight director's console at Mission Control. When this photo was taken, the moon landing had been canceled and the Apollo 13 astronauts were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home.