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FLOWN APOLLO XIII CREW EMBLEM WITH SIGNED MISSION PHOTOGRAPH. PART OF THE LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE IN DEEP SPACE. FLOWN Apollo XIII cloth emblem, 4 inches in diameter. The design has three horses, symbolic of the three astronauts, traveling from the Earth to the Moon. A multi-rayed Sun is in the background, with the Latin motto "Ex Luna, Scientia" (From the Moon, Knowledge). The emblem is mounted on a Typed Letter Signed by JAMES LOVELL All displayed on and removable from an 11 by 20 inch light gray mat board which includes a 7 by 7 inch black and white photograph of the damaged Service Module. The explosion blew off large outer panels revealing the extensive internal damage caused by the oxygen tank failure. Provenance: From the collection of Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell With JAMES LOVELL'S signed provenance letter which reads: "The attached patch was flown aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its flight around the moon April 11-17, 1970. This patch was designed by the artist Luman Winter after a mural he painted for the St. Regis Hotel in New York City." The damaged Service Module (SM) photograph is INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "BOOM! The Apollo 13 SM, FRED HAISE, Apollo 13 LMP." The photograph was made just after the Service Module was jettisoned from the Command Module, and prior to the crew's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. During the four day flight around the Moon, Lovell, Haise and Jack Swigert used their Lunar Module as a "life boat" to survive.