This is a fascinating breakdown of the actual damage to the Apollo 13 service module. I've never really thought about what, if any, visual documentation survived to tell us what happened.

This article includes a snippet of video with a brief glimpse of the module going past after separation. The astronauts were also able to get some still photos, and we have a brief transcript of them describing the damage they saw.

Using modern methods to enhance the images, NASA has created some fairly detailed images of what was left of the spacecraft after the explosion. It's just mind-boggling to think that they were able to get those men home. Wow.

Service Module Damage: A Photographic Analysis

Amazing how they can construct an image from the old photographs.

NASA put together a short documentary for the anniversary; it includes video and audio for the moment when the crew jettisons the SM and gets the first look at the damage. Looks like they also used the photos that are included in the article you posted.

All put together, you have a good sense of the moment.


https://youtu.be/WM8kjDF0IJU?t=1255

Thanks, wtg!

NASA's doing some cool stuff. You can re-live the mission in real time.

They get the request for the cryotank stir at 055:52:58 (GET - Ground Elapsed Time)

"Uh, Houston, we've had a problem here" happens very shortly thereafter.

https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/

Very cool!