PRELAUNCH – APOLLO XIII (ROLLOUT) – KSC

S70-34687 (11 April 1970) --- Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot for the Apollo 13 mission, has just suited up in the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the Apollo 13 prelaunch countdown. Minutes later, astronauts Swigert, James A. Lovell Jr. and Fred W. Haise Jr. rode a special transport van over to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, where their spacecraft awaited liftoff. Launch occurred at 2:13 p.m. (EST), April 11, 1970.