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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., Apollo 13 lunar module pilot, practices operation of the 16-millimeter motion picture camera to be used on the lunar surface during the Apollo 13 mission. The Apollo 13 landing is scheduled for the Fra Mauro, a highlands area approximately 95 miles east of the Apollo 12 landing site in November 1969. Apollo 13, scheduled for launch from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, has a prime crew composed of Haise, James A. Lovell Jr., commander, and Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot. Photo credit: NASA