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Us-Astronautics-Apollo Xiii-Launch

The 363 foot-high (110 meters) Apollo 13 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off 11 April 1970 from the Kennedy Space Center's launch complex with astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigers Jr. and Fred W. Haise Jr. on what was supposed to be the third NASA's manned lunar landing mission. After the explosion of the ship's oxygen tanks 13 April as it had passed into the moon's gravitational field the crew had to leave the command module and climb into the LEM (Lunar Exploration Module). The three astronauts used primitive celestial navigation techniques to determine where they were and how to get back to earth. Despite continued peril, their calculations worked and on 17 April 1970 Apollo XIII splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean with all occupants intact. / AFP PHOTO

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Ernest Miller Hemingway visits Venice in 1948 with wife, Mary Welsh

Ernest Miller Hemingway visits Venice in 1948 with his third wife, Mary Welsh. American novelist and war correspondent, he settled in Paris where he was correspondent of the Toronto Star, it is at that time that he published in 1925 his first book "In our time", collection of 15 news. Passing bullfighting and lover of Spain whose civil war inspired his greatest popular success "For Whom the Bell Tolls & quot; (1940), Hemmingway opted for "the inevitable reality, the only thing a man can be sure of, the only certainty." Betting his main books: The Sun Rises Up Also & quot; (1926), & quot; The Snows of Kilimanjaro & quot; (1927), & quot; The Old Man & the Sea & quot; (1952). He committed suicide in 1961. / AFP PHOTO
Ernest Miller Hemingway visite Venise en 1948 accompagn de sa troisime pouse, Mary Welsh. Romancier et correspondant de guerre amricain, il s'installa Paris o il fut correspondant du Star de Toronto, c'est cette poque qu'il publia en 1925 son premier livre "In our time", recueil de 15 nouvelles. Passionn de corrida et amoureux de l'Espagne dont la guerre civile inspira son plus grand succs populaire "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1940), Hemmingway optait pour "l'invitable ralit, la seule chose dont un homme puisse tre sr, la seule certitude. Pari ses principaux livres : 3le Soleil se lve Aussi" (1926), "Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro" (1927), "Le Viel Homme et la Mer" (1952). Il se suicida en 1961. / AFP PHOTO

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Construction Navale-Queen Mary 2

Photo date du 30 octobre 1952 du paquebot le "Queen Mary" quai dans le port de Southampton (Grande-Bretagne). Le paquebot de luxe le "Queen Mary 2" sera construit partir du 16 janvier 2002 aux chantiers navals de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire. D'une longeur de 345 mtres et de la hauteur d'un immeuble de 21 tages, le paquebot de luxe pourra accueillir 3000 passagers.
A photo dated 30 October 1952 of the Cunard liner "Queen Mary" arriving at the dry dock in Southampton. (Photo by AFP)