1. The crew's crossing gantry
for capsule ingress.Copy !req
2. Roger that.Copy !req
3. Inspired by
the late President Kennedy...Copy !req
4. in only seven years, America has risen
to the challenge of what he called:Copy !req
5. "The most hazardous and dangerous
and greatest adventure..."Copy !req
6. "on which man has ever embarked."Copy !req
7. After trailing the Russians for years
with our manned space program...Copy !req
8. and after that sudden and horrible fire...Copy !req
9. on the launch pad during a routine test...Copy !req
10. that killed
American astronauts Gus Grissom...Copy !req
11. Ed White and Roger Chaffee...Copy !req
12. there were serious doubts that
we could beat the Russians to the moon.Copy !req
13. But tonight, a mere 18 months
after the tragedy of Apollo 1...Copy !req
14. the entire world watched in awe
as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin...Copy !req
15. landed on the moon.Copy !req
16. The big news came just a moment ago.Copy !req
17. Mission Control gave
the spacecraft permission...Copy !req
18. to go for the extravehicular activity...Copy !req
19. that is, for the walk on the moon...Copy !req
20. far earlier than anticipated,
9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time...Copy !req
21. The important thing when you penetrate
the lunar module is your attitude...Copy !req
22. and relative speed.Copy !req
23. Let's say this is me here
in the command module and this is you...Copy !req
24. - All right.
- ... in the LEM.Copy !req
25. This thing sticking out here
is called the probe.Copy !req
26. - Is that true?
- Absolutely.Copy !req
27. Tracey, when you feel that thing slide in,
everything's clicking...Copy !req
28. it's like no other feeling in the world.Copy !req
29. - A little liquid propulsion.
- What's the big occasion?Copy !req
30. How's it going at Mission Control?Copy !req
31. It's a nervous time.
They're pacing around and smoking.Copy !req
32. Gene Kranz is gonna have puppies.
Jim Lovell.Copy !req
33. This is Tracey.Copy !req
34. - How do you do, Tracey?
- This is the man.Copy !req
35. Gemini 7. Gemini 12. Apollo 8.
They were the first around the moon.Copy !req
36. This guy did 10 laps.Copy !req
37. With one hand on the wheel.
Make yourselves at home.Copy !req
38. This is the last champagne
in the city of Houston.Copy !req
39. - Very good.
- Everything else all right?Copy !req
40. - Everything's on course.
- Looks okay. Cadet Lovell.Copy !req
41. - Hey, Dad.
- Put this on ice. Make sure it gets cold.Copy !req
42. - You gonna get a haircut this week?
- I'm on vacation.Copy !req
43. Get a haircut.Copy !req
44. - I wouldn't mind being up there tonight.
- God, who wouldn't.Copy !req
45. Don't worry. Our day's coming.Copy !req
46. They're not gonna cut the program
before number 14.Copy !req
47. You know, my cousin called.Copy !req
48. Asked who we bribed
to get on Jim Lovell's crew.Copy !req
49. I told him they wanted
to make sure he got the best.Copy !req
50. Well, they got that right.Copy !req
51. What network do we want?Copy !req
52. Put on Walter!Copy !req
53. Jules Bergman!Copy !req
54. John, turn it up!Copy !req
55. I really appreciate...Copy !req
56. you all coming to this dress rehearsal party
for my Apollo 12 landing.Copy !req
57. Sit down, Conrad.Copy !req
58. I think we should all take
a moment to recognize...Copy !req
59. the exemplary...Copy !req
60. hell, damn near heroic effort...Copy !req
61. displayed by Neil Armstrong's backup
for this historic moon walk...Copy !req
62. and, of course, his crew.Copy !req
63. Let's hear it for Jim Lovell,
Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise.Copy !req
64. There he is! Everybody quiet down!Copy !req
65. Hey! Kids!Copy !req
66. You got a good picture, huh?Copy !req
67. We can verify the position of the opening
I ought to have on the camera.Copy !req
68. - You think it's too late for him to abort?
- He still has time to get out.Copy !req
69. - He just needs somebody to wave him off.
- Pull up, Neil!Copy !req
70. Pull up!Copy !req
71. Neil, we can see you
coming down the ladder now.Copy !req
72. Look at those pictures.Copy !req
73. I'm at the foot of the ladder.Copy !req
74. The LEM footpads
are only depressed in the surface about...Copy !req
75. one or two inches.Copy !req
76. It's almost like a powder.Copy !req
77. Armstrong is on the moon.Copy !req
78. Neil Armstrong, 38-year-old American...Copy !req
79. standing on the surface of the moon...Copy !req
80. on this July 20, 1969.Copy !req
81. That's one small step
for man...Copy !req
82. one giant leap for mankind.Copy !req
83. His quote was:Copy !req
84. "That's one small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind."Copy !req
85. You're drunk, Lovell.Copy !req
86. I'm not used to the champagne.Copy !req
87. Me, neither.Copy !req
88. I can't deal with cleaning up.
Let's sell the house.Copy !req
89. All right, let's sell the house.Copy !req
90. They're back inside now looking up at us.Copy !req
91. Isn't that something?Copy !req
92. I bet Jannie Armstrong
doesn't get a wink of sleep tonight.Copy !req
93. When you were on the far side on 8,
I didn't sleep at all.Copy !req
94. I just vacuumed over and over again.Copy !req
95. Christopher Columbus,
Charles Lindbergh, and Neil Armstrong.Copy !req
96. Neil Armstrong.Copy !req
97. From now on, we live in a world
where man has walked on the moon.Copy !req
98. It's not a miracle.Copy !req
99. We just decided to go.Copy !req
100. On Apollo 8, we were so close...Copy !req
101. just 60 nautical miles down and...Copy !req
102. It was as if I could just...Copy !req
103. step out and walk on the face of it.Copy !req
104. I want to go back there.Copy !req
105. Where's my mountain?Copy !req
106. It's right up by the...Copy !req
107. Do you see where the shadow crosses...Copy !req
108. the white area there?
That's the Sea of Tranquility...Copy !req
109. and your mountain's on the edge of that.Copy !req
110. It's your mountain, Marilyn. Mount Marilyn.Copy !req
111. I don't see it.Copy !req
112. Well, you gotta look harder.Copy !req
113. You look harder...Copy !req
114. while I...Copy !req
115. The astronaut is the most
visible member of a very large team.Copy !req
116. All of us,
down to the guy sweeping the floor...Copy !req
117. are honored to be a part of it.Copy !req
118. What did the man say? "Give me a lever
long enough and I'll move the world"?Copy !req
119. That's what we're doing here.
This is divine inspiration, folks.Copy !req
120. It's the best part of each one of us,
the belief that anything is possible.Copy !req
121. Things like a computer
that can fit into a single room...Copy !req
122. and hold millions of pieces of information...Copy !req
123. or the Saturn 5 rocket.Copy !req
124. This is the actual launch vehicle
that will be taking Alan Shepard...Copy !req
125. and his crew on the first leg
of the Apollo 13 mission.Copy !req
126. When are you going up again, Jim?Copy !req
127. I'm slated to be the commander
of Apollo 14 sometime late next year.Copy !req
128. If there is an Apollo 14.Copy !req
129. People in my state have been asking
why we're continuing...Copy !req
130. to fund this program now that we've
beaten the Russians to the moon.Copy !req
131. Imagine if Christopher Columbus
had come back from the New World...Copy !req
132. and no one returned in his footsteps.Copy !req
133. Attention, all personnel.
Clear level 3.Copy !req
134. Are there any other questions?Copy !req
135. How do you go to the bathroom in space?Copy !req
136. It's a highly technical process...Copy !req
137. of cranking down the window
and looking for a gas station which...Copy !req
138. There's Deke Slayton.Copy !req
139. You might be able to answer
this lady's question.Copy !req
140. Deke is one of the original
Mercury 7 astronauts, ladies and gentlemen.Copy !req
141. Now he's our boss. He hands out
the astronauts' flight assignments...Copy !req
142. so naturally we kick back
part of our salaries to Deke.Copy !req
143. - How much this month?
- Can I have a minute? Something's come up.Copy !req
144. Sure.Copy !req
145. - Anybody home?
- I'm not being a cheerleader, Mom!Copy !req
146. You don't understand! I worked so hard!Copy !req
147. Maybe I don't understand...Copy !req
148. but you are not wearing that
out in this neighborhood.Copy !req
149. She's not even wearing a bra!
You can see everything!Copy !req
150. Shut up!Copy !req
151. Hey, everybody. Marilyn, trick or treat.Copy !req
152. You know that Easter vacation trip
we had planned for Acapulco?Copy !req
153. I was thinking there might be
a slight change in destination.Copy !req
154. Really?Copy !req
155. Maybe, say...Copy !req
156. the moon.Copy !req
157. Al Shepard's ear infection has flared up...Copy !req
158. and we've all been bumped up
to the prime crew of Apollo 13.Copy !req
159. Straight to the head of the line
and the Fra Mauro Highlands.Copy !req
160. Six months? You're moving up six months?Copy !req
161. Dad, can I please wear this?Copy !req
162. Sure.Copy !req
163. No! Absolutely not.Copy !req
164. They're not rushing things, are they?
You'll be ready in six months?Copy !req
165. We'll be ready. I wouldn't want
to be around Al Shepard tonight.Copy !req
166. I gotta get over there
and get up to speed on this.Copy !req
167. Go.Copy !req
168. I'm gonna walk on the moon, Marilyn.Copy !req
169. I know. I can't believe it.Copy !req
170. Naturally, it's 13. Why 13?Copy !req
171. It comes after 12, hon.Copy !req
172. Apollo 13, you are go
for pyro arm and docking.Copy !req
173. All systems are nominal and on the line.Copy !req
174. S-4B is stable,
SLA panels are drifting free.Copy !req
175. The drogue is clear.
The docking target is clear.Copy !req
176. I'm coming up on that now.
Two, one, mark.Copy !req
177. Seventy-five feet.
We're coming up on docking.Copy !req
178. Let's shut down some thrusters on them.
Let's see what he does.Copy !req
179. Wait a minute.Copy !req
180. I lost something here. I can't translate up.Copy !req
181. Houston, we are drifting down and away.Copy !req
182. - Wanna back off and take another run?
- No, I got it.Copy !req
183. Let me just try and get it stable here.Copy !req
184. - I'm gonna reset the high gain.
- I've got the target back in the reticle.Copy !req
185. Okay, we're stable. Recycle the valves.Copy !req
186. - Forty feet.
- They're all gray.Copy !req
187. Twenty.Copy !req
188. Ten feet.Copy !req
189. - Capture.
- That's it!Copy !req
190. - That's it.
- Sweet move, Ken. Beautiful.Copy !req
191. - Gentlemen, that is the way we do that.
- Man, that woke me up.Copy !req
192. Apollo 13 backup crew,
you're up in the simulator.Copy !req
193. - Nice job, gentlemen.
- That's three hours of boredom...Copy !req
194. followed by seven seconds of sheer terror.Copy !req
195. Good job, guys.
You just won the Christmas turkey.Copy !req
196. Nice try, Frank.Copy !req
197. You really outfoxed them.Copy !req
198. Yeah, but it wasn't perfect.
Used up too much fuel.Copy !req
199. You're above the curve.Copy !req
200. Not by much.
Listen, guys, I wanna work it again.Copy !req
201. We gotta be up with the dawn patrol
headed for Bethpage at 0700.Copy !req
202. - Wheels up at 0700.
- Yeah, I know...Copy !req
203. but my rate of turn is still a little slow there.Copy !req
204. I really think we should work it again.Copy !req
205. - Let's get it right.
- Set it up again, Frank.Copy !req
206. Okay, 13 backup crew.
It'll have to wait.Copy !req
207. Prime crew's up for another run.Copy !req
208. Apollo 13,
we show S-4B shutdown...Copy !req
209. and all systems are nominal.Copy !req
210. Fred, set the S-band Omni to B...Copy !req
211. and when you get in the LEM, to forward.Copy !req
212. Good shape over here.Copy !req
213. Hey, we got a problem.Copy !req
214. Cabin depress. Repeat, cabin depress.Copy !req
215. - Ken, get your helmet on!
- I can't get it locked!Copy !req
216. Houston, something ripped
a big hole in us! We got rapid depress!Copy !req
217. Oh, God!Copy !req
218. I thought the stars would fall on you.Copy !req
219. That's silly. Stars can't fall on us.Copy !req
220. You're a smarter kid than I was.Copy !req
221. How long will it take you
to get to the moon?Copy !req
222. Four days.Copy !req
223. But that's pretty fast.Copy !req
224. See, this is the Saturn 4B booster...Copy !req
225. and it shoots us away from the Earth...Copy !req
226. as fast as a bullet from a gun...Copy !req
227. until the moon's gravity
actually grabs us and pulls us...Copy !req
228. into a circle around the moon...Copy !req
229. which is called an orbit. All right?Copy !req
230. Fred and I float down the tunnel
into the lunar module...Copy !req
231. this spidery-looking guy.Copy !req
232. Only holds two people,
and it's just for landing on the moon.Copy !req
233. And I take the controls, steer it around...Copy !req
234. and I fly it down...Copy !req
235. adjusting it here, the attitude there,
pitch, roll...Copy !req
236. for a nice, soft landing on the moon.Copy !req
237. Better than Neil Armstrong.
Way better than Pete Conrad.Copy !req
238. Did you know the astronauts in the fire?Copy !req
239. Yeah. I knew the astronauts in the fire.
All of them.Copy !req
240. Could that happen again?Copy !req
241. Well, I'll tell you something about that fire.Copy !req
242. A lot of things went wrong.Copy !req
243. The door.Copy !req
244. It's called the hatch. They couldn't
get it open when they needed to get out.Copy !req
245. That was one thing.Copy !req
246. A lot of things went wrong in that fire.Copy !req
247. Did they fix it?Copy !req
248. Yes, absolutely. We fixed it.Copy !req
249. It's not a problem anymore.Copy !req
250. I can't believe they still have you
doing public appearances.Copy !req
251. Well, Henry Hurt was all over me.Copy !req
252. With a training schedule this tight,
they shouldn't be asking.Copy !req
253. It's the program, Marilyn.
You know, it's NASA.Copy !req
254. Hey, you're Jim Lovell, aren't you?Copy !req
255. Hey! Lucky 13!Copy !req
256. Right on!Copy !req
257. That's the second time it's done that.Copy !req
258. I was looking
at the kids' school schedule coming up.Copy !req
259. It's a very busy week.Copy !req
260. I'm thinking about not going to the launch.Copy !req
261. The kids need me at home.Copy !req
262. Marilyn, we've had these kids
for a while now.Copy !req
263. They've never kept you
from coming to the other launches.Copy !req
264. But your mother just had this stroke.Copy !req
265. Mom's fine.Copy !req
266. It's not like I've never been to a launch.Copy !req
267. The other wives have not done three.Copy !req
268. I just don't think I can go through all that.Copy !req
269. I'll just be glad when this one's over.Copy !req
270. You're gonna miss a hell of a show.Copy !req
271. Hey, guys. See you in a few weeks.Copy !req
272. Take care. Bring us back a moon rock.Copy !req
273. - The number 13 doesn't bother you?
- Only if it's a Friday.Copy !req
274. Apollo 13, lifting off
at 1300 hours and 13 minutes...Copy !req
275. and entering the moon's gravity on April 13?Copy !req
276. Ken Mattingly here has been doing
some scientific experiments...Copy !req
277. regarding that very phenomenon.Copy !req
278. Yes, well, I had a black cat...Copy !req
279. walk over a broken mirror...Copy !req
280. under the lunar module ladder.
It didn't seem to be a problem.Copy !req
281. We're considering a letter we got...Copy !req
282. which said we ought to take a pig with us
for good luck.Copy !req
283. Does it bother you that the public
regards this flight as routine?Copy !req
284. There's nothing routine about flying
to the moon. I can vouch for that.Copy !req
285. I think that an astronaut's last mission...Copy !req
286. his final flight is always very special.Copy !req
287. Why is this your last, Jim?Copy !req
288. I'm in command of the best ship...Copy !req
289. with the best crew
that anybody could ask for...Copy !req
290. and I'll be walking in a place
where there's 400 degrees difference...Copy !req
291. between sunlight and shadow.Copy !req
292. I can't imagine ever topping that.Copy !req
293. We have that scheduled
for 0900 hours tomorrow.Copy !req
294. - That's not gonna work, Walter.
- Why?Copy !req
295. Freddo and I are going over
the lunar surface experiments tomorrow...Copy !req
296. and Ken's gonna be back in the simulator.
We're going over the flight plan tonight.Copy !req
297. Gonna pay a visit to this machine
after you're hard down.Copy !req
298. Jim, we've got a problem.Copy !req
299. We just got some blood work
back from the lab.Copy !req
300. Charlie Duke has the measles.Copy !req
301. So we need a new backup.Copy !req
302. - You've all been exposed to it.
- I've had the measles.Copy !req
303. Ken Mattingly hasn't.Copy !req
304. You wanna break up my crew
two days before the launch...Copy !req
305. when we can predict each other's moves,
read the tone of each other's voices?Copy !req
306. Ken Mattingly
will get seriously ill...Copy !req
307. precisely when you and Haise will be
ascending from the lunar surface.Copy !req
308. That's a lousy time for a fever.Copy !req
309. Jack Swigert has been out
of the loop for weeks.Copy !req
310. He's fully qualified to fly this mission.Copy !req
311. He's a fine pilot, but when was the last time
he was in a simulator?Copy !req
312. I'm sorry, Jim. I understand how you feel.Copy !req
313. We can do one of two things.Copy !req
314. We can either scrub Mattingly
and go with Swigert...Copy !req
315. or we can bump all three of you
to a later mission.Copy !req
316. I've trained for the Fra Mauro Highlands...Copy !req
317. and this is flight surgeon horseshit, Deke!Copy !req
318. Jim, if you hold out for Ken,
you will not be on Apollo 13.Copy !req
319. It's your decision.Copy !req
320. Let it ring.Copy !req
321. Listen, I gotta take that.Copy !req
322. - Why?
- Because I'm on the backup crew...Copy !req
323. and the backup crew has to set up
the guest list and book the hotel rooms.Copy !req
324. Yes, sir.Copy !req
325. I understand.Copy !req
326. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
327. Damn.Copy !req
328. Medical guys.Copy !req
329. I had a feeling when they started doing
all the blood tests that...Copy !req
330. I mean, I know it's their ass
if I get sick up there, but, I mean... Jesus!Copy !req
331. Swigert, he'll be fine.Copy !req
332. He's strong.Copy !req
333. It'll be a hell of a mission.
One for the books.Copy !req
334. You sure about this?
Why don't I talk to Deke?Copy !req
335. I'm sure we can work this out.Copy !req
336. This was my call.Copy !req
337. Must've been a tough one.Copy !req
338. Look, I don't have the measles.Copy !req
339. I'm not gonna get the measles.Copy !req
340. Ken, wait up.Copy !req
341. Trajectory is holding steady.
We're right on the line.Copy !req
342. We're into program 64 at.05 G...Copy !req
343. so we're feeling that gravity now.Copy !req
344. Houston, we are at 400,000 feet
passing entry interface.Copy !req
345. About to lose signal.Copy !req
346. Re-entry data is nominal,
and we have radio blackout.Copy !req
347. What's the story here?Copy !req
348. I got a corridor light.
We're coming in too shallow.Copy !req
349. I'm going to manual.Copy !req
350. - Houston, switching to SCS.
- Roger, 13.Copy !req
351. Okay, we're at three Gs.Copy !req
352. Five Gs.Copy !req
353. We're coming in too steep.Copy !req
354. I'm gonna stay in this roll
and see if I can pull us out.Copy !req
355. We're at eight Gs.Copy !req
356. Nine.Copy !req
357. Ten.Copy !req
358. - We're at 12 Gs.
- 12 Gs. We're burning up.Copy !req
359. Damn it!Copy !req
360. I gave them a false indicator light
at entry interface.Copy !req
361. Even Mattingly didn't get it the first time.Copy !req
362. How are you feeling, Freddo?Copy !req
363. Charbroiled.Copy !req
364. What happened?Copy !req
365. Came in too steep. We're dead.Copy !req
366. No shit.Copy !req
367. We were into program 67 there.Copy !req
368. We're gonna do this again, obviously.Copy !req
369. Give us a minute to get our switches reset.Copy !req
370. Jim, could we have a word?Copy !req
371. Sure, Deke.Copy !req
372. We're going to drop offline
and debrief this one on our own.Copy !req
373. If I had a dollar every time
they killed me in this thing...Copy !req
374. I wouldn't have to work for you, Deke.Copy !req
375. Well, we have two days. We'll be ready.Copy !req
376. Let's do it again.Copy !req
377. Do it again.Copy !req
378. Get down, Fred! Stephen, come here!Copy !req
379. We can't go across that road.Copy !req
380. We don't want Daddy to get our germs
and get sick in outer space.Copy !req
381. Hey, boys. Not giving your mom
a hard time, are you?Copy !req
382. Princess, you look beautiful.Copy !req
383. That looks like Marilyn Lovell.Copy !req
384. But it can't be.
She's not coming to the launch.Copy !req
385. I heard it was gonna be a hell of a show.Copy !req
386. Who told you that?Copy !req
387. Some guy I know.Copy !req
388. You can't live without me.Copy !req
389. Okay, folks. Let's say goodnight.Copy !req
390. We got a big day tomorrow for these guys.Copy !req
391. Goodnight!Copy !req
392. You hear about Ken?Copy !req
393. Yeah.Copy !req
394. Stand back, please.Copy !req
395. Guenter Wendt!Copy !req
396. I wonder where Guenter went?Copy !req
397. - You walk on the moon, ja?
- Ja, we walk...Copy !req
398. and we talk on the moon.Copy !req
399. How do you feel?
Pretty good?Copy !req
400. Might be a little warmer in here.Copy !req
401. - How are you today?
- Good.Copy !req
402. - Ready?
- Yeah.Copy !req
403. God, no.Copy !req
404. Okay, we have
the oxygen purge system.Copy !req
405. Check.Copy !req
406. We have
the helmet restraint ring.Copy !req
407. Check.Copy !req
408. Communication umbilical on.Copy !req
409. - Fred.
- What?Copy !req
410. - Gum.
- Sorry.Copy !req
411. Thanks.Copy !req
412. I'm gonna give these guys a beautiful ride.Copy !req
413. I'm sure you will, Jack.Copy !req
414. You need more air?Copy !req
415. You want some apple?Copy !req
416. I hate this already.Copy !req
417. You're not just about to pop, are you?Copy !req
418. No. I got 30 days till this blasts off.Copy !req
419. This is for Gene.Copy !req
420. Mrs. Kranz has pulled out
the needle and thread again.Copy !req
421. The last one looked
like he bought it off a gypsy.Copy !req
422. Well, you can't argue with tradition.Copy !req
423. Copy that.Copy !req
424. This is from your wife, Gene.Copy !req
425. Thank you, Tom.Copy !req
426. I was starting to get worried.Copy !req
427. There we go.Copy !req
428. - I like that one, Gene.
- Sharp, Gene.Copy !req
429. Jim, you're all set.Copy !req
430. Very sharp.Copy !req
431. Gene,
I guess we can go now.Copy !req
432. Save it for splashdown, guys.Copy !req
433. Apollo 13 flight controllers, listen up.Copy !req
434. Give me a "go, no go" for launch.Copy !req
435. - Booster.
- Go.Copy !req
436. - RETRO.
- Go.Copy !req
437. - FIDO.
- We're go, Flight.Copy !req
438. - Guidance.
- Go.Copy !req
439. - Surgeon.
- Go, Flight.Copy !req
440. EECOM.Copy !req
441. - We're go, Flight.
- GNC.Copy !req
442. - TELMU.
- Go.Copy !req
443. - Control.
- Go.Copy !req
444. - Procedures. INCO.
- Go.Copy !req
445. - FAO.
- We are go.Copy !req
446. - Network. Recovery.
- Go.Copy !req
447. - CAPCOM.
- We're go, Flight.Copy !req
448. Launch control, this is Houston.
We are go for launch.Copy !req
449. Roger that, Houston.Copy !req
450. Pad leader, what's your status?Copy !req
451. We are go for launch.Copy !req
452. T minus 60 seconds and counting.Copy !req
453. - Stand by.
- Roger.Copy !req
454. Fuel pumps.Copy !req
455. This is it. A few bumps
and we're hauling the mail.Copy !req
456. Control, this is Guidance.
We're ready for takeoff.Copy !req
457. We are go for launch.Copy !req
458. T minus...Copy !req
459. fifteen, fourteen...Copy !req
460. thirteen, twelve, eleven...Copy !req
461. ten, nine...Copy !req
462. eight, seven...Copy !req
463. six.Copy !req
464. Ignition sequence starts.Copy !req
465. Three, two, one.Copy !req
466. Ignition!Copy !req
467. The clock is running!Copy !req
468. We have lift-off!Copy !req
469. Houston,
we have cleared the tower at 13:13.Copy !req
470. Okay, guys, we got it.Copy !req
471. Come on, baby.Copy !req
472. Altitude is on the line.Copy !req
473. Velocity right on the line.Copy !req
474. Roll complete. We are pitching.Copy !req
475. 13, stand by for Mode One Bravo.Copy !req
476. FIDO, how we looking?Copy !req
477. Looks good, Flight. Right down the middle.Copy !req
478. We see your BPC is clear, 13.Copy !req
479. Roger. EDS to manual.Copy !req
480. Inboard.Copy !req
481. Get ready for a little jolt, fellas.Copy !req
482. That was some little jolt.Copy !req
483. Tower jett.Copy !req
484. Houston, we've got a center engine cut-off.
Go on the other four.Copy !req
485. Roger that, 13.
We show the same.Copy !req
486. Booster, can you confirm that cut-off?Copy !req
487. - Roger. Looks like we lost it.
- FIDO, what'll that do to us?Copy !req
488. Stand by, Flight.Copy !req
489. I need to know if the IUs are correcting
for the number five shutdown.Copy !req
490. Houston, what's the story on engine five?Copy !req
491. We're still go. We'll be all right
as long as we don't lose another one.Copy !req
492. - Roger that.
- We're not sure why the inboard was out...Copy !req
493. but the other engines are go,
so we're gonna burn those engines...Copy !req
494. a little bit longer.Copy !req
495. Roger that. Our gimbals are good.Copy !req
496. Our trim is good.Copy !req
497. Looks like we just had our glitch
for this mission.Copy !req
498. - 13, stand by for staging.
- Roger that.Copy !req
499. S-2 shutdown. S-4B ignition.Copy !req
500. Thrust looks good, Flight.Copy !req
501. Flight, S-4B cut-off in 10 seconds.Copy !req
502. 13, this is Houston.
Predicted cut-off is 12 plus 34, over.Copy !req
503. Coming up on 12 minutes, 34.Copy !req
504. And...Copy !req
505. SECO!Copy !req
506. Shutdown.Copy !req
507. And that, gentlemen, is how we do that.Copy !req
508. Oh, boy. Hope I can sleep.Copy !req
509. Mom, that was loud.Copy !req
510. Here, hold my hand.Copy !req
511. I can't believe you did this four times.Copy !req
512. The worst part's over.Copy !req
513. It is?Copy !req
514. Listen, this doesn't stop for me
until he lands on that aircraft carrier.Copy !req
515. Well, you just look so calm about it.Copy !req
516. If the flight surgeon had to okay me
for this mission, I'd be grounded.Copy !req
517. - Mrs. Lovell! Mrs. Haise!
- Can we speak to you?Copy !req
518. Can we just have a word with you, please?Copy !req
519. Remember, you're proud,
happy, and thrilled.Copy !req
520. - How're you feeling?
- Very proud...Copy !req
521. and very happy, and we're thrilled.Copy !req
522. Flight, Booster. I show S-4B shutdown.Copy !req
523. TLI is on the money. Looks good, Flight.Copy !req
524. Roger, FIDO.Copy !req
525. We're going to the moon!Copy !req
526. Flight, we have reacquisition
of signal at Hawaii.Copy !req
527. Flight, everything looks good.Copy !req
528. Okay, Houston. CMP here.Copy !req
529. I've exchanged couches with Jim.
I'm in the pilot's seat.Copy !req
530. I'm gonna go ahead and get set
for transposition and docking.Copy !req
531. Roger that, Jack.Copy !req
532. Freddo, you okay?Copy !req
533. Everybody, let's get turned around
and pick up the lunar module.Copy !req
534. Odyssey, you're go
for pyro arm and docking...Copy !req
535. and we recommend you secure
cabin pressurization.Copy !req
536. Roger that.Copy !req
537. Okay, we're ready for CSM separation.Copy !req
538. Okay, SMRCS isol valves are all gray.Copy !req
539. Okay, Swigert, command module pilot.Copy !req
540. She's all yours.Copy !req
541. Houston, we've got a good separation.Copy !req
542. - The S-4B is stable.
- Translation looks good.Copy !req
543. - Reconfirm then, 13.
- We're gonna start to pitch around...Copy !req
544. to line up with the LEM.Copy !req
545. You know, Freddo, Frank Borman...Copy !req
546. was upchucking most of the way
to the moon on Apollo 8.Copy !req
547. I'm all right. I just ate too much breakfast.
Let's go to work.Copy !req
548. And pitching up.Copy !req
549. Pitch rate, 2.5 degrees per second.Copy !req
550. Roger, Jack.Copy !req
551. We see you pitching around.Copy !req
552. Keep an eye on that telemetry.Copy !req
553. Roger that. If Swigert can't
dock this thing, we don't have a mission.Copy !req
554. - How's the alignment?
- GDC align.Copy !req
555. Thrusting forward.Copy !req
556. One hundred feet.Copy !req
557. Watch the alignment now.Copy !req
558. Don't worry, guys.Copy !req
559. I'm on top of it.Copy !req
560. FIDO, let me know
when you're ready.Copy !req
561. Let's uplink that.Copy !req
562. - How we looking?
- We're not there yet. Forty feet.Copy !req
563. Twenty.Copy !req
564. Come on, rookie, park that thing.Copy !req
565. Ten feet.Copy !req
566. Capture.Copy !req
567. That's it.Copy !req
568. - Talk back is barber pole.
- Go ahead and retract.Copy !req
569. Houston, we have hard dock.Copy !req
570. Roger, we understand.
That's a good deal, Jack.Copy !req
571. Let's start back up
with procedure 17.Copy !req
572. Houston, we have LEM extraction.Copy !req
573. We copy that, 13.Copy !req
574. Now you're off to the Fra Mauro Highlands.Copy !req
575. - I gotta get out of this suit.
- Houston, we are ready...Copy !req
576. for the beginning of the PTC...Copy !req
577. and I think once we're in that barbecue roll,
Jack and I will eat.Copy !req
578. - Hey, I'm hungry.
- Are you sure?Copy !req
579. I could eat the ass out of a dead rhinoceros.Copy !req
580. - We got a smooth one?
- By the numbers so far.Copy !req
581. We just ran a minimum load test
on the cooling system...Copy !req
582. - See you tomorrow.
- Take care.Copy !req
583. It's too bad
we can't demonstrate this on TV.Copy !req
584. What a shame.Copy !req
585. Overboard dump coming up.Copy !req
586. Here it comes...Copy !req
587. the constellation Urion.Copy !req
588. Now, that's a beautiful sight.Copy !req
589. Barbara, we are going
to your father's broadcast.Copy !req
590. No! I'm never coming out!Copy !req
591. I hate Paul! No one else
can ever play their records again!Copy !req
592. She's still going on about
the stupid Beatles breaking up?Copy !req
593. They're not stupid! You're stupid!Copy !req
594. I know you're in mourning.Copy !req
595. I'm not going, Mom!
Dad won't know if we're there!Copy !req
596. The whole world is going to be watching
this broadcast, and so are we.Copy !req
597. Good evening, America...Copy !req
598. and welcome aboard Apollo 13.Copy !req
599. I'm Jim Lovell,
and we're broadcasting to you tonight...Copy !req
600. from an altitude of almost 200,000 miles...Copy !req
601. away from the face of the Earth...Copy !req
602. and we have a pretty good show
in store for you tonight.Copy !req
603. We are going to show you just what...Copy !req
604. life is like for the three of us here...Copy !req
605. in the vast expanse of outer space.Copy !req
606. One of the first things we'd like to do...Copy !req
607. is provide you
with the appropriate background music.Copy !req
608. So, hit it there, Freddo.Copy !req
609. That was supposed to be
the theme to 2001...Copy !req
610. in honor of our command module, Odyssey.Copy !req
611. There seems to have been
a last-minute change in the program.Copy !req
612. When I go up on 19, I'm gonna take
my entire collection of Johnny Cash along.Copy !req
613. - Hey, Marilyn.
- Where's their broadcast?Copy !req
614. All the networks dumped us.Copy !req
615. One said we made going to the moon...Copy !req
616. as exciting as a trip to Pittsburgh.Copy !req
617. My son's supposed to be on.Copy !req
618. He's in outer space.Copy !req
619. This is all the channels we get, Mrs. Lovell.Copy !req
620. It's that damn TV Guide again.Copy !req
621. Ruthless porters.Copy !req
622. Savage baggage masters...Copy !req
623. Do they know they're not on the air?Copy !req
624. We'll tell them when they get back.Copy !req
625. If anyone from the IRS is watching...Copy !req
626. I forgot to file my 1040 return.Copy !req
627. I meant to do it today...Copy !req
628. That's no joke. They'll jump on him.Copy !req
629. Well, folks, let's head on down
to the lunar excursion module.Copy !req
630. Follow me.Copy !req
631. When we get ready
to land on the moon...Copy !req
632. Fred Haise and I
will float through this access tunnel...Copy !req
633. into the lunar module, leaving...Copy !req
634. EECOM, that stir's gonna be...Copy !req
635. on both H2 and both O2 tanks,
is that correct?Copy !req
636. the spacecraft will remain connected.Copy !req
637. Well, folks, as you can probably tell...Copy !req
638. the Aquarius isn't much bigger
than a couple of telephone booths.Copy !req
639. The skin of the LEM in some places...Copy !req
640. is only as...Copy !req
641. as thick as a couple of layers...Copy !req
642. of tinfoil, and that's all that protects us
from the vacuum of space.Copy !req
643. We get away with this because the LEM
is designed only for flight in outer space.Copy !req
644. Fred Haise, Renaissance man.Copy !req
645. We'll head back up the tunnel now
and back into the Odyssey.Copy !req
646. All right, we've returned to the...Copy !req
647. Stand by one, Houston.Copy !req
648. Gotcha!Copy !req
649. Houston, that bang you heard
was Fred Haise on the cabin repress valve.Copy !req
650. He gets our hearts going
every time with that one.Copy !req
651. We're about to close out the Aquarius...Copy !req
652. and return to the Odyssey.Copy !req
653. Our next broadcast will be from Fra Mauro
on the surface of the moon.Copy !req
654. So, this is the crew of the Apollo 13...Copy !req
655. wishing everyone back on Earth...Copy !req
656. a pleasant evening.Copy !req
657. All right.Copy !req
658. Daddy was funny.Copy !req
659. They might air a few minutes
on the news tonight.Copy !req
660. You'd think so.Copy !req
661. Bye.Copy !req
662. Well, between Jack's back taxes
and the Fred Haise show...Copy !req
663. I'd say that was
a pretty successful broadcast.Copy !req
664. That was an excellent show.Copy !req
665. Thank you very much, Houston.Copy !req
666. We've got a couple
of housekeeping procedures.Copy !req
667. We'd like you to roll right
to 0-6-0 and null your rates.Copy !req
668. Roger that. Rolling right, 0-6-0.Copy !req
669. And then if you could give
your oxygen tanks a stir.Copy !req
670. Roger that.Copy !req
671. We've got a problem here.Copy !req
672. - What did you do?
- Nothing. I stirred the tanks.Copy !req
673. This is Houston. Say again, please.Copy !req
674. Houston, we have a problem.Copy !req
675. We have a main bus B undervolt.Copy !req
676. - We've got a lot of thruster activity.
- What's with the computer?Copy !req
677. It just went off line.
There's another master alarm.Copy !req
678. - I'm checking the quad.
- That was no repress valve.Copy !req
679. Maybe it's in quad C.
I'll reconfigure the RCS.Copy !req
680. We've got a ping light.Copy !req
681. We've got multiple caution and warnings.
We've got to reset and restart.Copy !req
682. I'm going to SCS.Copy !req
683. Flight, their heart rates are skyrocketing.Copy !req
684. - EECOM, what's your data telling you?
- O2 tank two not reading at all.Copy !req
685. Tank one is at 725 psi and falling.Copy !req
686. Fuel cells one and three are...Copy !req
687. What's going on?
Flight, let me get back to you.Copy !req
688. Flight, GNC. They're all over the place.Copy !req
689. - They keep going close to gimbal lock.
- I keep losing radio signal.Copy !req
690. Their antennae must be flipped around.Copy !req
691. - They'll have to do it manually, if at all.
- One at a time, people.Copy !req
692. Is this an instrumentation problem
or real power loss?Copy !req
693. It's reading a quadruple failure.
That can't happen.Copy !req
694. It's got to be instrumentation.Copy !req
695. Get the hatch plugged.
A meteor may have hit the LEM.Copy !req
696. The tunnel's really torquing
with all this movement.Copy !req
697. Houston, we had a pretty large bang
associated with a master alarm.Copy !req
698. Shit, it's main bus A.Copy !req
699. - Main bus A undervolt?
- Main bus A undervolt down to...Copy !req
700. It's reading 25-and-a-half.
Main bus B is reading zip now.Copy !req
701. We got a wicked shimmy up here.Copy !req
702. These guys are talking
about bangs and shimmies.Copy !req
703. Doesn't sound like instrumentation.Copy !req
704. - You are breaking up.
- Can't get this hatch to seal.Copy !req
705. Just stow it. If we'd been hit by a meteor,
we'd be dead by now.Copy !req
706. I'm gonna try to get us out of this.Copy !req
707. Houston, did you say switch to omni bravo?Copy !req
708. - Roger that, 13.
- The signal strength went way down.Copy !req
709. It's fighting me. What's the story?
We keep flirting with gimbal lock.Copy !req
710. We need a confirmation.
What systems are down?Copy !req
711. SMRCS, Helium one...Copy !req
712. A and C are barber pole.Copy !req
713. Houston, I'm switching over
Quad C to main A.Copy !req
714. Roger that, 13.Copy !req
715. Okay, Houston, fuel cell one, fuel cell three.Copy !req
716. We got a main bus B undervolt,
cryo pressure, suit compressor.Copy !req
717. What don't we have?
AC bus one, AC bus two.Copy !req
718. Command module computer. O2 flow high.Copy !req
719. It may be a caution and warning failure.Copy !req
720. Houston, we are venting
something out into space.Copy !req
721. I can see it outside window one right now.Copy !req
722. It's definitely a gas of some sort.Copy !req
723. It's got to be the oxygen.Copy !req
724. Roger, Odyssey. We copy your venting.Copy !req
725. Give me an alignment.Copy !req
726. Let's think about things
we can connect.Copy !req
727. Let's start back at the beginning.Copy !req
728. Listen up. Quiet down, people.Copy !req
729. Let's stay cool, people.Copy !req
730. Procedures, I need
another computer up in the RTCC.Copy !req
731. I want everybody
to alert your support teams.Copy !req
732. Wake up anybody you need
and get them in here.Copy !req
733. Let's work the problem, people.Copy !req
734. Let's not make things worse by guessing.Copy !req
735. 13, this is Houston. We're going
around the room. We'll get you answers.Copy !req
736. We keep venting, we're gonna keep
hitting the edge of that deadband.Copy !req
737. Take a look at the O2 on number one.Copy !req
738. 200 pounds and falling.Copy !req
739. O2 tank two still zero.Copy !req
740. - Tank one: 218 psi and falling.
- Is that what you're getting? Confirm.Copy !req
741. - We're seeing the same, 13.
- Can we review our status, Sy?Copy !req
742. Let's look at this thing
from a standpoint of status.Copy !req
743. What have we got
on the spacecraft that's good?Copy !req
744. I'll get back to you, Gene.Copy !req
745. We're not gonna have power much longer.Copy !req
746. The ship's bleeding to death.Copy !req
747. - Flight?
- Yeah. Go, EECOM.Copy !req
748. Flight, I recommend we shut down
the reactant valves of the fuel cells.Copy !req
749. What the hell good is that gonna do?Copy !req
750. If the leak's there, we can isolate it.Copy !req
751. We can save what's left in the tanks,
and run on the good cell.Copy !req
752. You close them, you can't open them again.
You can't land on the moon with one cell.Copy !req
753. Gene, the Odyssey is dying.Copy !req
754. From my chair here, this is the last option.Copy !req
755. Yeah. Okay, Sy.Copy !req
756. Capcom, let's have them
close the reactant valves.Copy !req
757. 13, this is Houston.Copy !req
758. We want you to close react valves
on cells one and three. Do you copy?Copy !req
759. Are you saying you want the whole smash?Copy !req
760. Closing down the react valves
for fuel cells shutdown?Copy !req
761. Shutting down the fuel cells?
Did I hear you right?Copy !req
762. Yeah, they heard me right.Copy !req
763. Tell them we think that's the only way
they can stop the leak.Copy !req
764. Yeah, Jim...Copy !req
765. we think that closing the react valves
may stop the leak.Copy !req
766. - Did he copy that?
- Do you copy, Jim?Copy !req
767. Yes, Houston, we copy.Copy !req
768. We just lost the moon.Copy !req
769. Okay, Freddo, shut those down.Copy !req
770. Let's see what this does.Copy !req
771. If this doesn't work...Copy !req
772. we're not gonna have enough power left
to get home.Copy !req
773. - Shit!
- God damn it!Copy !req
774. Houston, O2 on one is still falling.Copy !req
775. How long does it take to power up the LEM?Copy !req
776. Three hours by the checklist.Copy !req
777. We don't have that much time.Copy !req
778. Shit!Copy !req
779. Jack, before the batteries
completely die on us in here...Copy !req
780. let's power down everything so we can save
as much as we can for re-entry.Copy !req
781. Fifteen minutes of oxygen, that's it.
The command module will be dead.Copy !req
782. Okay, guys, listen up. Here's the drill.Copy !req
783. We're moving the astronauts to the LEM.Copy !req
784. We've got to get oxygen up there.Copy !req
785. TELMU, Control, I want emergency
power procedure. Essential hardware only.Copy !req
786. GNC, EECOM, we'll be shutting down
the command module at the same time.Copy !req
787. We've to transfer the guidance system
to another computer.Copy !req
788. I want those numbers up and ready
when they're in position.Copy !req
789. Transfer all data over the LEM
computer before the command module dies.Copy !req
790. The lunar module just became a lifeboat.Copy !req
791. Odyssey, this is Houston.
We need you to power down immediately.Copy !req
792. Power up the LEM at the same time,
so get somebody over there.Copy !req
793. We already have Freddo in the LEM.Copy !req
794. We've got serious time pressure.Copy !req
795. Get the guidance program transferred...Copy !req
796. before you're out of power
in the command module...Copy !req
797. or you're not gonna be able to navigate.Copy !req
798. How much time?
Can you give me a number?Copy !req
799. We're looking at less than
15 minutes of life support in the Odyssey.Copy !req
800. We've got 15 minutes, Freddo.
It's worse than I thought.Copy !req
801. Houston, I've moved
from the command module into the LEM.Copy !req
802. If Jack can't get that data transferred
before they go dead...Copy !req
803. They won't know which way they're pointed.Copy !req
804. - That's a bad way to fly.
- I'll be in 210 if you need me.Copy !req
805. Houston, this is 13.
Are you back with me now?Copy !req
806. Aquarius, this is Houston.
You now have about 12 minutes to power up.Copy !req
807. I can't see any stars. Man, there's
a lot of debris floating around out there.Copy !req
808. Houston, I have completed
the steps on Page 15.Copy !req
809. I'm ready to power down the computer.Copy !req
810. I'm gonna need your gimbal angles, Jack,
before you shut down the computer!Copy !req
811. Okay, Jim.Copy !req
812. I need this back before they power down.Copy !req
813. All right, I got it. Hold on.Copy !req
814. - Houston, our computer is up.
- Roger. Stand by.Copy !req
815. Jack, we need to proceed
with steps 12 through 17 quickly.Copy !req
816. You're down to
about eight minutes remaining.Copy !req
817. Fuel cell pump's off.
O2 fans, tank two off.Copy !req
818. Okay, Houston, check me.
I have completed the gimbal conversions...Copy !req
819. but I need a double check of the arithmetic.Copy !req
820. - Yeah, you can go, Jim.
- The roll CAL angle is minus two.Copy !req
821. Lunar module roll is 355.57.Copy !req
822. 1678, correction.Copy !req
823. 167.78.Copy !req
824. Yaw is 351.87.Copy !req
825. Stand by. We're checking it.Copy !req
826. We've got negative visibility
in our star field...Copy !req
827. and if this paperwork isn't right,
who knows where we'll end up out here.Copy !req
828. Looks good, Flight.Copy !req
829. - It's all right.
- Good here.Copy !req
830. - He's good, Andy.
- We'll go on those numbers.Copy !req
831. - You're good.
- Log them in, Freddo.Copy !req
832. Turn off the IMU. Switch to SCS.Copy !req
833. Stand by. Over.Copy !req
834. It's a great day in New York.
It's girl watchers' weather.Copy !req
835. I like the ingenious girl watchers
who wear Con Edison helmets...Copy !req
836. and dig trenches in the street
to get a better view.Copy !req
837. But speaking of girl watching...Copy !req
838. did you know that our first bachelor
astronaut is on his way to the moon?Copy !req
839. Is it Swigert? Yeah, first bachelor.Copy !req
840. They say he's the kind who has a girl
in every port. He has that reputation.Copy !req
841. He's sort of foolishly optimistic, taking
nylons and Hershey bars to the moon.Copy !req
842. Did you read that three million...Copy !req
843. What do you say?
Less viewers or fewer viewers?Copy !req
844. Three million fewer viewers...Copy !req
845. watched the space shot
than did the last one.Copy !req
846. Here is ABC science editor
Jules Bergman.Copy !req
847. The Apollo 13 spacecraft
has lost all electrical power...Copy !req
848. astronauts Jim Lovell,
Fred Haise and Jack Swigert...Copy !req
849. are making their way to the lunar module...Copy !req
850. using it as a lifeboat
so they'll have electrical power...Copy !req
851. for their radios on the command module.Copy !req
852. Apollo 13 is apparently
also losing breathing oxygen...Copy !req
853. Slow down. An "electrical failure."
What exactly does that mean?Copy !req
854. The emergency has
ruled out any chance of a lunar landing...Copy !req
855. and could endanger the lives
of the astronauts...Copy !req
856. if the LEM oxygen supply, plus whatever
is left of the command module's oxygen...Copy !req
857. can't last them
until they can get back to Earth.Copy !req
858. What do you mean, "no immediate danger"?Copy !req
859. I heard they're losing oxygen.
Can they get back?Copy !req
860. The LEM's descent rocket engine
will be used in aborting the mission...Copy !req
861. and getting them safely back to Earth.Copy !req
862. Recapping what has happened:Copy !req
863. The Apollo 13 astronauts
may be in grave clanger.Copy !req
864. No, don't give me that NASA bullshit!Copy !req
865. I want to know
what's happening with my husband!Copy !req
866. We want to switch control
to the Aquarius now.Copy !req
867. - Roger that.
- Houston, wait!Copy !req
868. You're down
to about five minutes now.Copy !req
869. Be aware our RCS isn't up here yet.
We have no attitude control on Aquarius.Copy !req
870. They don't have control?
Did we miss a step here?Copy !req
871. - Control, what the hell happened?
- I don't know. We need more time.Copy !req
872. We're out of whack.Copy !req
873. I'm trying to pitch down
but we're yawing to the left.Copy !req
874. Why can't I null this out?Copy !req
875. She wasn't designed
to fly attached like this.Copy !req
876. It's like flying with a dead elephant
on our back.Copy !req
877. Flight, Guidance.
We're getting close to center here.Copy !req
878. Watch that middle gimbal.
We don't want you tumbling off into space.Copy !req
879. Inform them I'm well aware
of the goddamn gimbals!Copy !req
880. - Roger that.
- I don't need to hear the obvious.Copy !req
881. I can see the trapping eight-ball!Copy !req
882. Andy, we're on VOX.Copy !req
883. Aquarius, this is Houston.
We've got you both on VOX.Copy !req
884. You want us to go to VOX?Copy !req
885. You have a hot mike.
We are reading everything you say.Copy !req
886. Sorry, Jim.Copy !req
887. It's only by a very narrow margin...Copy !req
888. that we're going to get
Lovell, Haise and Swigert back alive.Copy !req
889. I'm sorry. Jeffrey's calling for you.Copy !req
890. the terseness of Kraft
and the grim lines of Jim McDivitt.Copy !req
891. This has been a very close call.
We're not out of the woods yet.Copy !req
892. Why are so many people here?Copy !req
893. Your dad's flying his mission.Copy !req
894. He said he was going
to get me a moon rock.Copy !req
895. Right.Copy !req
896. Something broke on
your daddy's spaceship...Copy !req
897. and he's gonna have to turn around
before he even gets to the moon.Copy !req
898. Was it the door?Copy !req
899. 13, we still show that venting
pushing you around.Copy !req
900. - How you doing?
- Houston, Aquarius.Copy !req
901. We've had to learn how to fly all over again,
but we are doing better now.Copy !req
902. - Roger that, Aquarius.
- Have him close it out.Copy !req
903. Jack, we can close out
your procedure now.Copy !req
904. Do we know for sure
that we can power this thing back up?Copy !req
905. It's gonna get awfully cold in here.Copy !req
906. Copy that, Jack.
We'll just have to deal with that later.Copy !req
907. - Computer off.
- We're clear.Copy !req
908. We're going to the LEM.Copy !req
909. We confirm shutdown, Jack.Copy !req
910. Lunar module now in control.Copy !req
911. Roger that, Houston.
This is Odyssey signing off.Copy !req
912. Freddo, we're gonna have to execute
some sort of burn.Copy !req
913. It's just a matter of when.Copy !req
914. - Did they shut us all down in there?
- Yeah.Copy !req
915. Didn't think we'd be back in here
so soon.Copy !req
916. Houston, how far off course
do you project we are? Over.Copy !req
917. Okay, people, listen up!Copy !req
918. Gentlemen, I want you all
to forget the flight plan.Copy !req
919. From this moment on,
we are improvising a new mission.Copy !req
920. Sorry about that.
We'll get somebody to look at that.Copy !req
921. How do we get our people home?Copy !req
922. They are here.Copy !req
923. - Do we turn them around, direct abort?
- Yes!Copy !req
924. No, sir!
We get them on a free-return trajectory.Copy !req
925. It's the option
with the fewest question marks for safety.Copy !req
926. I agree. We use the moon's gravity
to slingshot them around.Copy !req
927. No, the LEM will not support three guys
for that amount of time.Copy !req
928. I think we've got to do a direct abort. We do
an about-face, bring the guys right home.Copy !req
929. Get them back soon. Absolutely.Copy !req
930. We don't even know
if the Odyssey's engine's working.Copy !req
931. - If there's been serious damage to the craft...
- They blow up and they die!Copy !req
932. That is not the argument!
We're talking about time!Copy !req
933. - Not whether these guys...
- I'm not gonna sugarcoat this for you!Copy !req
934. Okay, hold it. Let's hold it down.Copy !req
935. The only engine we've got
with enough power for a direct abort...Copy !req
936. is the SPS on the service module.Copy !req
937. It could have been damaged
in an explosion...Copy !req
938. so let's consider that engine dead.Copy !req
939. We light it up, could blow the whole works.Copy !req
940. Just too risky.
We're not gonna take that chance.Copy !req
941. The only thing
the command module's good for is re-entry.Copy !req
942. That leaves us with the LEM,
which means free-return trajectory.Copy !req
943. Once we get the guys around the moon...Copy !req
944. we'll fire up the LEM engine,
make a long burn...Copy !req
945. pick up some speed,
and get them home as quick as we can.Copy !req
946. Gene, I'm wondering
what the Grumman guys think about this.Copy !req
947. We can't make any guarantees.
We designed the LEM to land on the moon...Copy !req
948. not fire the engine for course corrections.Copy !req
949. Well, unfortunately, we're not
landing on the moon, are we?Copy !req
950. I don't care what anything was designed
to do. I care about what it can do.Copy !req
951. So let's get to work. Let's lay it out, okay?Copy !req
952. Capcom, Flight,
he says it will be ready in time.Copy !req
953. After this burn, we've got to build time
in the flight plan for them to get sleep.Copy !req
954. - Run it by the FAO.
- I've run it by the FAO.Copy !req
955. Do we know how long
we're gonna fire that burn?Copy !req
956. - He wanted a quote from a flight director.
- Who wanted a quote?Copy !req
957. - The President.
- The President?Copy !req
958. Nixon. He wants our odds.Copy !req
959. We are not losing the crew.Copy !req
960. Gene, I gotta give him
odds. Five to one against? Three to one?Copy !req
961. - I don't think they're that good.
- We are not losing those men.Copy !req
962. How long are they gonna have
to burn the engine PC + 2?Copy !req
963. Look, tell him three to one.Copy !req
964. Expect loss of signal
in less than one minute.Copy !req
965. When we pick you back up
we will have your PC + 2 burn data.Copy !req
966. Okay. Roger that, Houston. We'll hear
from you again at acquisition of signal.Copy !req
967. You wanna look?Copy !req
968. Oh, look at that.Copy !req
969. Aquarius, that's 30 seconds
until loss of signal.Copy !req
970. Mare Tranquillitatis.Copy !req
971. Neil and Buzz's old neighborhood.Copy !req
972. Coming up on Mount Marilyn.Copy !req
973. Jim, you gotta take a look at this.Copy !req
974. I've seen it.Copy !req
975. Aquarius, this is Houston.Copy !req
976. We expect loss of signal
in approximately ten seconds.Copy !req
977. So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side.Copy !req
978. When you go
into the shadow of the moon...Copy !req
979. and the moon is between you and the sun...Copy !req
980. you see stars that are more brilliant
than anything you've ever seen...Copy !req
981. on the clearest nights here on Earth.Copy !req
982. And then you pass into the lunar sunrise
over the lunar surface.Copy !req
983. It must be an awe-inspiring sight.
I can't wait to see it myself.Copy !req
984. The problem now is not so much a question
of adequate oxygen supply...Copy !req
985. but it is the rate of consumption of water...Copy !req
986. which is vitally needed
for the cooling operations...Copy !req
987. to maintain the electronic systems...Copy !req
988. Look, it's Fra Mauro.Copy !req
989. I can see our landing site.Copy !req
990. Look at the Tsiolkovsky Crater.Copy !req
991. I can't believe how bright
the ejecta blanket is.Copy !req
992. It's like snow. It's beautiful.Copy !req
993. That's Mare Imbrium to the north.Copy !req
994. 13, this is Houston.Copy !req
995. We're reading your telemetry.
It's good to see you again.Copy !req
996. Good to see you, too, Houston.Copy !req
997. We are picking you up
at a velocity of 7,062 feet per second...Copy !req
998. at a distance from the moon
of 56 nautical miles.Copy !req
999. Stand by for your PC + 2 burn data.Copy !req
1000. Got to tell you, I had an itch to take
this baby down, do some prospecting.Copy !req
1001. Damn, we were close.Copy !req
1002. Gentlemen, what are your intentions?Copy !req
1003. I'd like to go home.Copy !req
1004. We got a burn coming up.Copy !req
1005. We're gonna need a contingency
if we lose comm with Houston.Copy !req
1006. Let's get an idea where we stand
on the consumables.Copy !req
1007. Jack, get into the Odyssey...Copy !req
1008. and bag up all the water you can
before it freezes in there.Copy !req
1009. Let's go home.Copy !req
1010. Aquarius, we got some
PC + 2 burn data for you fellas.Copy !req
1011. So you're telling me
you can only give our guys 45 hours?Copy !req
1012. That brings them to about there.Copy !req
1013. Gentlemen, that's not acceptable.Copy !req
1014. Gene, we've got to talk
about power.Copy !req
1015. Guys! Power is everything!Copy !req
1016. - Power is everything.
- What do you mean?Copy !req
1017. Without it, they don't talk to us,
correct their trajectory...Copy !req
1018. they don't turn the heat shield around.Copy !req
1019. We gotta turn everything off. Now.
They're not gonna make it to re-entry.Copy !req
1020. - What do you mean, "everything"?
- If everything's on, the LEM draws 60 amps.Copy !req
1021. At that rate, in 16 hours
the batteries are dead, not 45.Copy !req
1022. And so is the crew.
We gotta get them down to 12 amps.Copy !req
1023. - Twelve amps?
- How many?Copy !req
1024. You can't run a vacuum cleaner
on 12 amps, John.Copy !req
1025. We gotta turn off the radars, cabin heater...Copy !req
1026. instrument displays,
guidance computer, everything.Copy !req
1027. Guidance computer?
What if they need to do another burn?Copy !req
1028. They won't know which way they're pointed.Copy !req
1029. The more time we talk,
the more juice they waste.Copy !req
1030. I've looked at data for the past hour.Copy !req
1031. - That's the deal?
- That's the deal.Copy !req
1032. Okay, John. The minute we finish the burn,
we'll power down the LEM.Copy !req
1033. All right.Copy !req
1034. Now, in the meantime, we're gonna have
a frozen command module up there.Copy !req
1035. Soon, we'll have to power it up
using nothing but the re-entry batteries.Copy !req
1036. - That's never been tried before.
- We've never even simulated it before.Copy !req
1037. Well, we're gonna have to figure it out.Copy !req
1038. I want people in our simulators
working re-entry scenarios.Copy !req
1039. I want you to find every engineer
who designed every switch, circuit...Copy !req
1040. transistor and light bulb up there.Copy !req
1041. Then, talk to the guy in the assembly line
who actually built the thing.Copy !req
1042. Find out how to squeeze every amp
out of both of these goddamn machines.Copy !req
1043. I want this mark all the way back to Earth
with time to spare.Copy !req
1044. We never lost an American in space.Copy !req
1045. We're sure as hell not gonna lose one
on my watch.Copy !req
1046. Failure is not an option.Copy !req
1047. - What?
- Good, you're not dead.Copy !req
1048. I've been trying to get in touch with you
for 45 minutes.Copy !req
1049. Jesus, what're you doing here?Copy !req
1050. I gotta get you in the simulator.
We got a ship to land.Copy !req
1051. - What?
- There's been an explosion.Copy !req
1052. Oxygen tanks are gone, two fuel cells gone,
command module's shut down.Copy !req
1053. - What about the crew?
- Crew's fine so far.Copy !req
1054. Trying to keep them alive in the LEM.Copy !req
1055. We'll have to shut that down
pretty soon, too.Copy !req
1056. We got a lot of people working
the numbers on this one.Copy !req
1057. Nobody's too sure
how much power we'll have for re-entry.Copy !req
1058. The command module
will be frozen up pretty good by then.Copy !req
1059. If you see this ammeter rise over 20
at any point, power-up is no good.Copy !req
1060. If it spikes, that's sayonara
for the guidance computer.Copy !req
1061. Our guys can't re-enter, okay?Copy !req
1062. How much power
do we have to play with?Copy !req
1063. Barely enough to run this
coffee pot for nine hours.Copy !req
1064. - Go.
- Ken Mattingly just got here.Copy !req
1065. Copy. He's here.Copy !req
1066. They've been losing heat
since the accident.Copy !req
1067. They'll start getting water condensation
on the control panels.Copy !req
1068. Glad you're here.
You know what's going on?Copy !req
1069. John's brought me up to speed.Copy !req
1070. - What's left in the batteries?
- We don't know.Copy !req
1071. We gotta get started
on some shortcuts for power-up.Copy !req
1072. You know how short?Copy !req
1073. It's all in the sequencing. If we can skip
whatever we don't absolutely need...Copy !req
1074. - turn things on in the right order, maybe...
- I agree.Copy !req
1075. - You started on a procedure?
- Engineers have tried, but it's your ship.Copy !req
1076. - We gotta get you in there.
- Okay.Copy !req
1077. Frank, I need the sim cold and dark.Copy !req
1078. Give me the exact conditions
they've got in there now.Copy !req
1079. - I need status of every instrument.
- You got it.Copy !req
1080. I need a flashlight.
That's not what they have up there.Copy !req
1081. Don't give me anything
they don't have on board.Copy !req
1082. Let's get this show on the road.
Put him in space, fellas.Copy !req
1083. Okay, Houston, the quad-heater
circuit breakers are open.Copy !req
1084. Copy that.Copy !req
1085. We'll use the forward omni
when the Earth's in the window...Copy !req
1086. and we're switching to aft omni
when we see the moon.Copy !req
1087. We copy that, 13.Copy !req
1088. Aquarius, we don't want you
to make any more waste dumps.Copy !req
1089. The venting may push you off course.Copy !req
1090. - Oh, Christ.
- What's up?Copy !req
1091. No more waste dumps.
We're just gonna have to store it.Copy !req
1092. Jack, we're gonna need
some more urine bags.Copy !req
1093. Okay, Houston,
that leaves us with just the computer...Copy !req
1094. which I'm shutting down now.Copy !req
1095. And that's it.Copy !req
1096. We just put Sir Isaac Newton
in the driver's seat.Copy !req
1097. Is it a.m. Or p.m.?Copy !req
1098. A.m. Very, very a.m.Copy !req
1099. Haise is running a temperature,
and no one has slept.Copy !req
1100. I can't order these guys to go to sleep.
Could you sleep up there?Copy !req
1101. It's gonna get awful cold
in there for those guys.Copy !req
1102. Gene, we have a situation
brewing with the carbon dioxide.Copy !req
1103. We got a CO2 filter problem
on the lunar module.Copy !req
1104. - Five filters on the LEM.
- Meant for two guys for a day and a half.Copy !req
1105. - I told the doc...
- We're up to eight on the gauges.Copy !req
1106. Anything over 15
and you get impaired judgment, blackouts...Copy !req
1107. the beginnings of brain asphyxia.Copy !req
1108. What about scrubbers
in the command module?Copy !req
1109. - They take square cartridges.
- The ones on the LEM are round.Copy !req
1110. Tell me this isn't a government operation.Copy !req
1111. This just isn't a contingency
we've remotely looked at.Copy !req
1112. Those CO2 levels
will be getting toxic.Copy !req
1113. I suggest you gentlemen invent a way to put
a square peg in a round hole. Rapidly.Copy !req
1114. Okay, people, listen up!Copy !req
1115. The people upstairs have handed us
this one, and we gotta come through.Copy !req
1116. We gotta find a way to make this...Copy !req
1117. fit into the hole for this...Copy !req
1118. using nothing but that.Copy !req
1119. - Let's get it organized.
- Okay, let's build a filter.Copy !req
1120. Better get some coffee going, too.Copy !req
1121. The Haise family
lives in El lago, Texas.Copy !req
1122. His wife, Mary, is from Biloxi, Mississippi.Copy !req
1123. When Fred Haise was growing up in Biloxi,
he may have looked ahead to a fine family...Copy !req
1124. but he never dreamt of flying.Copy !req
1125. I'd never flown
before I went into the service...Copy !req
1126. and I only went into the flying business
as a means to getting a commission...Copy !req
1127. - Good morning.
- Henry. Don't you ever sleep?Copy !req
1128. I have a request from the news people.Copy !req
1129. They're out front here and they want
to put a transmitter up on the lawn.Copy !req
1130. Transmitter?Copy !req
1131. It's kind of a tower for a live broadcast.Copy !req
1132. I thought they didn't care about the mission.
They didn't even run Jim's show.Copy !req
1133. Well, it's more dramatic now.
Suddenly people are...Copy !req
1134. If landing on the moon wasn't dramatic
enough, why should not landing on it be?Copy !req
1135. Look, I realize how hard this is, Marilyn...Copy !req
1136. but the whole world is caught up in it.Copy !req
1137. - It's the biggest story since...
- No, Henry.Copy !req
1138. Those people don't put one piece
of equipment on my lawn.Copy !req
1139. If they have a problem with that,
they can take it up with my husband.Copy !req
1140. He'll be home on Friday.Copy !req
1141. Hey, Fred.Copy !req
1142. It's too cold in there.Copy !req
1143. That's a nice one of Mary.Copy !req
1144. - You don't look too good, Freddo.
- I'll survive.Copy !req
1145. - There's aspirin in the medical kit.
- I took some.Copy !req
1146. Jim, I'm all right.Copy !req
1147. It was an accident, Mary getting pregnant.Copy !req
1148. You should have seen the look on my face
when she told me.Copy !req
1149. Well, that has a tendency to happen.Copy !req
1150. I wonder if it's a boy or a girl.Copy !req
1151. You're gonna find out soon enough.Copy !req
1152. Sure.Copy !req
1153. I never dreamed I'd ever get
to do something like this.Copy !req
1154. Come up here on a real mission.Copy !req
1155. Most of the guys I graduated
high school with...Copy !req
1156. never even left home, and here I am.Copy !req
1157. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
1158. Here you are.Copy !req
1159. It hurts when I urinate.Copy !req
1160. - Well, you're not getting enough water.
- I'm drinking my ration the same as you.Copy !req
1161. I think old Swigert gave me the clap.Copy !req
1162. He's been pissing in my relief tube.Copy !req
1163. Well, that will be a hot one
at the debriefing for the flight surgeon.Copy !req
1164. That's another first
for America's space program.Copy !req
1165. Listen, I've been going over some stuff...Copy !req
1166. and I'm a little worried about this cold
affecting our battery efficiency.Copy !req
1167. We quit heating the glycol to save
water and power, so that's not helping.Copy !req
1168. It could cost us amp hours
on the back end?Copy !req
1169. That's a possibility.Copy !req
1170. I've been going over
the numbers again.Copy !req
1171. Have they called up with are-entry plan yet?Copy !req
1172. - We're coming in too shallow...
- We're working on it.Copy !req
1173. I can't remember the ratio to temperature.
We got no references on board.Copy !req
1174. Let's see if Houston
can pull up the mil specs...Copy !req
1175. Listen, they gave us too much Delta V.
They had us burn too long.Copy !req
1176. At this rate we'll skip right out
of the atmosphere, and never get back.Copy !req
1177. What are you talking about?
How'd you figure that?Copy !req
1178. I can add.Copy !req
1179. - Many PhDs are working on this.
- Houston says we're on the money.Copy !req
1180. What if they made a mistake
and there was no way to reverse it?Copy !req
1181. You think they'd tell us?Copy !req
1182. - There's no reason to tell us!
- What do you mean? That's bullshit!Copy !req
1183. There's 1,000 things
that have to happen in order.Copy !req
1184. We are on number eight.
You're talking about number 692.Copy !req
1185. In the meantime, I'm trying to tell you
we're coming in too fast.Copy !req
1186. I think they know it, and that's why
we don't have are-entry plan.Copy !req
1187. That's duly noted. Thank you, Jack.Copy !req
1188. God damn this piece of shit!Copy !req
1189. This piece of shit's gonna get you home.Copy !req
1190. That's because that's the only thing
we've got left, Jack!Copy !req
1191. - What are you saying, Fred?
- I think you know what I'm saying.Copy !req
1192. Now wait a minute.
All I did was stir those tanks.Copy !req
1193. What was the gauge reading
before you hit the switch?Copy !req
1194. Don't tell me how to fly the CM!
They brought me in to do a job!Copy !req
1195. They asked me to stir the damn tanks,
and I stirred the tanks!Copy !req
1196. - Stop kicking yourself in the ass.
- This is not my fault!Copy !req
1197. No one is saying it is.Copy !req
1198. If I'm in the left-hand seat
when the call comes up, I stir the tanks.Copy !req
1199. Well, tell him that.Copy !req
1200. I just asked you what the gauge
was reading, and you don't know!Copy !req
1201. Look, we're not doing this, gentlemen.Copy !req
1202. We're not bouncing off the walls
for ten minutes...Copy !req
1203. because we'll just end up
with the same problems!Copy !req
1204. Try to figure out how to stay alive!Copy !req
1205. Aquarius, this is Houston.Copy !req
1206. - Are we on VOX?
- No, we're not on VOX.Copy !req
1207. Yeah, Houston, this is Aquarius. Go ahead.Copy !req
1208. Yeah, Jim, could you check
your CO2 gauge for us?Copy !req
1209. We were just looking at that.Copy !req
1210. Our CO2 measurement
has jumped four notches in the last hour.Copy !req
1211. That can't be right.
I went over those numbers three times.Copy !req
1212. Jim, that sounds about right.
We were expecting that.Copy !req
1213. That's very comforting to know, Houston.
What do we do about it?Copy !req
1214. Jim, we're working
on a procedure down here for you.Copy !req
1215. - Do you copy?
- Oh, Christ.Copy !req
1216. All right, we're standing by
for those procedures.Copy !req
1217. Christ, I know why my numbers are wrong.Copy !req
1218. I only figured it for two people.Copy !req
1219. Maybe I should just hold my breath.Copy !req
1220. The deadly CO2 gas
is literally poisoning...Copy !req
1221. the astronauts with every breath in and out.Copy !req
1222. Heads up.Copy !req
1223. Go.Copy !req
1224. Heads up, people. Look out now.Copy !req
1225. - What's this?
- That's what they gotta make.Copy !req
1226. I hope you got
the procedures for me.Copy !req
1227. Right here.Copy !req
1228. That's it?Copy !req
1229. All right, Aquarius,
this is Houston.Copy !req
1230. Do you have a flight plan up there?Copy !req
1231. Affirmative, Andy. Jack's got one right here.Copy !req
1232. Okay, we have an unusual procedure
for you here.Copy !req
1233. We need you to rip the cover off.Copy !req
1234. He wants you
to rip the cover off the flight plan.Copy !req
1235. With pleasure.Copy !req
1236. The other materials
you'll need are...Copy !req
1237. a lithium hydroxide canister...Copy !req
1238. Two lithium hydroxide canisters, I'm sorry...Copy !req
1239. - a roll of gray tape.
- Duct tape.Copy !req
1240. Duct tape. You need
an LCG bag... Two LCG bags...Copy !req
1241. the red suit hoses,
and you've got the flight plan cover.Copy !req
1242. What about their level of carbon dioxide?Copy !req
1243. It's climbing.Copy !req
1244. You're saying
that they're almost out of breathable air?Copy !req
1245. Wait a second. That's not what he said.
He said we're working on it.Copy !req
1246. You want to cut the duct tape
three feet long.Copy !req
1247. - Tell him to use his arm.
- Just use your arm.Copy !req
1248. - It's an arm's length.
- Okay, I see what you're getting at.Copy !req
1249. Jack, tear that piece of tape
down the middle lengthwise.Copy !req
1250. - All right?
- Hold on, Houston.Copy !req
1251. While the astronauts appear to have
enough oxygen to keep them alive...Copy !req
1252. one thing they have
too much of is carbon dioxide.Copy !req
1253. With each breath, the three men expel...Copy !req
1254. more of the poisonous gas
into the lunar module cockpit...Copy !req
1255. and the scrubbers intended
to keep the atmosphere breathable...Copy !req
1256. are quickly becoming saturated.Copy !req
1257. Oh, shit, I tore it.Copy !req
1258. Houston, what do we do
if we ripped the bag? Can we tape it?Copy !req
1259. - They just tore the bag.
- Oh, no.Copy !req
1260. - Stand by. What should I tell them to do?
- They should have one more bag left.Copy !req
1261. But they've still got a long way to come...Copy !req
1262. and are now working on backup facilities,
their emergency facilities.Copy !req
1263. The problem is, if anything more
goes wrong, they're in real trouble.Copy !req
1264. As most of you are aware,
there is no rescue possible in space flight.Copy !req
1265. Any rescue system the space agency
has long since calculated...Copy !req
1266. Any rescue system
the space agency calculated...Copy !req
1267. One sock.Copy !req
1268. Once you have
the sock in place...Copy !req
1269. - we're gonna want you...
- Work it in.Copy !req
1270. to bungee the entire filter assembly
to the bulkhead...Copy !req
1271. - right above the LEM canister.
- We're getting close to 15.Copy !req
1272. So how does this flight compare
to other emergency situations you've faced?Copy !req
1273. I'll have to say
that this is the most serious situation...Copy !req
1274. we've ever encountered
in manned space flight.Copy !req
1275. - Houston, filter's in place.
- Cabin gas return to egress.Copy !req
1276. Suit circuit relief to close.Copy !req
1277. - CO2 canister select to secondary.
- All right.Copy !req
1278. Here goes.Copy !req
1279. I can hear air moving.Copy !req
1280. Just breathe normal, fellas.Copy !req
1281. Aquarius,
please advise on CO2 status.Copy !req
1282. Houston, we're taking a look
at those numbers now.Copy !req
1283. We're still holding close to 15, Houston.Copy !req
1284. Roger that. Standing by.Copy !req
1285. Houston, the CO2 level
has dropped to nine...Copy !req
1286. and it is still falling.Copy !req
1287. That is good to hear, Aquarius.Copy !req
1288. And you, sir, are a steely-eyed missile man.Copy !req
1289. Okay, spacecraft control to computer.Copy !req
1290. Damn!Copy !req
1291. We overloaded.Copy !req
1292. We used way too much power.Copy !req
1293. There must be a sneak circuit
someplace between step seven and ten.Copy !req
1294. All right, which one has the leak?Copy !req
1295. I don't know that yet, John.Copy !req
1296. The sequence was wrong. We just
have to go back and try them one at a time.Copy !req
1297. You need a break, Ken?Copy !req
1298. If they don't get one, I don't get one.Copy !req
1299. Well, if it won't work,
get me another one.Copy !req
1300. - My son's supposed to be on.
- I know, Mrs. Lovell.Copy !req
1301. Hi, Blanch.Copy !req
1302. They can't fix a damn thing in this place.Copy !req
1303. Blanch, it's Marilyn.Copy !req
1304. Hi, Grandma.Copy !req
1305. I was gonna see Jimmy.Copy !req
1306. I know.Copy !req
1307. We came to tell you something.Copy !req
1308. There's been an accident.
Jimmy's okay, he's all right.Copy !req
1309. But he's not gonna get to walk on the moon.Copy !req
1310. Well, they said he was.Copy !req
1311. I know.Copy !req
1312. That was before.Copy !req
1313. Now there's been an explosion,
and they're all okay...Copy !req
1314. they're all right.
But now they're just going to...Copy !req
1315. try to figure out a way to get them home.Copy !req
1316. And it's a little bit dangerous.Copy !req
1317. Oh, sweetie.Copy !req
1318. Are you scared?Copy !req
1319. Well, don't you worry, honey.Copy !req
1320. If they could get a washing machine to fly...Copy !req
1321. my Jimmy could land it.Copy !req
1322. Jack, you'll be happy to hear
we contacted President Nixon...Copy !req
1323. and he's gonna grant you
an extension on your income taxes...Copy !req
1324. since you are most decidedly
out of the country.Copy !req
1325. Roger that, Houston.Copy !req
1326. That's wonderful news.Copy !req
1327. Tell them they have to sleep.Copy !req
1328. Haise is running a fever of 104.Copy !req
1329. 13, we've got another request
from the flight surgeon...Copy !req
1330. that you fellas get some more sleep.Copy !req
1331. He doesn't like his readings down here.Copy !req
1332. Let's see how he feels about this.Copy !req
1333. I am sick and tired
of the entire western world...Copy !req
1334. knowing how my kidneys are functioning!Copy !req
1335. Flight, I just lost Lovell.Copy !req
1336. 13, this is Houston.Copy !req
1337. Jim, we just had a dropout
on your bio-med sensors.Copy !req
1338. I'm not wearing
my bio-med sensors, Houston.Copy !req
1339. Okay, Jim. Copy that.Copy !req
1340. Now I'm losing all three of them!Copy !req
1341. It's just a little medical mutiny, Doc.Copy !req
1342. I'm sure the guys are still with us.Copy !req
1343. Let's cut them some slack, okay?Copy !req
1344. Gene, it's not the velocity, it's the angle.Copy !req
1345. Maybe they're still venting something
and that's throwing off the trajectory...Copy !req
1346. but we are definitely shallowing again.Copy !req
1347. - We are up to a 5.9.
- Damn it.Copy !req
1348. At this rate, they nick the atmosphere
and bounce off into space.Copy !req
1349. We need another burn to get them back.Copy !req
1350. - Another burn.
- Fire the engines, get them on course.Copy !req
1351. Copy that.Copy !req
1352. Aquarius, this is Houston.Copy !req
1353. Houston, Aquarius.Copy !req
1354. Jim, we've got
another course correction for you.Copy !req
1355. What's up?Copy !req
1356. Something about another course correction.Copy !req
1357. We copy, Houston.Copy !req
1358. Be advised, it's gonna take Freddo and I
a while to power up the computer...Copy !req
1359. for the alignment platform
if we have to fire the engine.Copy !req
1360. Negative on that, Jim.
We can't spare power for the computer.Copy !req
1361. We gotta do this blind?Copy !req
1362. Houston, without the computer,
what do we use for orientation?Copy !req
1363. Come on, we gotta be able
to give these guys something.Copy !req
1364. Without the power,
we can't give them a reading.Copy !req
1365. Not power. I'm talking about reference.Copy !req
1366. No, there's no references.
We have a bunch of debris up there...Copy !req
1367. Houston, what's the story with this burn?Copy !req
1368. We're trying to hash
something out down here, Aquarius.Copy !req
1369. Stand by.Copy !req
1370. Look, Houston, all we need to hold attitude
is one fixed point in space.Copy !req
1371. - Is that not correct?
- Yeah. Roger that, Jim.Copy !req
1372. Well, Houston, we've got one.Copy !req
1373. If we can keep the Earth
in the window, flying manually...Copy !req
1374. the crosshairs right on its terminator...Copy !req
1375. all I have to know is,
how long do we need to burn the engine?Copy !req
1376. - The shorter, the better.
- Roger that, Jim.Copy !req
1377. Can they fly it manually
and still shut it down on time...Copy !req
1378. without the computer?Copy !req
1379. I guess that's the best we can do.Copy !req
1380. We're out of time.Copy !req
1381. In order to enter the atmosphere safely...Copy !req
1382. the crew must aim for a corridor
just two-and-a-half degrees wide.Copy !req
1383. If they're too steep, they'll incinerate
in the steadily thickening air.Copy !req
1384. If they're too shallow,
they'll ricochet off the atmosphere...Copy !req
1385. like a rock skipping off a pond.Copy !req
1386. The re-entry corridor is, in fact, so narrow
that if this basketball were the Earth...Copy !req
1387. and this softball were the moon,
and the two were placed 14 feet apart...Copy !req
1388. the crew would have to hit a target
no thicker than this piece of paper.Copy !req
1389. On your toes. We're doing this one blind.Copy !req
1390. Gene, understand
that we've never tried this before:Copy !req
1391. burn, cold soak, burn, cold soak,
burn, manual control.Copy !req
1392. Look, it will ignite, will it not?Copy !req
1393. I just want you to know
the engine's never been tried like this.Copy !req
1394. That's all I'm trying to tell you.Copy !req
1395. I know what you're trying to do. I guarantee
I won't hold you personally responsible.Copy !req
1396. If it lights, it lights. Let Lovell do the rest.Copy !req
1397. Okay.Copy !req
1398. They'll burn the engine
and steer manually...Copy !req
1399. attempting to keep the Earth in the window.Copy !req
1400. Okay, this is gonna take all three of us.Copy !req
1401. Freddo, you handle the pitch.Copy !req
1402. Put on the translation controllers,
all backwards...Copy !req
1403. so if the Earth starts drifting down...Copy !req
1404. you need to thrust aft, not forward.Copy !req
1405. I'll do the same on mine
with everything else.Copy !req
1406. We're going to burn at 10% thrust
for 39 seconds. Jack, you time us.Copy !req
1407. Got it.Copy !req
1408. Give us a count of the last 10 seconds
up to 39. Let's not miss this.Copy !req
1409. You up to this, Freddo?Copy !req
1410. I'm with you.Copy !req
1411. Standing by for corridor control burn.Copy !req
1412. Okay, Jim, you can fire when ready.Copy !req
1413. You are go for the manual burn.Copy !req
1414. Okay, X-plus button at 10 seconds. Mark.Copy !req
1415. - Come on, baby. One more burn.
- Nine, eight...Copy !req
1416. seven, six, five...Copy !req
1417. - four, three...
- Ullage is go.Copy !req
1418. two, one, ignition!Copy !req
1419. She's burning!Copy !req
1420. - Master arm off.
- Okay, here we go.Copy !req
1421. - Helium regulator on.
- RCS is go, 10% thrust.Copy !req
1422. - Bring her around, Freddo.
- I'm trying but it's dragging.Copy !req
1423. - Ten seconds.
- Drop it down, Freddo.Copy !req
1424. - We're drifting!
- No, hold what you got.Copy !req
1425. - I'll roll it. Backoff.
- Can't get it stable.Copy !req
1426. She's dancing all over the place!Copy !req
1427. - Come to the right a little bit.
- Fifteen seconds.Copy !req
1428. She's drifting. I'm losing attitude.Copy !req
1429. Hold it right there.
That's it. No, Freddo, back!Copy !req
1430. - Shit! I'm losing it!
- Bring the Earth up.Copy !req
1431. Thrust forward, Fred. Come on.Copy !req
1432. Shit, I lost it! Where is it?Copy !req
1433. 7:00. Helium regulator's closed.Copy !req
1434. Bring it down, Freddo. Just nose it down.Copy !req
1435. - Okay, I got it!
- Thirty seconds.Copy !req
1436. Little farther. Ease your touch!Copy !req
1437. Damn it, that's mine. That's me. Around.Copy !req
1438. - A little more. Come on, baby.
- That's it. Hold it.Copy !req
1439. - Back! That's it! Hold it! Steady.
- ... eight, nine!Copy !req
1440. Shutdown!Copy !req
1441. Houston, we have shutdown.Copy !req
1442. That's close enough, Jim.
Good work.Copy !req
1443. I knew it! How about that LEM!
How about it?Copy !req
1444. - Guess you can keep your job.
- You betcha.Copy !req
1445. 13, stand by. We're evaluating
our power usage on that burn.Copy !req
1446. Let's hope we don't have to do that again.Copy !req
1447. Gentlemen, you've given our guys
enough to survive till re-entry.Copy !req
1448. Well done.Copy !req
1449. Now we gotta get them in,
so tell me about the power-up procedures.Copy !req
1450. Here's the order of what I want to do.Copy !req
1451. I want to power up guidance,
ECS, communications...Copy !req
1452. warm up the pyros for the parachutes
and the command module thrusters.Copy !req
1453. The thrusters will put you
over budget on amps.Copy !req
1454. They've been sitting at 200 below
for four days. They gotta be heated.Copy !req
1455. Fine. Then trade off the parachutes.Copy !req
1456. - If the chutes don't open, what's the point?
- You're telling me what you need.Copy !req
1457. I'm telling you what we have to work with.
I'm not making this stuff up.Copy !req
1458. They're going to need all these systems.Copy !req
1459. We do not have the power, Ken.
We just don't have it.Copy !req
1460. I'll reorganize the sequencing again
and find more power.Copy !req
1461. Let's start from scratch. Clear the board.Copy !req
1462. I don't know where the hell we'll find it.Copy !req
1463. Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell
has more time in space...Copy !req
1464. almost 24 days already,
than any other man...Copy !req
1465. and I asked him recently
if he ever was scared.Copy !req
1466. I've had an engine flame out
a few times in an aircraft...Copy !req
1467. and was curious as to whether it was going
to light up again, things of that nature...Copy !req
1468. but they seem to work out.Copy !req
1469. Is there an instance...Copy !req
1470. in an airplane emergency
when you can recall fear?Copy !req
1471. Well, I remember this one time...Copy !req
1472. in a Banshee at night in combat conditions,
so the carrier has no lights.Copy !req
1473. It was the Shangri-la.
We were in the Sea of Japan.Copy !req
1474. My radar had jammed,
and my homing signal was gone...Copy !req
1475. because somebody in Japan
was using the same frequency...Copy !req
1476. and so it was leading me away
from where I was supposed to be.Copy !req
1477. I'm looking down at a big, black ocean,
so I flip on my map light.Copy !req
1478. Then, suddenly, zap! Everything shorts out
right there in my cockpit.Copy !req
1479. All my instruments and lights are gone,
I can't even tell what my altitude is.Copy !req
1480. I know I'm running out of fuel,
so I'm thinking about ditching in the ocean.Copy !req
1481. I look down there,
and then in the darkness...Copy !req
1482. there's this green trail.Copy !req
1483. It's like a long carpet that's just laid
out beneath me. It was the algae!Copy !req
1484. It was that phosphorescent stuff that gets
churned up in the wake of a big ship.Copy !req
1485. It was just leading me home.Copy !req
1486. And if my cockpit lights
hadn't shorted out...Copy !req
1487. there's no way
I'd have ever been able to see that.Copy !req
1488. So, you never know...Copy !req
1489. what events are going to transpire
to get you home.Copy !req
1490. Spacecraft commander
Jim Lovell, no stranger to emergency is he.Copy !req
1491. - How's it going, Fred?
- I'm okay.Copy !req
1492. What the hell was that?Copy !req
1493. Let's hope it was just the burst disk.Copy !req
1494. - Can you confirm a burst helium disk?
- We confirm that.Copy !req
1495. Houston, is that going to affect
our entry angle at all?Copy !req
1496. Negative. Your entry angle
is holding at 6.24, Aquarius.Copy !req
1497. Houston...Copy !req
1498. we sure could use
the re-entry procedure up here.Copy !req
1499. When can we expect that?Copy !req
1500. That's coming real soon, Aquarius.Copy !req
1501. Houston, we...Copy !req
1502. We just can't throw this together
at the last minute.Copy !req
1503. So, here's what you're gonna do.Copy !req
1504. You're gonna get the procedure up to us,
whatever it is...Copy !req
1505. and we're gonna go over it step by step,
so there's no foul-ups.Copy !req
1506. I don't have to tell you
we're all a little tired up here.Copy !req
1507. The world's getting awfully big
in the window.Copy !req
1508. - Jim, this is Deke.
- It's Deke.Copy !req
1509. They don't know how to do it.Copy !req
1510. Maybe Jack's right.Copy !req
1511. Hello, Deke. What's the story?Copy !req
1512. We're gonna get that procedure to you
as soon as we possibly can.Copy !req
1513. Ken Mattingly's in the simulator right now.Copy !req
1514. Ken's working on it?Copy !req
1515. Look, I know this sequence works, John.Copy !req
1516. It looks good.
We're just over budget on the amperage.Copy !req
1517. - By how much?
- Three or four amps.Copy !req
1518. God damn it, John! Is it three or four?Copy !req
1519. - Four.
- Four!Copy !req
1520. Four more amps.Copy !req
1521. They have some power left
in the LEM batteries, right?Copy !req
1522. Yeah.Copy !req
1523. We have an umbilical that provides power
from the command module to the LEM.Copy !req
1524. - It's backup for the LEM power supply.
- I'm listening.Copy !req
1525. So reverse it. Reverse the flow
and see if we can draw these four amps...Copy !req
1526. from the LEM before we cut it loose.
Why can't we do that?Copy !req
1527. - We don't have a procedure for that?
- You'll lose a lot in the transfer.Copy !req
1528. Yeah. But all we're talking about here
is four amps.Copy !req
1529. I want whatever you guys got
on these power procedures.Copy !req
1530. - Gene, they're already...
- Not all, just part.Copy !req
1531. - We've got to give them something.
- They're working on it.Copy !req
1532. - I'll get an estimate.
- God damn it!Copy !req
1533. I don't want another estimate!
I want the procedures now!Copy !req
1534. IMU is up.Copy !req
1535. - How am I reading?
- Fine, so far.Copy !req
1536. - Say again.
- You're under the limit. Keep going.Copy !req
1537. Okay. Floodlights to fixed.Copy !req
1538. Okay, I'm bringing up the guidance.Copy !req
1539. Here we go.Copy !req
1540. CMC Attitude IMU.Copy !req
1541. CMC source.Copy !req
1542. CMC mode, auto,
and we're on the computer.Copy !req
1543. - Go ahead.
- Is your computer on now?Copy !req
1544. Up and running.Copy !req
1545. How do we look?Copy !req
1546. I think we got it, buddy.Copy !req
1547. Arthur, my notes are clear
on that last sequence, right?Copy !req
1548. - Excuse me, gentlemen.
- I was getting a little blurry there.Copy !req
1549. Here's Ken. Here's John.Copy !req
1550. It's good to see you, Ken.Copy !req
1551. This is the sequence.Copy !req
1552. - Was it tried on the hardware yet?
- We didn't have time.Copy !req
1553. Aquarius, Houston. Do you read?Copy !req
1554. Yeah, we read you, Ken.Copy !req
1555. Are the flowers blooming in Houston?Copy !req
1556. That's a negative, Jim.
I don't have the measles.Copy !req
1557. Jim, is Jack in there with you?Copy !req
1558. Yeah, stand by one.
We gotta get him on comm.Copy !req
1559. - Put those on the table.
- Damn it. Thanks, Jackie.Copy !req
1560. I think it would really help if you could...Copy !req
1561. just distract her
when the heavy predictions come in.Copy !req
1562. - We'll give it a shot.
- Thanks.Copy !req
1563. Blanch, these nice, young men
are gonna watch television with you.Copy !req
1564. - This is Neil Armstrong, and this is Buzz.
- Nice to meet you.Copy !req
1565. - Hi.
- Are you boys in the space program, too?Copy !req
1566. Okay, Jack, give me a read-back
on that last procedure.Copy !req
1567. Stand by, Ken.Copy !req
1568. Ken, I'm having trouble
reading my own writing.Copy !req
1569. I guess I was
a little more tired than I thought.Copy !req
1570. Don't worry, Jack. I'll talk you through it.Copy !req
1571. Find the main bus breakers on panel 11.Copy !req
1572. Yeah, main bus breakers. Got it.Copy !req
1573. Close main bus B.Copy !req
1574. Ken, there's an awful lot of condensation
on these panels.Copy !req
1575. What's the word
on these things shorting out?Copy !req
1576. We'll just take that one at a time, Jack.Copy !req
1577. It's like trying to drive a toaster
through a car wash.Copy !req
1578. Main bus B is closed.Copy !req
1579. 13, we're coming up on entry interface.Copy !req
1580. Flight, we're still shallowing up a bit
in the re-entry corridor.Copy !req
1581. It's almost like they're underweight.Copy !req
1582. - Now how could they be underweight?
- We didn't land on the moon.Copy !req
1583. - Rocks?
- That's affirm.Copy !req
1584. One more thing, Jim.Copy !req
1585. While Jack's working on the power-up,
we want you and Freddo...Copy !req
1586. to transfer some ballast
over to the command module.Copy !req
1587. Say again, Houston. Ballast?Copy !req
1588. That's affirm. We got to get the weight right.Copy !req
1589. We were expecting you to be toting
a couple hundred pounds of moon rocks.Copy !req
1590. Right, Houston.Copy !req
1591. - Now, Jack.
- Yeah, go ahead, Ken.Copy !req
1592. Okay, now, panel five.Copy !req
1593. Circuit breaker caution
and warning main B closed.Copy !req
1594. Main B closed.Copy !req
1595. Master alarm off.Copy !req
1596. Okay, Jack, on panel seven,
b-mag number two, power to warm-up.Copy !req
1597. B-mag number two,
power to warm-up. Done.Copy !req
1598. Sequential logic one and two on.Copy !req
1599. Sequential logic, two on.Copy !req
1600. CMRCS pressure, on.Copy !req
1601. CMRCS pressurization.Copy !req
1602. As her husband prepares
to jettison his lunar module lifeboat...Copy !req
1603. Marilyn Lovell waits
with her children, her neighbors...Copy !req
1604. and, we are told, Apollo 11 astronauts
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.Copy !req
1605. Only the Lovells' eldest son,
Jay, is absent...Copy !req
1606. as he holds vigil with his classmates...Copy !req
1607. at the St. John's Military Academy
in Wisconsin.Copy !req
1608. ABC News
science editor Jules Bergman.Copy !req
1609. With a crippled command module,
and surviving by using the LEM's systems...Copy !req
1610. there can be no easy maneuver.Copy !req
1611. Their LEM lifeboat is doing things
and working longer...Copy !req
1612. than it was ever intended to.Copy !req
1613. It's a race against time until splashdown...Copy !req
1614. We're ready to see
if the computer will accept...Copy !req
1615. uplink of the re-entry data now.Copy !req
1616. Okay, the IMU is up.Copy !req
1617. - We got our eight-balls back.
- Copy that.Copy !req
1618. Okay, Ken, uplink telemetry,
command module to accept, right?Copy !req
1619. That's affirm. Go ahead and try it.Copy !req
1620. Uplink completed.Copy !req
1621. - That's more like it.
- Okay, let's go.Copy !req
1622. Take a look at your amps. How we doing?Copy !req
1623. We got her back up, Ken.Copy !req
1624. Boy, I wish you were here to see it.Copy !req
1625. I'll bet you do.Copy !req
1626. Way to go, Jack.Copy !req
1627. - Flight, this is RETRO.
- Go, RETRO.Copy !req
1628. Flight, we have a typhoon warning...Copy !req
1629. - on the edge of the prime recovery zone.
- Say again, RETRO.Copy !req
1630. We're looking at a typhoon warning...Copy !req
1631. on the edge of the prime recovery area.Copy !req
1632. This is just a warning. It could miss them.Copy !req
1633. Only if their luck changes.Copy !req
1634. Jim, we're ready for SM jettison!Copy !req
1635. All right, Jack, on three!Copy !req
1636. One, two...Copy !req
1637. - Upward thrust.
- We're loose!Copy !req
1638. Reverse thrust!Copy !req
1639. We have service module jettison.Copy !req
1640. Okay, Houston, service module is free.Copy !req
1641. We'll take a look at what we have here.Copy !req
1642. Copy that.Copy !req
1643. There it is. I see it!Copy !req
1644. Houston, we're getting our first look
at the service module now.Copy !req
1645. One whole side of the spacecraft is missing.Copy !req
1646. Right by the high gain antenna
a whole panel is blown out...Copy !req
1647. right up to our heat shield.Copy !req
1648. Copy that, Aquarius.Copy !req
1649. It looked like it got the engine bell, too.
Can you see that?Copy !req
1650. Oh, man, that's incredible.Copy !req
1651. The heat shield.Copy !req
1652. The heat will build up to as
much as 3,000 or 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.Copy !req
1653. On a lunar re-entry flight, the heat...Copy !req
1654. So, Blanch?Copy !req
1655. Did Jim make Eagle Scout or not?Copy !req
1656. - Yes, he did.
- He did.Copy !req
1657. If the heat shield
is even slightly cracked...Copy !req
1658. the extreme cold could've split it wide open.Copy !req
1659. Worst of all, if the pyrotechnics
that control the parachutes...Copy !req
1660. have been damaged,
the chutes may not open at all...Copy !req
1661. causing the spacecraft to hit the water
not at a gentle 20 miles per hour...Copy !req
1662. but at a suicidal 300.Copy !req
1663. Perhaps never
in human history...Copy !req
1664. has the entire world been united
by such a global drama.Copy !req
1665. In New York City,
thousands of people have gathered...Copy !req
1666. to watch updates of the mission
in Times Square.Copy !req
1667. Many countries offered help
and the State Department said...Copy !req
1668. it would ask for it if it were needed.Copy !req
1669. The House and Senate passed resolutions
calling on the people...Copy !req
1670. to pray tonight for the astronauts.Copy !req
1671. In Rome, Pope Paul led...Copy !req
1672. 50,000 people in prayers
for the safe return of the astronauts.Copy !req
1673. In Jerusalem, prayers at the Wailing Wall...Copy !req
1674. It's about time to bail out of this ship.Copy !req
1675. You okay?Copy !req
1676. I'm freezing.Copy !req
1677. Can you hold out just a little longer?Copy !req
1678. - Long as I have to.
- Come on.Copy !req
1679. It won't be long. Just a little while longer.Copy !req
1680. Just a little while longer. We're gonna hit
that water in the South Pacific.Copy !req
1681. Open up that hatch.Copy !req
1682. - It's 80 degrees out there.
- 80 degrees.Copy !req
1683. - You are a mess.
- Yeah.Copy !req
1684. Odyssey, Houston.
How we doing, guys?Copy !req
1685. We're closing in on lunar module jettison.Copy !req
1686. As you know, that is time critical.Copy !req
1687. You should be moving
into the command module.Copy !req
1688. Let's get that hatch buttoned up...Copy !req
1689. and when you get a chance,
let us know how you're doing.Copy !req
1690. Roger that.Copy !req
1691. Let me give you a hand there, Freddo.Copy !req
1692. We're coming up on LEM jettison.Copy !req
1693. Is everyone strapped in, Ken?
We're getting real close.Copy !req
1694. Copy that, Flight. 13, Houston.
We're coming up on LEM jettison.Copy !req
1695. Stand by.Copy !req
1696. Have you got everybody in the Odyssey?Copy !req
1697. Yeah, Ken, I'm gonna check
those pyro batteries one more time here.Copy !req
1698. The pyro batts look good. I don't think
we have to tie the other batteries.Copy !req
1699. Sorry, Jack, this is an old habit.Copy !req
1700. I'm kind of used to the pilot's seat.
She's yours to fly.Copy !req
1701. Odyssey, I want to double check
some re-entry procedures...Copy !req
1702. right after we jettison the LEM,
which is coming up in 30 seconds.Copy !req
1703. What is that?Copy !req
1704. I was getting a little punchy...Copy !req
1705. and I didn't want to cut the LEM loose
with you guys still in it.Copy !req
1706. That's good thinking.Copy !req
1707. Stand by, Houston.Copy !req
1708. We have lunar module jettison.Copy !req
1709. She sure was a good ship.Copy !req
1710. Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you.Copy !req
1711. It's almost time, honey.Copy !req
1712. Flight 966406.Copy !req
1713. Let me put it this way.Copy !req
1714. The trajectory may be off.
Their thrusters may be frozen.Copy !req
1715. Their guidance system
might be malfunctioning.Copy !req
1716. Their heat shield could be cracked.Copy !req
1717. And their parachutes
might be three blocks of ice.Copy !req
1718. Clearly, we have
some obstacles to overcome.Copy !req
1719. But now I'm asking you,
when will we know?Copy !req
1720. Blackout lasts for three minutes.
If they're not back in four, we'll know.Copy !req
1721. Velocity now reading 34,802 feet per second.Copy !req
1722. - Range to go 2,625 nautical miles.
- Copy that.Copy !req
1723. Okay, Ken, we are aligned for re-entry. Jim,
we need that computer re-entry program.Copy !req
1724. - Fred, how are the batteries looking?
- Okay.Copy !req
1725. - Batt A looks good.
- Re-entry interface in one minute...Copy !req
1726. - Batt B, no volts, the amps are okay.
- ... and 30 seconds.Copy !req
1727. Batt C...Copy !req
1728. No volts, only two amps.Copy !req
1729. It may die before the main chutes open.Copy !req
1730. Roger. Let's tie all the batteries
onto main A and main B.Copy !req
1731. They're still shallowing a bit up there.
Do you want to tell them?Copy !req
1732. - Is there anything we can do about it?
- Not now, Flight.Copy !req
1733. - Then they don't need to know, do they?
- Copy that.Copy !req
1734. RETRO says the typhoon
is still a presence in the splashdown area?Copy !req
1735. We got the parachute situation...Copy !req
1736. heat shield, angle of trajectory,
and a typhoon.Copy !req
1737. - There are so many variables, I'm at a loss...
- I know what the problems are.Copy !req
1738. This could be the worst disaster
NASA has experienced.Copy !req
1739. With all due respect, sir,
I believe this is going to be our finest hour.Copy !req
1740. Expect entry interface in 45 seconds.Copy !req
1741. And on my mark, your velocity...Copy !req
1742. will be 35,245 feet per second.Copy !req
1743. Mark 35 seconds to entry interface.Copy !req
1744. Gentlemen...Copy !req
1745. it's been a privilege flying with you.Copy !req
1746. - Flight, we have loss of radio contact.
- Roger that.Copy !req
1747. Expect to regain signal in three minutes.Copy !req
1748. It all depends on the heat shield.Copy !req
1749. Back to the Iwo Jima
and our live cameras there.Copy !req
1750. The Navy recovery and rescue helicopters
already airborne...Copy !req
1751. circling, waiting for first radar contact.Copy !req
1752. Three minutes until time
of drogue deployment.Copy !req
1753. Standing by for any reports of acquisition.Copy !req
1754. One minute and 30 seconds
to end of blackout.Copy !req
1755. No re-entering ship
has ever taken longer...Copy !req
1756. than three minutes to emerge from blackout.Copy !req
1757. This is the critical moment.
Will the heat shield hold?Copy !req
1758. Will the command module survive
the intense heat of re-entry?Copy !req
1759. If it doesn't, there'll only be silence.Copy !req
1760. - Mommy, you're squishing me.
- Sorry, sweetie.Copy !req
1761. It's okay.Copy !req
1762. Okay, Flight, that's three minutes.Copy !req
1763. - We are standing by for acquisition.
- Copy that.Copy !req
1764. Odyssey, Houston. Do you read me?Copy !req
1765. Expected time of reacquisition...Copy !req
1766. the time when the astronauts
were expected to come out of blackout...Copy !req
1767. has come and gone.Copy !req
1768. About all any of us can do now
is just listen and hope.Copy !req
1769. We're about to learn whether
or not that heat shield...Copy !req
1770. which was damaged
by the explosion three days ago...Copy !req
1771. has withstood the inferno of re-entry.Copy !req
1772. Odyssey, this is Houston.
Do you read me?Copy !req
1773. Three minutes, 30 seconds.
Standing by.Copy !req
1774. Odyssey, Houston. Do you read?Copy !req
1775. Odyssey, this is Houston.
Do you read me?Copy !req
1776. That's four minutes. Standing by.Copy !req
1777. Odyssey, Houston. Do you read?Copy !req
1778. Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey.Copy !req
1779. It's good to see you again.Copy !req
1780. Odyssey, Houston. Welcome home.Copy !req
1781. We're glad to see you.Copy !req
1782. - Good job, Ken.
- Thank you.Copy !req
1783. They made it!Copy !req
1784. Houston, we're at stable one.
The ship is secure.Copy !req
1785. This is Apollo 13 signing off.Copy !req
1786. Good job.Copy !req
1787. Our mission
was called a successful failure...Copy !req
1788. in that we returned safely,
but never made it to the moon.Copy !req
1789. In the following months it was determined...Copy !req
1790. that a damaged coil
built inside the oxygen tank...Copy !req
1791. sparked during our cryo stir and caused
the explosion that crippled the Odyssey.Copy !req
1792. It was a minor defect
that occurred two years...Copy !req
1793. before I was even named
the flight's commander.Copy !req
1794. Fred Haise was going back
to the moon on Apollo 18...Copy !req
1795. but his mission was cancelled
due to budget cuts.Copy !req
1796. He never flew in space again.Copy !req
1797. Nor did Jack Swigert,
who left the Astronaut Corps...Copy !req
1798. and was elected to Congress
from the state of Colorado.Copy !req
1799. But he died of cancer
before he was able to take office.Copy !req
1800. Ken Mattingly orbited the moon
as command module pilot of Apollo 16...Copy !req
1801. and flew the Space Shuttle,
having never gotten the measles.Copy !req
1802. Gene Kranz retired as Director
of Flight Operations just not long ago.Copy !req
1803. Many members of Mission Control
have gone on to other things...Copy !req
1804. but some are still there.Copy !req
1805. And as for me...Copy !req
1806. the seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13
were my last in space.Copy !req
1807. I watched other men walk on the moon
and return safely...Copy !req
1808. all from the confines of Mission Control
and our house in Houston.Copy !req
1809. I sometimes catch myself
looking up at the moon...Copy !req
1810. remembering the changes
of fortune in our long voyage...Copy !req
1811. thinking of the thousands of people
who worked to bring the three of us home.Copy !req
1812. I look up at the moon and wonder...Copy !req
1813. when will we be going back...Copy !req
1814. and who will that be?Copy !req