Our mission was called "a successful failure," in that we returned safely but never made...
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Jim Lovell:
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Our mission was called "a successful failure," in that we returned safely but never made it to the moon. In the following months, it was determined that a damaged coil built inside the oxygen tank sparked during our cryo stir and caused the explosion that crippled the Odyssey. It was a minor defect that occured two years before I was even named the flight's commander. Fred Haise was going back to the moon on Apollo 18, but his mission was cancelled because of budget cuts; he never flew in space again. Nor did Jack Swigert, who left the astronaut corps and was elected to Congress from the state of Colorado. But he died of cancer before he was able to take office. Ken Mattingly orbited the moon as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 16, and flew the Space Shuttle, having never gotten the measles. Gene Kranz retired as Director of Flight Operations just not long ago. And many other members of Mission Control have gone on to other things, but some are still there. As for me, the seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13 were my last in space. I watched other men walk on the Moon, and return safely, all from the confines of Mission Control and our house in Houston. I sometimes catch myself looking up at the Moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home. I look up at the moon and wonder, when will we be going back, and who will that be?
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JlM: [Voiceover] Our mission
was called a successful failure...
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in that we returned safely,
but never made it to the moon.
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ln the following months it was determined...
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that a damaged coil
built inside the oxygen tank...
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sparked during our cryo stir and caused
the explosion that crippled the Odyssey.
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lt was a minor defect
that occurred two years...
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before l was even named
the flight's commander.
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Fred Haise was going back
fo the moon on Apollo 1 8. . .
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but his mission was cancelled
due to budget cuts.
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He never flew in space again.
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Nor did Jack Swigert,
who left the Astronaut Corps...
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and was elected to Congress
from the state of Colorado.
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But he died of cancer
before he was able to take office.
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Ken Mattingly orbited the moon
as command module pilot of Apollo 16 . . .
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and flew the Space Shuttle,
having never gotten the measles.
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Gene Kranz retired as Director
of Flight Operations just not long ago.
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Many members of Mission Control
have gone on to other things...
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but some are still there.
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And as for me...
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the seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13
were my last in space.
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l watched other men walk on the moon
and return safely...
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all from the confines of Mission Control
and our house in Houston.
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l sometimes catch myself
looking up at the moon...
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remembering the changes
of fortune in our long voyage...
00:01:26.917 --> 00:01:30.999
thinking of the thousands of people
who worked to bring the three of us home.
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l look up at the moon and wonder...
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when will we be going back...
Clip duration: 98 seconds
Views: 370
Timestamp in movie: 02h 12m 22s
Uploaded: 02 September, 2021
Genres: adventure, drama, history
Summary: NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
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Actors
00:12 Kinda used to the pilot's seat
00:10 This could be the worst disaster NASA has experienced
00:18 Are you scared
00:03 Houston we have a problem
00:08 We never lost an American in space
00:09 Gentlemen
01:12 But his mission was cancelled due to budget cuts
00:05 We just put Sir lsaac Newton in the driver's seat
00:07 Naturally it's 1 3 Why 1 3
00:14 From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the...
00:14 Lf anyone from the lRS is watching
00:04 We just lost the moon
00:31 Flight l just lost Lovell
00:36 What There's been an explosion
00:33 L have a request from the news people
00:11 We gotta find a way to make this
00:06 L don't care what anything was designed to do l care...
00:14 Blanch these nice young men are gonna watch television with...
00:14 Christ l know why my numbers are wrong
00:17 JlM Houston we're getting our first look at the service...