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So the number 13 doesn't bother youOnly if it's a Friday PhilApollo 13 lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutesand entering the moon's gravity on April 13Uh Ken Mattingly here has been doing some
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Apollo 13

We also consider a real helpful letter we got from a fellow who said we ought to take a...

Reporter:
So... the number 13 doesn't bother you?Fred Haise, Sr.:Only if it's a Friday, Phil.Reporter:Apollo 13 - lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutes, and, entering the moon's gravity on April 13th.Jim Lovell:Uh, Ken Mattingly has been doing some... scientific experiments regarding that very phenomenon, haven't you?Ken Mattingly:Well, uh, yes, well I uh, had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under the lunar module ladder, didn't seem to be a problem.Fred Haise, Sr.:We also consider a real helpful letter we got from a fellow who said we ought to take a pig up with us for good luck

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So the number 13 doesn't bother you
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Only if it's a Friday Phil
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Apollo 13 lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutes
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and entering the moon's gravity on April 13
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Uh Ken Mattingly here has been doing some scientific experiments
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regarding that very phenomenon haven't you
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Uh yes Well l had a black cat uh walk over a broken mirror
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under the lunar module ladder
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lt didn't seem to be a problem
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We're considering a letter we got from a fella
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who said we oughta take a pig with us for good luck
Available in 8 languages
Duration
36 seconds
Views
749
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:37
Uploaded
Feb 25, 2026
Production
Imagine Entertainment,Universal Pictures

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Movie 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.

Actors

Tom Hanks
Jim Lovell
Gary Sinise
Ken Mattingly