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We choose to go to the moon.

We choose to go to the moon.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade
and do the other things,

not because they are easy
but because they are hard.

- Look at that.
- That's beautiful.

It's gotta be one of the most proud moments
of my life. I guarantee you.

During their flight to the moon,
the crew of Apollo 13

made a live colour television broadcast
back to Earth that was largely ignored.

Moments after the end of the TV show,

an explosion occurred
which put the lives of the crew in danger

and made it impossible for any further
pictures to be seen back home.

The remaining dramatic days
of the flight played themselves out

by only the faint radio voices of the crew,

the sketchy telemetry data
from the crippled spacecraft

and the reports from the media
that suddenly found itself

as blind to the events
as the rest of the world,

a world which had become bored
with TV shows from outer space.

One of the biggest stories of the year
became one with no TV pictures,

only talking heads,

all waiting to see whether or not
three human beings would survive

a voyage from the Earth to the moon.

Out of the right window now,
you can see our objective, the moon.

I'll zoom in on it
and see if this brings it in better.

We see it, 1 3.

It's beginning to look bigger to us now.

I can see quite distinctly
some of the features with the naked eye.

So far, though, the moon looks pretty Grey
with some white spots.

Roger.

OK, Houston, for the benefit
of our television viewers,

we've just about completed
our inspection of Aquarius

and now we're proceeding
back into Odyssey.

OK, Jim. We think you ought
to conclude it from there now.

Any time you want to terminate TV,
we're all set to go.

It's been a great show.

Roger.

This is the crew of Apollo 13
wishing everyone there a nice evening.

Good night.

OK, 1 3, we've got a few housekeeping
details for you to take care of.

Go ahead, Houston.

Press Center. No, I can talk.

No. Nothing.

We'd like you to roll right to 0-6-0
and null your rates.

Copy that. 0-6-0.

So, what are you doing for dinner?

And we'd like you to check
your C-4 thruster isolation valve.

OK, Jack.

Well, how about lunch?

And we've got one more item for you, 1 3.

When you get a chance,
we'd like you to stir your cryo tanks.

OK, Houston, stand by.

Yeah, we got space.

As a matter of fact,
we've got a whole lot of space.

Yeah. That's why we call
it the Space Center.

Dave, who delivers good takeout?

OK, Houston,
I believe we have a problem here.

This is Houston. Say again, please.

Houston, we've had a problem.

We've had a main B bus undervolt.

OK, 1 3. Main B undervolt.

All right, Houston. We had a pretty
large bang with the caution and warnings.

- What does that mean, a bang?
- Some kind of jolt.

They had a main B bus undervolt.

- They're losing power?
- I don't know.

- An instrumentation problem?
- It's more serious.

- Lovell said they're venting something.
- What are they venting?

They could be running out
of oxygen and electricity.

- It could have been a meteorite.
- Or a reindeer.

- You'll have to improvise.
- Why?

- I just got McAfee out of bed.
- Emmett, you're on in 90.

- I need handbooks for the lunar modules.
- The LEM's not the problem.

They'll have to go somewhere
if Odyssey loses oxygen.

- Yeah, but...
- Mr Seaborn.

You know Warren Moburg,
vice president of the news division.

I've been a great fan of yours since radio.

They're moving to the LEM.

- Get me mission rules.
- We're on it.

Julie, check the wires.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut.

Let me introduce you to Brett Hutchins
from the Chicago bureau.

It's an honour. I'm doing a piece
on the Astros, the baseball team.

He's not just a sports reporter.
Give this boy any kind of a story...

Excuse me.

Glad to see you're working
upper management.

A mole at CBS has something
about trajectory and spin.

- What about it?
- I don't know.

- Transcripts.
- One minute.

- Somebody better have notes.
- I did them.

- We don't have it, son.
- CBS is saying a possible meteorite.

- It wasn't a meteorite.
- Why not?

Larry, there are 48,700 electrical
connections in the command module alone.

- 40.
- The chances of one of them fritzing

are a lot better than
being hit by a meteorite.

Here it is, but it's totally routine.

They asked them to roll right
at 0-6-0 and null...

- Null their rates?
- Yeah, that's it.

- What else?
- Something here about C-4 thrusters.

Check C-4 thruster valve?

- Bingo!
- Coming to us in 30.

- Who are you calling?
- The ops centre.

They had trouble
with those thrusters before.

Ten cents says
something inside that ship blew up.

- There is no time.
- Larry, don't stand there.

Find out what crap
they're feeding Cronkite.

It is not known yet just what happened.

Perhaps a meteoroid or an explosion.

- Anything I can do?
- Get me the Astros-Cubs score.

- What do you think?
- I hope it wasn't a meteorite.

Those poor guys are screwed.

No one can predict these things precisely.

There appears to be less
than a 10% chance

that the crew of Apollo 1 3
will make it home alive.

Rosen's predicting they won't make it back.

I just need a yes or a no.

Can you look me in the eye
and say this came from outside the ship?

We're on in 15. What's he doing?

I don't know what he's doing.

Sorry to intrude, Emmett,
but we're on in ten.

Thank you.

You owe me a dime.

- I never took the bet.
- Is he always like this?

Emmett Seaborn is following that story.

Apollo 13 is America's 23rd manned
space flight, and tonight it appears

that no previous mission has ever posed
a greater risk to the lives of its crew.

NASA's flight controllers,
having successfully guided four missions...

Hi. It's Brett Hutchins.
Are you watching your TV?

Come on, I'd love to be out there.
Who loves baseball more than me?

I have to stay here and pitch Moburg
a piece on the astronauts' families.

I know they're on the razz.
Screw NASA. It's worth a shot, right?

OK. Great. Yeah.

As a result, the astronauts
will likely use the lunar module's engine

to send them on a slingshot course
around the moon and back to Earth.

But is the relatively tiny Aquarius
up to the task?

That, unfortunately,
is a question that no one can answer.

1 3, Houston. We're water-critical in the LEM
so we'd like to use as little as possible.

We'd like to make a free-return manoeuvre of
a 1 6-foot-per-second burn in 37 minutes.

OK. Could you give us a
little bit more time?

We're working up a pad for it. What do
you think about doing it at that time?

We'll give it a try, Houston,
if that's all we've got.

Press Center. Please hold.

They're not telling us anything.

I can't make 15 minutes.

Copy.

We've scheduled the briefing for 1 1:30.

- Is that Houston time?
- Yes.

That's 15 minutes after the final.

I'm sorry. We're doing the best we can.

- How do I get a desk?
- Good luck.

Press Center. Please hold.

- Sam.
- Not now.

- New York Times wants an exclusive.
- Tell them I'll call later.

- Hal, are the astronauts out of oxygen?
- If they were, they wouldn't be breathing.

- So, they are breathing?
- Yeah.

- Are they in spacesuits?
- Shirt sleeves.

- Excuse me.
- I have calls from Reuters and the AP.

If we don't handle this,
it will spread like kudzu.

- "Crew have suicide pills"?
- Are suicide pills in the crew rations?

- Are those the same little pills the CIA uses?
- Guys, there are no suicide pills.

I'll cover this in detail
at the press conference.

The nets want to patch into the loop.

- Cronkite wants to remote from ops.
- I'll deal with Cronkite.

Protocol is flying Jack Swigert's folks in.

We're to make sure there's no press and...

- And that.
- How did he get here?

- Through a sewer.
- They're finally making you work.

- Why are you here?
- I don't know if you heard

but I'm now the vice president's
press representative.

What are you doing here?

You haven't forgotten
Vice President Agnew's visit?

Yeah, I guess it did slip my mind.

People, we'll try to move this along
as quickly as possible

because, obviously, we have matters
to attend to in Mission Control.

I assume Deke Slayton, Chris Kraft and
Colonel James McDivitt need no introduction.

- Emmett.
- The command module

has never been powered
down in flight before.

Are you certain you can power her back up?

While it's true that we've
never done it before,

every time we've pushed the hardware,
it's done more than we thought it would.

We're confident that this is going to work.

- The astronauts' families...
- Raise your hands. Max.

Deke, any more information on what may have
caused the damage to the service module?

No. Frankly, that is still a mystery.

We probably won't know anything

until we jettison the service module
and get a good look at the thing.

With three astronauts crowded into the LEM,

isn't there a chance the CO2 levels
could get dangerously high?

That is something we are looking at.

We are studying ways to fit Odyssey's
lithium hydroxide filters into Aquarius.

- We don't have an answer yet.
- Will the families...

What about the reports that the crew
will run out of water and oxygen?

Let me answer that.

Apollo 13 is on the
non-free return trajectory

it needed to reach its target at Fra Mauro.

Our first priority is to get it
on a slingshot route

that will use the moon's gravity

to whip it around the backside
and bring them back home.

We're overdue for the happy line.

Let's give them 20.

To answer Jerry's question,

it will take four days
for the crew to get home

and we are concerned about consumables.

That's why we'll have
a second speed-up burn, a PC plus two,

two hours after the craft
has reached the far side of the moon.

It will be about 8:00 this evening.

- If the situation remains stable...
- Ignition.

...we'll have the thing under control

and return the crew safely to Earth
within three days.

- Liftoff.
- Sir!

40%.

OK, Aquarius, you're looking good.

Auto shutdown.
You're looking at 1 685 now.

You're go in the residuals.
No trim required.

No trim. Is that right?

That's affirmative. No trim required.

Hey, Emmett.

I know we scheduled that interview with
Gene tomorrow, but we'll have to postpone.

- I totally understand.
- I'll make it up to you.

When this is all over,
you'll get the first exclusive.

- That's great. I appreciate that.
- Sure.

- Can we talk about the press pool?
- Emmett, don't start that.

Hal, we understand
that you need to bring these men home.

We don't want to compromise that
but we're in the dark.

You want pool reports
from the control centre?

Mission Control's across the courtyard
100 yards from here,

where we aren't allowed to be.

Unless we know what you know when you
know it, we'll start getting paranoid.

We'll have a press pool of two,

one print, one broadcast,
rotated every two hours

in the visitors' gallery where they can
monitor the flight director's loop.

We hear everything he hears

but no taping or broadcast
of the flight controller's communications.

Damn it, Hal.
You know it's the right thing to do.

- What about the families?
- I'm sorry?

Will NASA make them available for interviews
or comments as the situation unfolds?

- Well...
- Brett Hutchins.

Well, Brett, these individuals
are private citizens.

Oh, please. "Private citizens"?

For ten years these private citizens

have availed themselves of free clothes,
free cars and junkets.

NASA paraded them like prize poodles.

Now when the going gets tough,
the tough issue a quarantine?

Interview the families
when the loved ones are safely home.

- I think we all understand that.
- I think it's important...

Like I said, it's just
not gonna be a problem.

- Appreciate that.
- Thanks, Hal.

- Mr Hutchings...
- Hutchins. Call me Brett.

- What are you doing?
- Just trying to get a story.

Look, son, these are ordinary people,
these family members, regular folks.

Who signed up to be historic figures,
courtesy of the US taxpayer.

Nobody put a gun to their head to do this.

Don't the shareholders have a right to
know the real cost of the space programme?

There are better ways
to build a relationship with NASA.

I don't want a relationship with NASA.

Well, you do your job however you do it
but keep it out of my corner.

I'm trying to get something
accomplished here.

Me too.

I'm standing in front of the house

of Commander Jim Lovell,
the astronaut who's trapped in orbit.

...brings clearance on information.

What's your name?

How do you spell it?

- Should we get this?
- The paperboy?

Why don't we just interview their dog?

This is ridiculous.

It's the paperboy.

Good work, morons.

Give me a couple of minutes.

Hi, I'm Brett Hutchins.

- Are you one of the reporters?
- Yeah. I...

- My mom told me not to talk to reporters.
- That's fine. I was...

I'm in a bind and I wanted to know
if I can use your telephone.

- My mom said to keep the reporters away.
- Of course. That's good.

I wouldn't want you to disobey your mom.

But I'll be real fast.
I'll be on and off, you know.

Like a jackrabbit.

What's your name?

Doris.

Doris?

That's my mother's name.

At the Lovell household,
the vigil continues,

each passing moment
bringing new hope and new terrors.

A mother comforting a young son,

pointing the path
of his father's prayed-for return.

- Stop. Did you shoot this from a tree?
- How did you know?

How do we know they're not pointing
at the clouds saying, "I see a horsey"?

- It's obvious.
- If you read lips.

This is brilliant reporting.

- This is reporting?
- Yes.

Houston, we're burning 40%.

Houston, copy.

100%.

Roger, Aquarius, you're looking good.

Aquarius, you were looking good
at two minutes and still looking good.

Roger.

Don't forget descent rate one off.
Ten seconds to go.

This is Apollo Control
at 79 hours, 28 minutes.

- The crew of Apollo 13 is currently...
- Roger. Shutdown.

Are you reading our 1 640, Houston?

We're reading it. Good burn, Aquarius.

What's happening here?

History.

Roger. Now we want to power down
as soon as possible.

Roger. Understand.

Suggest you just read off
the circuit breakers

if you want us to power down,
as you did yesterday.

We have a procedure ready to send up
to you here in about two minutes.

Let us know when you're
all ready to take it.

OK.

Mr Seaborn?

Just going to the head, son.

I'm sorry, sir.
You can't leave the area without an escort.

If you can, just wait till the next shift.

Are you telling me
I gotta wait an hour to take a piss?

No, of course not.

Well, thanks.

You look as bad as I feel.

Let's not do this again sometime soon, huh?

Paul.

Don't ask.

People keep forgetting
how cold it is up there.

It's hard to think straight
when it's that cold.

Let's talk about the nuke problem.

How do you know about the?

First of all, I would not characterize it
a nuke problem.

All I know is the LEM's got
a nuclear reactor on board.

Technically, but it's got less
than eight pounds of plutonium.

It's the battery
for the lunar surface experiments.

- Instead of leaving it on the moon...
- It's flying home to mama.

The boys at the Atomic Energy Commission
are going apeshit.

Is that what you're saying?

Apparently the AEC doesn't think
it makes for good public relations

to bring home radioactive material.

Look, this battery is encased
to survive a collision

or explosion without
contaminating anything.

As long as it doesn't
bonk somebody on the head.

Are you gonna quote me?

For Christ's sake, give me a little credit.
What's the plan?

The plan is to throw a wrinkle
into a mission

that's already got
1 1,000 too many wrinkles in it.

It's like, "Forget about the astronauts,
we got politics to worry about."

What I'm asking you is
what do they want you to do about it?

We want to adjust the trajectory
so we can dump the sucker

in the deepest trench in the Pacific.

As if we don't have enough to worry about.

Emmett says he's got a major break.
Nuclear radiation and a trench in the LEM.

- He thinks New York should cut in.
- Your call.

Emmett. Yeah, I know.

Maybe we should save this for the six.

I'll talk to you later.

- Aquarius, is the noise any better now?
- Negative.

How do you read us now?

We still have noise. I'll
tell you what we need.

Get the right procedures here
before we get all balled up.

OK, Jim, we'll look at it some more.

Freddo, I'm afraid this will be
the last moon mission for a long time.

Do you agree with Commander Lovell's
assessment

that this will be our
last flight to the moon?

I'm sure we've all been in situations
where we've found ourselves under pressure

and we make a comment that we might have
phrased differently under other circumstances.

Having said that, there are a lot of
questions that we need answers to...

Didn't Agnew cancel his visit?

So what's he doing here?

- Emmett's story about the AEC...
- Your exclusive.

- Deep background, of course.
- OK, shoot.

This administration is urging NASA

to develop an unmanned probe to Neptune.

A probe to Neptune?

Find some room in today's story for that.

We have these three guys who may
wind up orbiting Neptune themselves,

so column inches are a little tight,
but I'll keep you in mind.

Your loss.

Mr Craig? Hi. Brett Hutchins.

I enjoyed your piece on the Lovell family.

Good to hear it.

I understand you're looking to plant
a story about a probe to Neptune.

As a matter of fact, I am.

I know a way I can make
it worth your while.

- Mrs Swigert. Dr Swigert.
- Yes.

- And you're?
- Jeff Jordy.

From NASA Office of Protocol.
Welcome to Houston.

I'm sorry about the circumstances.
I hope you had a pleasant flight.

I just hope we didn't miss them. Come on!

- Just go! Excuse us! Let's go!
- I can't go.

There are the Swigerts right now.
Come on! Go! Go!

Thank you, Stanley Craig.

Hi, Dr and Mrs Swigert.
Brett Hutchins, NTC. How do you do?

Get in OK?

Administration officials say
they remain committed to space exploration.

This aired just after the press conference.

...to endorse an unmanned mission
to Neptune sometime in the near future.

Why is Brett Hutchins shilling
for Stanley Craig?

Sam, Jeff Jordy for you on line two.

Thanks, Cheryl.

Langfitt.

Oh, no. Hold on.

Guess who ambushed
Jack Swigert's folks at the airport.

At Mission Control, I'm Brett Hutchins.

I know Jack's doing what he loves most

and I know he's in the best of hands.
God's hands.

Don't you think
they've been through enough?

- Get him out of there.
- He gives it drama.

Lose it, please. Come on.

Brett, they want you on
remote in 23 minutes.

Yes. OK.

We're leaving. Now.

I can finish this. Trust me. Go ahead.

Edit three. Hold on.

It's Emmett Seaborn for you.

He's not here. Right.

There's a story that remains untold,

of the excruciating toll on the families
of these three brave men.

Thank you. The untold story
of the excruciating toll on the families...

This afternoon I had an exclusive interview
with the parents of Jack Swigert.

They're coming to us in 90.

There's a story that remains untold.

This afternoon I had an exclusive interview
with the parents of Jack Swigert.

- Sarah.
- How's my level?

- I need a favour, son.
- We're on in 60.

I need you to pull this story.

Excuse me?

- We're both in this for the long haul.
- What's going on?

Hell if I know.

- What are you talking about?
- Son, you don't want to burn bridges.

Thank you for the advice, but...

To ambush a defenceless old couple like that
is beneath the dignity of our profession.

I'd love to debate ethics in journalism
but I have a job to do.

We're on top of it.

Get him out of there.

Tell Larry we're pulling
the Swigerts footage.

- What?
- What?

- We're just gonna rewrite your lead.
- Damn it!

I'm just trying to help you, son.

- Nobody wants to see a mother in pain.
- They do if it's news!

That's not news! It's invasion of privacy!

America wants to know
about PC burns and thermal rolls?

That's not news, man! That is Sominex!

Now, please, leave me alone
and just let me do my job, OK? Please.

Ten...

Five, four,

three, two...

A few hundred yards from
where I'm standing,

over 1,000 journalists from 83 countries
are monitoring every beat and tick

of this star-crossed mission.

But the untold story remains,
the excruciating toll

the last few days have had on the families
of these three very brave men.

I believe in the space programme.

I believe it's worthy.

I believe this country needs heroes.

But I think it's not just the astronauts,

it's all the men at NASA.

They're all heroes.

And I know that Jack would...

That's a great piece of film.

It's been said that Apollo represents the
greatest engineering achievement in history.

This, we're told,
is the pride of our civilization,

- the triumph of technology over nature.
- Hit us while we're down, huh?

But Apollo 13 teaches us

that the price of technology
is measured not in dollars

but in a mother's love for her son.

At Mission Control, I'm Brett Hutchins.

Kid can't even write in English,
for God's sake. Listen to this -

"The price of technology
is measured not in dollars

"but in a mother's love for her son."

If he keeps this up, they'll shut us out.

- In ten.
- I gotta go.

From our Houston bureau where
Emmett Seaborn is following that story.

The astronauts of Apollo 13
face new uncertainties

as they prepare for tomorrow's
descent through the Earth's atmosphere.

The first big test will come early tomorrow
when the crew brings the electrical systems...

- What do I say to him?
- Just tell him it's the assignment.

- I don't think it's gonna wash.
- Don't worry about it.

...have survived their power-saving slumber
of the past three days.

- When do you think we'll know that?
- We should know that in a few hours.

Thanks, Emmett.

- And we're clear.
- And we're out.

Emmett, New York would like you
to stay in the studio tomorrow.

- Here?
- Yeah.

They think it would be better if you stayed

and if Brett or somebody fed the descent
reports in to you from Mission Control.

Feeds them to me? Who's on air?

- You both are, but...
- Then he feeds them to New York.

That's where the show originates, Larry.

What am I doing?

Providing perspective.

You could take it up with New York.

I shouldn't have to beg.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead.

OK, here's the big story.

Your attitude looks good except in rolls,
so we'd like you to do the following.

In minimal impulse pings,
we'd like you to trim to zero pitch,

which is about where you are now,

to 008 degrees in roll,

which is about 1 6 degrees
from your present roll attitude,

and to zero degrees in yaw,
which is about where you are now.

We'd like you to do the body-access
align 400 plus 5-400...

Could you help me? I'm not sure...

- How does that sound? Over.
- Are you saying I'm rolled the wrong way?

That's right, Jim. I'm sorry.

Apollo 1 3 is 45,000 miles from Earth

and moving at 7,000 miles an hour,
its course now adjusted,

so we should see it land in the Pacific
some five hours from now.

The helicopter carrier lwo Jima
is on station there.

The weather, which has been
on again-off again is now on again.

Some of the spacecraft's
most critical moments are approaching.

In about 20 minutes, at 7:23 Houston time,

the astronauts will jettison
their crippled service module.

At 1 0:53 they will cast
off the lunar lander

that has been their lifeboat ever since
the power failed on the main ship

some 82 hours ago.

What we don't know in the final hours
of this extraordinary mission

is how the damaged spacecraft
will stand up to the trauma

of re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

How do we tell
whether the heat shield's damaged?

Drop it through the atmosphere
and see if they survive.

Were Odyssey's heat shields
damaged by the explosion?

Will the pyrotechnics that deploy
the parachutes needed to slow the capsule

from a fatal 300 miles an hour to a gentle
20 for splashdown function properly?

We're getting word from Brett Hutchins that
they are about to jettison the service module.

- Yes, Howard. That procedure...
- Let's go to Brett, get it from the source.

Thank you.

In just a few minutes, the astronauts
aboard the crippled Apollo 13

will jettison their service module,

which was mysteriously damaged
two days into the mission,

forcing them to abandon all hopes
of a lunar landing.

The crew may get a view
of the damaged service module

to determine what may have caused
the malfunction.

- Are we icing Brett Hutchins?
- You bet.

Don't.

We have rules.
We can't reward someone for breaking them.

We can't afford to alienate a network.

This is Apollo Control Houston

at 1 40 hours, 15 minutes into the mission.

Apollo 13 presently
34,350 nautical miles out from the Earth,

travelling at a speed of
12,846 miles per hour.

Meanwhile, in the Mission Control
viewing room, the crowd is increasing.

Already here are
Senator Phil Hart of Michigan,

Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Science and Technology,

George Miller,
Chairman of the House Space Committee...

For the press conference the senator
will make the opening statement.

The congressman's been more closely
identified with the programme.

- You have absolutely no shame, Fred.
- Gentlemen.

Sorry, boys. Administrator Paine
should make the opening...

Gentlemen.

If they don't make it through re-entry,
who wants to go first?

OK, Houston.
Do we have a go for pyro arm?

Stand by for a go on pyro arm
and LEM jettison.

The astronauts are about to jettison
the lifeboat that has served them so well.

Are there any dangers in this manoeuvre?

This is a moment of suspense
for the astronauts,

their families and everyone
on the ground at Mission Control.

Just answer the goddamn question!

...thrusters to back
them away from the LEM.

They've wanted to hold on to their LEM
lifeboat for as long as possible.

The SCC's logic is on.

Just copied that.

You are go for pyro arm,
go for LEM jettison.

Real fine. Ten seconds.

Five.

- LEM jettisoned.
- OK, that was the LEM.

- At 1 41:30 ground elapsed time.
- Copy that. Farewell, Aquarius...

10:43am. Yeah.

"Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you."
Yeah.

This is Apollo Control at 1 42 hours,
30 minutes.

Apollo 13 is presently
6,000 miles from Earth,

travelling at a speed of
25,000 miles per hour.

Re-entry expected to begin in ten minutes.

In four minutes,

the leading edge of the command module
will bite into the atmosphere.

And, as the accelerating ship
encounters the thickening air,

friction will begin to build,

generating temperatures of 4,000 degrees
across the face of the heat shield.

If this energy generated by the infernal
descent were converted to electricity,

it would equal 86,000 kilowatt hours,

enough to light up the city of Los Angeles
for a minute and a half.

If it were converted to kinetic energy,

it could lift every man, woman and child
ten inches off the ground.

For the craft, it will have but one effect.

As temperatures rise, a dense cloud
of ionized gas will surround the ship,

reducing communication to a hash
of static for about three minutes.

If radio contact is restored
at the end of this time,

controllers will know
that the heat shield is intact

and the spacecraft did survive.

If not, they will know
that the crew was consumed in flames.

Odyssey, Houston.
We just had one last time around the room

and everybody says you're looking great.

I know all of us want to thank
all you guys down there

for the very fine job you did.

That's the nicest thing
anybody's ever said.

LOS in about a minute
or a minute and a half.

In entry attitude, we'd like Omni Charlie.
And welcome home.

Thank you.

Apollo 13 is re-entering the atmosphere.

We are awaiting reacquisition of signal
in approximately three minutes.

Odyssey, Houston. Standing by. Over.

Odyssey, Houston. Standing by. Over.

Odyssey, Houston. Standing by. Over.

Odyssey, Houston. Standing by.

- OK, Joe.
- OK, we read you, Jack.

We're looking at the weather on TV.
It looks just as advertised, real good.

A remarkable end to a four-day ordeal
as the astronauts streak homeward...

We still have to wait for the drogue chutes
and the main parachutes.

They could have been damaged
by exposure to low temperatures

when the heating elements
were powered down.

I guess it's not over till it's over.

The Soviets learned that
almost three years ago

when the parachute of their Soyuz 1 capsule
failed to open

and cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov
was killed on impact.

Jesus. Anything make him happy?

He's just filling air.

We've got a couple of good drogues.

There go the mains.

Emmett, it looks good from here.
What do you think?

I think it's the most beautiful thing
I've ever seen.

Houston, this is Odyssey.

We're in stable one, the ship is secure

and our buoyancy's holding.

What did we learn?

Perhaps the limits of technology,

at least when it comes
to protecting us from our own hubris.

But those are issues for another day.

What matters now is that three great men

are safely aboard the USS lwo Jima

and steaming for home.

In Houston, this is Emmett Seaborn.

- Thank you, Emmett.
- We're clear.

I'm getting too old for this.

- Good job, Emmett.
- Thanks.

Emmett, that was a hell of a job.
Could we talk...

I've been promised the first
post-mission interview with Gene Kranz.

If I was at Mission
Control instead of here,

I'd be doing it right now
instead of a half hour from now.

You get it?

I get it, all right.

- Where the hell were you?
- At our downtown spa.

- Mr Seaborn.
- Where is he?

- Who?
- Gene to me, Mr Kranz to you.

- We're setting up in a VIP room...
- OK. Let's go.

Mr Seaborn...

Sorry.

Hey, Emmett. You getting
too big for me now?

- Congratulations, Gene. Hell of a job.
- Thank you, sir.

Emmett, what are you doing here?

Yeah, they told me
you were staying downtown.

Who told you that, Hal?

Heck, you're here.
Why not let the A team take over?

Mr Kranz.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Look, Emmett, if it's a problem,
you can do the interview.

I don't mind.

No. No, it's OK.

I...

I got work to do.