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[ELECTRONICS BEEPING]

Network, Flight.

Go, Flight.

MAN: They're now beginning
to pressurize the tanks.

Pressurize all of the tanks
in all three stages

with gaseous helium.

As the pressurization
builds up,

it's being monitored.

Here in the control center,

our status board is still
indicating all is well.

Network, Flight.

Are you configured
for the terminal count?

Roger, Flight.
We are go.

Okay. Let's check
the status

for terminal count,
Rooster?

Go, Flight.

Retro?
Fido?

We are go.
Go.

GMC?

Go, Flight.

E-COM?
Affirmative,
Flight.

F-COM?
Go, all the way.

Sony Panel Three,
tape recorder forward.

Switch to forward.
Verify gray bar.

Roger, we have
a gray flag.

DMC is running,
Flight.

Roger, in automatic sequence,
start on my mark...

Mark.

All right, Jim.

Standby your panel
325 function.

Roger.

Fuel pre-pressure
initiated.

Roger, Fuel. This one's
going to light on your toes.

PCS bypass on.

Glycol radiator
full to bypass.

Full to bypass.

Internal cooling,
Flight.

This is launch control.

The second stage fuel tank
is pressurized,

and the third stage
liquid oxygen tank

pressurizing at this time.

Ironman One,
this is Flight,

how do you read?

Loud and clear, Dick.

All right,

CMP on panel two.
Verify program two.

We're a go, Flight.

Roger.

Flight recorder
to record.

GDC, align.

GDC, align.

All recorders
to flight speed.

Network, Flight,
all okay with you?

That's affirmed,
Flight.

RTC, everybody
configured for commands?

That's affirmative.

Internal power
and go, Flight.

You got
the transfer, huh?

That's affirmed.

Ironman One, standby
for the 10-second count.

Roger, Ted.

Ten, nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four...

[IGNITION EXPLOSION]

Flight, safety is
green downrange.

Roger, green safety.

Booster okay.

Go, Flight.

Everything okay?

Affirmed.

GNC?
Go, Flight.

E-COM?

Flight,
we're a go.

Roger.

DX manual.

Standby for
mode one Charlie.

Mark,
mode one Charlie.

Mode one Charlie.

Rooster,
I need your status

for staging.

The tower
has jettisoned.

Trajectory
and guidance are go.

Roger, trajectory
and guidance are go.

[METAL CREAKING]

Spacecraft
systems are go.

Spacecraft systems
are go.

All spacecraft
systems are go.

No mistaking.

We have CECO.

Roger, CECO.

Hey, it looks like
a fine day down there.

I can see all the way
from Gibraltar to Greece.

We're coming up
on the terminator,

should be into
our first sunset

in a couple
of minutes.

Loss of signal
with Canary.

Roger, LOS.

Okay time to activate
TV transmission.

We remote
to Houston

through
Araya Buzz.

Araya One,
this is Ironman,

how do you copy,
over?

Ironman One,
Araya.

I read you loud
and clear, copy.

I read you
the same.

On my mark,

TV transmission
from camera A.

Mark.

Smile!

How are you
getting this?

A little snowy,
Ironman,

a little snowy.

Clearing up now.

Clear now.
Good picture.

Well, say
something, Ted.

Are we beautiful?

Ironman, this
is Houston.

See you real good,
all three of you.

How about the other
camera, Jim?

Camera B coming on.

Mark.

You should be
getting me now.

Here's Buzz...

Here's Stoney...

How's it look?

Sharp and clear.

How are you
for docking with the lab?

Docking is
still planned

for the second orbit
as advertised.

Roger. We have an update
on your initial phase
maneuver.

Delta V, 249
at .3 feet per second.

This is mission control,
Houston,

at 22 minutes into the flight
of Ironman One.

After a brief 20-minute flight
across the Atlantic,

the spacecraft is now crossing
the Mediterranean.

Now we begin to look at
the business
of the flight plan

which shows a rendezvous
and docking

with the Saturn 4B
orbital laboratory.

Buzz, what's our
closing rate?

Closing rate,
50 feet per second.

Roger.

Let me know
when we have 25.

Roger.

[THUDDING]

This is mission control,
Houston.

Commander Pruett has reported
completion of docking
the Apollo

at the S-4B laboratory.

After completing
some systems checks,

the crew will transfer
into the lab

in which they will live and
work for the next
seven months.

This will be a test
of the spacecraft,
the systems,

and most of all the men

in preparation

for interplanetary
deep-space missions

which are now being planned.

During this entire period,

the astronauts will cover
their activities

with TV cameras,

which will be tape-recorded
here on Earth

for study and evaluation.

Well, it's not too bad.

We could use
a couple of windows, though.

I think we're
missing the view.

What's first, Buzz?

Extra-vehicular
activities

in the S-509
maneuvering unit.

You take it out.

Stoney, you handle
the camera.

Watch it, Stoney.

Try a little aerobatics here.

Here goes.

Buzz, how about some work?

Yeah, right.

[SIGHS]

I'm coming right down.

Okay, Buzz,
micrometeorite experiment.

Uh, say again, Stoney.

Micrometeorite.

Roger, micrometeorite.

This material was obtained

during their first week
in space.

I'm presenting it
as a point of reference.

Here's Pruett,

Lloyd,

Stone.

We got this
day before yesterday.

It demonstrates
a serious decline

in the ability to perform
even simple manual tasks.

Just over five months
of the mission

have been completed
satisfactorily.

We wonder if it remains
desirable to continue

for the full seven months
originally planned.

What are your parameters,
Courtney?

EKG, rate and rhythm.

EEG, brain.

He's not sleeping.

The trend shows
definite fatigue.

Is he still
losing weight?

Down 16 pounds.

The quality of the solar
spectral film's
been very poor.

Well, you're not going to see
any more.

Why not?

Take a look at this.

Tired and he's
making mistakes.

You want to try living
in a tin can for five months?

What else?

We got this
yesterday.

Some, uh, further
degradations
to our CS system.

We've lost a backup
coolant loop

in the oil thruster.

Um...

Oh, yeah, uh,
the washing machine is out.

I was doing some preventative
maintenance on it,

and I guess I shorted it out.

I also discovered some
computation errors

in the telescope
settings.

I guess that would account
for the poor quality

in the, uh, solar
spectral pictures.

Um...

I, uh...

I've, uh, I've fixed
the, uh, razor, hmm.

[RAZOR BUZZING]

So, uh, we can go back
to shaving again now,

and, um...

and I'm sleeping better.

I guess we're all getting
our second wind,

and if the hardware holds up,

I guess we can make it
right to the end.

I know I can.

I think they've done
a hell of a job.

Bring them down.

Yes, sir.

Mrs. Wheeler, get everyone
on the net in mission control.

This is mission control,
Houston.

The crew of Ironman One

has closed down
the S-4B space laboratory

in which they have worked,
lived, slept and eaten

for the last five months.

Their Apollo spacecraft
has separated from the lab,

and at this time,

the automatic sequence
of retrofire is
about to begin.

Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five, four,

three, two, one,

retrofire.

The spacecraft should be
starting its descent

across Australia

towards the splash
point in the Pacific

some 400 miles south
of Midway Island.

They are waiting now
for confirmation of retrofire.

Standing by for contact.

Ironman One, Ironman One,

this is Houston CapCom,
do you read?

Ironman One,
Ironman One,

this is Houston CapCom,
do you read?

After five months in orbit,

a mission that has been termed
a successful prelude

to the long-term space voyages

that some day
will be normal and routine,

astronauts Jim Pruett,
Buzz Lloyd, and Clayton Stone

should be on their fiery way
home to the good Earth.

Ironman One,
Ironman One,

this is Houston
CapCom,

do you read?

Ironman One, Ironman One,

this is Houston CapCom,
do you read?

Ironman One, Ironman One,
this is Houston CapCom
on UHF.

Do you read?

Ironman One, Ironman One,
this is Houston CapCom
on UHF.

Do you read?

Ironman One, Ironman One,

this is Houston
CapCom on S-band.

Do you read?

Go ahead, Houston.

Hey, you old bum.
How's the run?

We have negative retrofire.

Say again, Ironman.

Negative, no burn.

Bailey, kill it.

Ironman, wait one.

What's wrong, Dick?

Don't know.

E-COM, GNC,
how does the data look?

A minute and 20 seconds
past retrofire.

Ironman, Flight.

Would you check your
pyro circuit breakers

and also your
Delta V thrust

manual A and B
switches?

Roger.

Glenn, would you
punch up channel six?

All parameters
are normal.

Then why in the hell
doesn't it fire?

Housto Ironman.

Go, Ironman.

Circuit breakers
are closed,

SPS switch is on.

Delta V strut

manual A and B
switches are on.

Thank you, Ironman.

We're affirming
a new target.

Suggest you try manual
re-entry on your next pass.

Roger, understand
manual re-entry

using RCS backup system.

Negative, Jim.
Negative.

We suggest you use
the primary system.

Jim, we just told them

the thing
didn't work.

Houston, we prefer using
the backup thrusters.

I'm afraid you don't have
any backup thrusters.

Say again?

You've fallen too low
in RCS fuel, Jim.

Now, what about
the lab?

There's oxygen
in the lab.

Houston, do we have
enough fuel

to re-dock
with the lab?

Negative, Ironman.
Negative.

Well, what do
you propose, Ted?

You have insufficient
RCS fuel.

You're going to have
to try retrofire

with your
primary engine.

Smart boys think

your automatic control
system is out,

but you'll be able
to get ignition

from your primary engine
on manual command.

In other words,
kick the box, Jimmy.

Do you copy, Ironman?

Yeah, copy.

Mr. Keith, BAO.

Yeah, no announcement.

I think we should say
something, sir.

We've been off the air
now for almo--

All right.

Just keep it trivial.
Keep it routine.

We may not have a problem.
Yes, sir.

This is mission control,
Houston.

We have received word
from Ironman One

of a malfunctioning switch

that has prevented retrofire
on their last orbit.

We shall bypass
the switch,

and at the end
of their next orbit,

we shall try
manual retrofire.

This is Canon
in Houston.

Yeah, Canon?

Well, unfreeze
the dead, will you?

Hold on a second.

Are you ready now?

Go ahead.

Primary engine
did not fire

on first pass.

The secondary
thrusters are out.

Repeat, out.
Uh-oh.

And if that big baby
doesn't fire this time,

they're not coming back.

Gimbal motors, pitch two
and yaw two start, on.

Pitch two and yaw
two start, on.

One minute to burn.

One minute
to burn. Roger.

Translation
to hand controller, neutral.

Hand controller neutral.

Hand controller
power, both.

On.

Direct RCS, on.

Direct RCS.

Delta V thrust,
A and B normal.

A and B normal.

30 seconds to burn.

30 seconds. Roger

Hand controller's
armed.

Hand controller armed.

Hand controller's
are armed.

EMS Delta V, auto.

Delta V, auto.

15 seconds to burn.

Roger, 15 seconds.

Acknowledge.

All right, you bastard, fire.
Fire! Fire!

Ten, nine, eight,
seven, six,

five, four, three,

two, one, retrofire.

Direct
Delta V switch.

Ironma this is Houston.

Ironman, this is Houston,
do you read?

Go, Houston.

Do you affirm retrofire?

Negative.

Say again.

I said, we had negative
retrofire.

Ironma this is Keith,

do you get any indications
from your event lights?

Boss, we got
a little light here

that says
we have retrofired.

It's green.

We're going to decorate it
for Christmas.

All right, Ironman,
we're going to work on it.

Roger.
Cabin pressurization on.

Jim, we'll be back
in a couple of hours.

Why don't you get out
of your hot suits.

Roger.

See you later.

We'll be here.

I want a complete tape
dump from all sites.

I want it
played back here,

and I want it
in strip charts.

Call Sacco, tell him to put
an engine in the simulator.

Feed it all the TM we've got

and see what it takes
to keep it from firing.

Hard copies of everything
and an oxygen projection.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Keith?

Forgot all about them.

Ted, will you get them
out of here?

Ben, take this.

Right.

No retrofire.

They're still
up there.

It'll take
a little time

to psych out
the engine.

Well, I guess it's
time to go home

and light the fires
and mind the kids.

Do you need
a lift?

Did you
talk to them?

Yeah.

They're fine.

For how long?

Well, we'll be in touch,
Mrs. Stone.

I thank you,
but I--

I'd also like to know
what's happening.

Teresa, Celia and I

have been in this
business 10 years.

We learned that
the best thing is

for us girls to
keep our feelings

to ourselves

and let the men get
on with their jobs.

Right, Celia?

Wrong, Betty.

It's been 15 years.

Morning, ladies
and gentlemen.

Morning!

Sorry that I've
kept you waiting.

Dr. Keith, are you--
Mr. Keith.

Are you on your way
to Washington?
No.

Spoken to
the White House yet?
No.

[ALL SHOUTING AT ONCE]

Thank you. Tell me, sir,
who's responsible

for withholding
the news?

Oh, I'm the responsible
officer.

Do you have a statement,
Mr. Keith?

No, but I would like to say
that approximately
15,000 people

are trying to isolate
and correct this malfunction.

Every resource of the NASA
and our industrial contractors

is being used to the fullest.

[ALL SHOUTING QUESTIONS]

Mr. Canon. Mr. Canon.

Let me
get this straight,

the spacecraft is still
in orbit, right?

Yes.

Going around the world
every 94 minutes,
is that right?

That's right,
Mr. Canon.

How much oxygen does the crew
have for life support?

Oh, they're in no
immediate danger.

There's a rumor
the men are already dead.

Not true.

[SHOUTING QUESTIONS]

Mr. Henry. Mr. Henry.

What happens if you can't
get the engine to retrofire?

We're prepared for every
contingency, Mr. Henry.

[SHOUTING QUESTIONS]

What happens if you can't
get the engine to fire?

Does the spacecraft
continue circling

around the Earth

until orbital decay
slows it down sufficiently

for it to re-enter
the atmosphere?

If so, does the spacecraft
and everything in it

get burnt to a crisp?

Is that right?

Well, what's your point?

How long before that happens,
five years?

Seven years.

Have you given up hope,
Mr. Keith?

Certainly not, Mr. Canon.
Why should I?

If you'll excuse
me now, please.

[SHOUTING QUESTIONS]

Strawberry cereal cubes.

Soup, corn, cream.

Jim, why are we just
lying here waiting, huh?

For Ground to analyze
the entire telemetry.

So some smart-ass
engineer

can tell us
we're out of luck?

Why not go EVA?

We'll check the engine
ourselves.

Maybe one of
the fuel valves is frozen.

No, Ground could tell that.

Maybe we took a meteor strike.

Maybe something
hung up on separation.

Buzz, relax.

Eat your chicken
while it's hot.

What are you
looking at, Stoney?

A disturbance

in the intertropical
conversion zone.

Somebody's going to have
a hurricane.

Where's the center,
Stoney?

Well, it's just
northeast of Cuba.

Yeah, nice thick clouds,
good east-west slope.

Looks like clouding
circulation's

just beginning.

Yeah, she's going
to be a big beast.

Alma, first
of the season.

Houston,
this is Simulator.

We have on the stand
SPS engine unit H37

modified block four.

This unit is an exact
one-to-one duplicate

of the primary equipment
i Ironman One.

We've analyzed
the engine telemetry,

and we're attempting to
construct a configuration

which will reproduce
the conditions

that prevented
ignition.

Three, two, one.

Firing the engine.

I say, apparently
we have failed

to prevent ignition,

but we'll keep
working on it.

All right, the president's
waiting for our
recommendations.

One, a statement
to be issued

at the conclusion
of this meeting--

"Every effort is being made
to discover and correct

"the spacecraft
malfunction

"in accordance
with contingency plans

designed to meet
such emergencies."

Two, a report to be
issued Tuesday morning

by the director of
manned space flight

emphasizing
the high degree

of safety
and success

in the program
thus far.

The accident will be compared
to the failure

of an experimental aircraft.

It'll be noted

that in the development
of such aircraft,

a 10-percent
pilot loss

is considered
acceptable.

Now, Wednesday morning,
if necessary,

the president will issue
an appropriate message

to the nation,

emphasizing the courage
and determination of the crew

and their final wish,

that the program
be continued without pause.

Discussion?

Yeah, I have something.

I want to talk about
a rescue mission.

I'm speaking for the pilots
and some
of the Air Force boys.

We propose launching
a rescue craft

using one of their boosters.

Rendezvous
with Ironman,

transfer crew,
and return to Earth.

Dougherty, you haven't
been listening.

Courtney, will you repeat
that trend data

on oxygen consumption
in the spacecraft?

As of now,

they're going to live
another 42 hours,

plus or minus
two percent.

Now, that takes us up
to 10:30 Monday night.

There's a launch window
for a shot

at 8:48 Monday night.

Nothing to put in that window.

An Air Force Titan
3C Core

left Denver for the Cape
one hour ago.

Oh, actually, it was
already in the pipe,

and also the XRV
lifting body

from Edwards.

Can you get the Titan
and an XRV on the pad

ready to go
in 42 hours?

Some of our boys
think they could.

A non-man-rated booster

and a craft
that's never flown.

Oh, it'll fly,
all right,

and Dougherty here has
all the qualifications.

Proposal is rejected.
Anything else?

Yeah, what do I
tell the pilots?

Tell them that the request
is outside the area

of their competence.

We've got three men
up there dying.

They're professionals.

If they were here now,

they'd say,
"Take what you've learned,

and get on with
the next mission."

I don't give a damn
about the next mission!

Dougherty, there's no room
in this program

for a chief astronaut
who cannot look
at the whole picture.

Then you fire me.

You want to launch
a rescue mission in 42 hours.

All right.

One, assemble and check out
booster stage one,

stage two and trans stage.

How long, colonel,
on past performance?

Well, on past performance,
12 days,

but if we were--

12 days.

Two, build up and strap on
solid fuel stacks.

Four days, but we can--

Four days...

and check out launch weather
for Monday night.

There's a hurricane out there.

600 miles off the coast
and headed out to sea.

Well, you're in luck.

Three, make the vehicle
to the bird

and check out configuration.

How long, colonel?

Bob?

Well, we haven't
any accurate way

to determine
the minimum time--

Couldn't
do it under...

five days.

Four, compute navigation
and guidance tapes

for first apogee rendezvous,
10 days.

Program computers...
three weeks.

We'll go without a computer.
We'll go without a checkup.

And crew training in a craft
which has not been man-rated,

which cannot be flown
by one pilot

and which has not
been modified

to hold four men.

How about that one?

They'll do it
in 42 hours.

While you're assembling
your rescue ship

in 42 hours
and spending--

Well, how much would
that cost, Fisher?

50 million.

So what?

Plus how many deaths?

Jimmy?

In a program
of this magnitude

in which all nominal
safety factors

are disregarded,

I calculate .02 percent
of the workforce--

Just how in the hell
do you know

how many people
are going to die?

You think we haven't
considered rescue?

Here it is.

Rescue and every other
contingency

reduced to digitals
and computerized.

You helped to write it.

A rational approach.

Well, screw
your rational approach.

Three of your pilots
are in trouble,

and if you don't try
to get them down,

well, God damn you!

Well, you have feelings.
Good. I have feelings.

That's why we live
by the rules.

Wheeler...

Courtney...

Fisher...

Klein...

Degrote...

Those men up there
are your friends.

Can you launch
a rescue mission in 42 hours?

[TELEPHONE BUZZER]

Yeah, all right.

Are you ready to talk
to him now?

We're ready at this end.

The president
will take your call

at 7:00 our time.

Very good.

The president will take
the call at 7:00 his time.

That leaves us
an hour and 15 minutes.

[SIRENS WAILING]

License,
please--

Yeah, look, officer,
I'm a government official.

I'm in a hell
of a big hurry.

I can see that.

Here's security,
Q clearance, top secret.

You've got a lot on
your mind, all right.

That's how
it happens.

You forget where
you are, and wham.

Look, I've got to get
to a telephone.

Would you shut off
your engine, please?

Officer, I'm Charles Keith,
head of Manned Space.

I know who you are.

BSG-2896553,
another code three,

Charles Raymond Keith.

You have no
brake lights,

your license
is expired...

You may be able
to get to the moon,

but, mister, you're
a menace on the highway.

Are you
Charles Raymond Keith?

Yes!

Somebody named Olympus
wants to talk to you.

Can you patch me
into command network,

Baker to Olympus?

Keith,
where are you?

Mr. President, I have
a sort of a problem here.

What do you have
for me?

Well, we're analyzing
the engine telemetry.

We've got one
of our contractors

running a similar engine
in a failure mode,

and we're running down
the history

of every piece of hardware
in the spacecraft.

What else
can you do

besides what
you're doing?

I don't think
there's anything else.

Have you fellows
considered rescue?

Yes, we've discussed it,
of course.

What do you think?

Well, sir, it's a very,
very remote possibility.

Charles, can I talk
to you as a friend?

Well, yes, sir,
of course.

You're right,

and for the right
reasons,

but if we do it
your way,

200 million people

are going to start
raising hell.

Well, Mr. President,
it's not my way.

There is data,

and there are certain facts
that we have to deal with.

Charles, just put away
your slide rule

for a minute
and listen.

There's more going on
here than logic.

A large part of the world
is watching us

and what we do about
rescuing these men.

Just to say that we've
looked in the book

and there's
nothing we can do

is going
to be disaster

for me, for you,
and for your program,

so we're going to have
to take a crack at it

with the very best
we've got.

Now, what do you
say, Charles?

Mr. President...

it'll be a dangerous gamble,
but we'll go if you say so.

Charles,
you let me know

how you're doing
and what you need.

Whatever you want,
you've got it.

Sources have
confirmed tonight

that the SPS engine
failed to fire,

leaving America's
three astronauts
still in orbit

some 285 miles
above the Earth,

circling the globe
every 94 minutes.

At this time,

they are approaching
the West coast of Africa.

No word has been issued

as to the cause
of the malfunction

beyond the statement
that was made by Dr. Keith

at the news conference
held this morning in--

[CLICKS RADIO ON AND OFF]

--that contingency plans
have been developed

to meet every
conceivable emergency.

It has been
reliably reported

from mission control
in Houston

that the three
astronauts are--

[CLICKS RADIO OFF]

Okay, Buzz, you're right.

To hell with waiting

for a bunch of
slide-rule jockeys.

We used to fix
the airplanes we flew

with paper clips.

Let's get into our hard suits
and fix this bird.

Okay, Jimmy.

You watch the store,
will you, Stoney?

Yeah, go.

Ironman One, this
is Houston Flight.

Go, Houston.

We're coming up
to get you, Ironman.

Say again.

We're coming
to get you.

We're launching
a rescue mission

from the Cape.

We're using
a Titan 3C

with an XRV
lifting body

modified to
hold four men.

The pilot is
Ted Dougherty.

Do you read,
Ironman?

Yeah. Yeah,
we read you.

Houston, when do you
estimate launch?

Just over 40 hours, Stoney.

40 hours?
Who are they kidding?

Do you read, Ironman?

Flight, we've decided
to make a move up here,

go EVA and eyeball
the engines.

The fuel valves
could be frozen.

We'll pull
the insulating hatches.

If they are, when we get
in the sun, we'll turn

and get some heat
on them.

That's an interesting thought,
Ironman,

but we have no
indication of that here

or anything else
you could correct.

We're all agreed

the rescue mission
is it.

Well, we're all agreed here

that we have to take
some affirmative action

to repair our vehicle.

Ironma standby one.

Tell them negative,
Jimmy, negative.

Jim, we appreciate
your desire

to take
affirmative action,

and we need your
affirmative action

if the mission
is to succeed.

The most critical factor
is your oxygen supply.

To get 15 minutes
of activity

outside
the spacecraft

to eyeball the engine,

you're going to have
to trade off

three or four hours
of passive breathing.

From where we sit,

you don't have
that oxygen to spare.

Therefore, we'd like
to suggest...

that you go
into low-tide mode,

lower your oxygen
pressure to 3.5,

execute a full
emergency power down,

and take your pills.

They want us to buy it
while we're sleeping.

Do you copy, Ironman?

Yeah.

We're thinking about it.

Tell them negative,
Jim, negative.

Pruett...

Now, this is Keith.

I'm down here
at the Cape with Sadler,

and we're getting
this rescue shot ready to go.

Now, don't do
anything foolish.

Don't climb
into your hard suits,

don't get out your tools,

and don't try
to fix the engine.

Just take your pills
and go to sleep.

Can you get us down, Boss?

We've got a better chance
than you do, Jim.

Now, we'll be back at you.

Roger.

Yeah, he's lying.

Buzz, you eat up
25 percent more oxygen

every time
you lose your cool.

Houston, Ironman,
preparing for power down.

Roge Ironman.

What are the numbers, Stoney?

Well, with nominal
oxygen usage,
I make it 36 hours left.

Take out the pad, 40 hours...

more or less.

How you figuring

the residual amounts
in the tanks?

How would you?

Yeah, you'd have
to breathe them dry

to find out.

No one's ever
done that.

Yeah, well,
I got the feeling

we just may
be the first.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Royce Fitzgerald,
call 10-993.

Resume count on my mark
at minus 2-40.

Mark.

Pull the GNN
circuit breakers

and the IMU
heater breakers.

Circuit breakers off.

Shut down the attitude
control system.

SCS secured.

Shut down number two
and three fuel cells.

We'll leave number
one on the line

in case we have to
charge the batteries.

All right,
two and three off.

What about the comm?

No, we'll leave it on.
Floodlights off.

EL off.

Buzz, are the lower
equipment bays dark?

The B lights are off.

Then why isn't
that off?

I don't know why.

Houston, Ironman.

We're cranked down.

Copy, Jim.

We'll check in when you come
over the hill at Grimas.

We're going to
keep you informed
every step of the way.

Get some sleep now.

In a while.

Jim, this
is Courtney.

I want you to take
one tablet of Stryzene

after every meal

and one when you
complete power-down.

You can drink as much
water as you want.

Every word,
every emotion

costs oxygen,

so the more relaxed
you are, the better.

All right,
you bums,

take your pills
and go to sleep.

Hey! Hello,
big brother.

Hey, Ted.

Hiya, Stoney.

Hey, where are you?
What's all the racket?

Well, I'm in Huntsville

clooging up a simulator
to the XRV.

Say again?

A simulator to the XRV!

I'm going to do
a little brush up here

before I take it to the Cape.

Well, this is a great time
to start learning
how to fly it.

Listen, all you guys
got to worry about

is where you want me
to set you down

after I make the transfer.

Go on, pick
your spot.

Edwards, Vegas,

how about the beach
in Malibu?

Why not?

All right, take your pills,
go to sleep

and leave the driving to us.

I'll see you in 39 hours
and 16 minutes.

Simulation will begin
in 10 minutes.

Maintain RF silence
until further notice.

Well, how does it
look to you, Mr. Keith?

The XRV will leave
in two hours,

be on the pad
in five--

That gives you
nine hours.

You're not going
to make it.

We've got eight
separate systems to verify.

I don't know how
we're going to do
it any faster unless we--

Here.

That's how you're going
to do it.

Now, colonel, you've
got automatic backups

designed into
all your systems.

Now you're going
to find out

if they work.

Range 6-5, range 2-4.

A little under.

3.4 second vert.

Range 6-3,
range 2-1.

Missed his target
by 20 miles.

Colonel Dougherty,
you've overshot.

Yeah, I know.
I missed it by 20 miles.

Is it possible to
break down the program

into mission
segments

to repeat DPI
to rendezvous?

No, we don't have the time
to break up the tapes.

Okay...

Can we recycle fast time
from launch to first Delta V

and real time
from then?

Okay, will do.

All right, let's go again.

The tape is ready.

On my mark,
first Delta V burn.

Three, two, one,
ignition.

Roger, I have ignition.

Timer on and counting.

We have a new APT,
and it's not good.

It turned.

Sure has.

How soon will
it get here?

What do you think?

Eight hours,
major.

Seven,
maybe eight.

It's going to be
a tight fit.

All right.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Keith speaking.

The president will speak
with you now, Mr. Keith.

Yes, okay. Okay.

Keith?
Hello, Mr. President?

How's
the hurricane?

Well, it changed course.

80-mile winds
heading straight for us.

Can we still
launch?

Well, we can launch in winds
up to 45 miles per hour.

Are you sure
about that?

Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure, sir.
I wrote it.

What about the Russian
spacecraft?

Can they help us?

No, sir, they can't help us.
I've already talked to them.

I know Kashvin pretty well.

You see, their Voshkod's
in the wrong orbit,
won't wash.

Then launch before
the hurricane hits.

We can't launch
any earlier, sir.

We have to go
precisely at 8:48.

Well, what are you
going to do, Keith?

We just keep going.
Keep plugging.

Deep, dreamless sleep.

That's a nice
adjustment.

Nightmare?

He's an angry,
active guy.

Frustrated.
He's helpless.

Can we give them
something to do?

No.

He's not taking
his pills.

He's got a lot
to think about.

The sleep period
should be terminated.

All right, but tell
mission control

not to keep him busy.

Kid him along,
keep him informed.

Yes, sir.

Houston, CapCom,
this is Courtney.

This is Houston, CapCom,

Frank Piro.

Frank, wake them up...

And, Frank, Mr. Keith
does not want you

to try to keep them busy.

Just keep them informed,

kid them along.

Understood.

[WAKE-UP ALARM SOUNDING]

The sleep period
is terminated.

Hi, fellas!

We see you're
awake now.

Thought we'd bring
you up to date

on mission status.

The solid stacks
are being strapped on,

and we'll be moving
the bird on the pad

in about nine hours.

Say, here's a little item
of space news.

The Russians have
just launched another Voshkod.

Would you believe
it's carrying

a Red Army all-girl
marching band?

Say, you guys
still asleep?

No, we're having a wild party.

Hey, that's
pretty funny.

You sure you're taking
your quiet pills?

We are, but the girls aren't.

Ha ha.

Well, have fun.

Roger, Houston.

You never wind down,
do you, Stoney?

No, never do.

I just do the job
I was trained for.

I observe systems
under stress.

Okay...

I'll give you
some data points.

You know what
I'm thinking now?

I'm thinking I never
made enough money

in this business.

How do some
of those pilots

make so much money?

I don't have a dime.

Are you getting
all that?

Yeah. Yeah, getting all that.

I'll tell you something else.

I'll never get the Mars shot.

You know why? I'm too old.

How about that?

Why are you
doing that?

Relax, Buzz.

Don't tell me
what to do.

Hey, Buzz, you, uh...

you remember that
psychologist at Brooks?

The one with the blank
sheet of paper?

I don't remember.

Sure. Sure, you remember.

He held up a blank
sheet of paper and said,

"What do you see?"

I don't remember.

What'd you see?

Who, me?

I saw a blank sheet of paper.

No imagination.

No, no. Devotion
to truth.

Why don't you take
that Ph.D.

and shove it?

What are you going to do
when you finish that?

Drop it out the window
in a bottle?

No, I'm
the scientist.

I rely on the pilot
to get me places.

If we'd had a couple
more pilots up here,

we'd have been out there
doing something

instead of laying here
like a bunch of cripples.

Tell me, Jim,
what did you see

when the psychologist
held up

that blank
sheet of paper?

They didn't have
all that jazz

when I came in.

I saw a field
covered with snow...

and underneath,
there was new oats...

and then the snow melted,
and the field turned to green.

[SIGHS]

But the psychologist
said I was all wrong,

it was just a blank
sheet of paper.

And they took you anyway?

Yeah, I guess
they made a mistake.

No, no. They don't
make mistakes.

That's right,
I forgot.

They don't make
mistakes, do they?

[LAUGHING]

[TONE SOUNDING]

Ironman One.

Ironman One,
Goldstone,

do you read?

Yeah.
Go, Goldstone.

You might
want to look

out your
window, Jim.

What for?

There's somebody
down there

that wants to say
something to you.

Say again?

Why don't you look
out your window?

That's San Diego,
Jim.

Your hometown,
saying hello.

Suspended beneath
the Air Force CA3 helicopter,

the XRV is on its way
to the launch pad.

A flying wedge, shaped much
like a thick arrowhead,

the XRV has never before
been in space,

and when it makes
its first flight,

Colonel Dougherty
is going to be going it alone,

because that bird
was designed for two men,

but now has been modified,
of course, to carry four men.

Colonel Dougherty
will be on his way

to bring home the three
astronauts of Ironman One.

That XRV will plunge
into the atmosphere

at 17,000 miles per hour,

a flaming meteor
coming back to Earth.

When it breaks down
into the lower atmosphere,

what's going to happen is
that the speed will drop

to only a few hundred
miles per hour,

and Dougherty will be flying
a high-speed glider,

an airplane without power.

He'll take that bird
straight in

towards Edwards
Air Force Base

to land on the long runway

out there
in the California desert.

Hello, Ted.

36 hours
and 15 minutes.

Great, Ted.

What's this
about the hurricane?

Heading
straight for us.

When did it turn?

About six
hours ago.

When do we
get it?

75-knot winds
by 9:00.

They said it was
headed to sea.

Well, they were wrong.

How in the hell can they
make a mistake like that?

Stop wasting your energy.

It changed course once,
it can change again.

How are the
children, Teresa?

Fine.

Mine are home
studying for exams.

Boy, they sure are
putting the pressure on

at school these days.

It'll just
be a minute.

I should caution you.

You're going to notice
some degeneration,

but it's important
to show them

how confident
you are.

We understand, Dick.

We won't
let you down.

You want us
to be confident?

The more relaxed
they are,

the less oxygen
they use.

I know why
we're here.

You're letting us
say goodbye.

Wyman's report
to contact.

Celia?

Hi, Celia.

Hi, Frank.

Celia?

It's Jim.

Frank, take it off
for a minute.

All right.

Celia?

Celia...

Celia, we're going
to talk to him

on the monitor
up here.

Celia...

Well, here
I am again.

Celia...

Well, everybody's
been so nice.

I--I spoke to your
father today,

and he says
to say hello.

Had a cold,
it seemed better.

I bought some
new shoes.

They hurt.

And the...kids?

Oh, fine, fine.

I--I lost the bill
to the insurance.

I thought
I had it paid,

and then just this morning,
I got a letter.

Listen, babe, I...

I just want
to tell you

that I love you.

What?

I said, I love you.

I, uh, I just wanted you
to know.

Oh, I know that.

Well, I just wanted
to make sure.

Is it very lonely
where you are?

[SIGHS]

No, not--not for long.

We all have great confidence.

Celia, if you have any--
any more problems

with the insurance
or the house
or anything like that,

you can talk to Dougherty.

He's a good guy.

You can depend
on him.

I gave him a kiss to give you
when he sees you.

Yeah, that's just
what I need.

You never
can tell.

Uh...uh...

Well, I got to go now.

No, not yet.

Celia, I...

I had a real good day today,

and, uh, you know,
when you, uh,

when you think about this, uh,

I want you to remember
I had a real good day.

[SIGHS] Jim?

Uh, we better cut it off now.

Oh, there's one more thing
that I have to tell you.

I lost five
pounds last week.

I can't wait
till you see me.

You take care of yourself.

Take care.

Hi, sport.

Hiya, kid.

How are the mice?

Well, we're learning
something every day.

You writing a big
dull book up there?

No. No, a small dull book.

How are you?

Oh, I'm working
on a little project.

I've developed
an experimental hypothesis

for you to proof out.

Have you?

Well, what is it?

I miss you like mad.

Yeah...

Your paper came out last week.

Professor Stavel said

it's a brilliant
presentation.

It was the best
he's ever read.

We're going to
make it, Teresa.

What?

We're going to make it back.

What?

We're going
to make it back.

I know.

Believe me.

Yes.

I mean it,
we're all coming back.

No...

Listen, Teresa,
I...

I want you and the kids to...

Look, I--I--I have to go now.

I'll be seeing you.

Stoney...

I'll be seeing you.

No, no.

I love you, remember that.

Remember that.

Buzz?

Yeah?

General LeClair called
all the way from
Clark's Field.

I thought that was so nice.

Yeah.

They want
to give you something,

a scroll, or--

Look, hon, you don't seem
to understand.

It's all falling
apart up here.

You understand?

I understand, Buzz.

You see, I broke
the washing machine,

and now
I can't fix it.

I--I--

I understand
how you feel.

I mean,
I could fix it

if they'd give me
the tools, b--

but they won't...

Listen, honey,
I wrote something.

We're all going
to sign it.

Do you want
to hear it?

What?

"The president,

"the White House,
Washington D.C.

"Dear Mr. President,

"we just wanted
to let you know

"how much
we appreciate

"the heroic action
to save our husbands.

"We are grateful to you
and to everyone in the nation.

"The team effort
of the past two days

"will be an inspiration
to us, our children,

and our--"

Betty, don't you
understand?

It's all falling apart,
and they're blaming me, and...

I--I don't feel very good.

Buzz...

I have to go now.

Betty...

I love you.

I'll see you later.

Uh, Buzz,
can you give me a reading

on your partial pressure
of carbon dioxide?

Thank you, Dick.
I'm all right.

I just gave you that!

Negative, Buzz.

Uh, negative,
you gave me a PS--

Well, what the hell
difference does it make?

What's going on
down there?

Why don't you get us
out of here?

Get ahold of him, Jim.

Get him away
from the controls!

Get us out--

Sedate him, Jim,
sedate him.

[RAGING]

Buzz?

Come on.
Buzz.

Now, just get us
out of here, that's all!

Come on!
Come on!

Leave me alone!

Don't kill me!

Don't kill me!
It's not my fault!

Why'd you bring in
his goddamn wife?

Keep him sedated.

Keep him away
from the controls.

Do you understand me?

You just get Dougherty
off the pad.

He's tired, that's all.

Everybody's tired.

[ELECTRONIC WAILING]

Fuel is complete.

Your final numbers--
insertion into XRV, 8:36,

hack sealed
cabins burst, 8:42,

liftoff, 8:48,
rendezvous, 9:33.

Roger.

How's the wind?

32 knots
and climbing.

It's not
changing course?

Nope.

Well, Buzz,
you're right.

This whole damn thing
is impossible.

No, you were right.

We're going to
do it anyway.

[MUFFLED RADIO CHATTER]

This is final.

We're in position
for launch.

Do you read
me, Ted?

Roger.

Oxygen okay?

Flight network.

Go ahead.

We have a problem with
the liftoff screen

on the KS system,

but Fido's prepared
to back it up.

Copy that,
Fido?

Affirmative,
Flight.

[WIND HOWLING]

All right.

All personnel
in the control room

be advised
that prior to 1:20,

we'll call a hold
if we have a problem.

After 1:20,
there is no hold.

Okay, EMIL,
how you doing?

Go on three.

EMIL, repeated
configuration, right?

That's right.

All right.

Raising
the hatch cover.

Ted, your plus
signal off.

Roger.

Ted, secure
the hatch cover.

Roger.

Power supply
to bus main off?

Verified.

Hatch secured.

Your power supply,
DC to off.

Roger.

Lower shroud.

Good, steady.

Steady.

Good. Good.

All right.

Easy.

Easy.

Slowly, slowly.

Good.

Easy, easy, easy,
easy, easy, easy.

[SHROUD LOCKS]

Network,
this is Flight.

Go, Flight.

Verify ready.

We are ready,
Flight.

Shroud secure.

Launch control,
this is Rescue, radio is on.

Roger. All personnel
clear the launch area.

All personnel now clear
the launch area.

PCS, LD.

Go ahead.

All video
recorders on.

Roger. SRO, turn off
your video recorder.

And focus
spacecraft camera

to monitor
spacecraft umbilical.

PCS, LD?

Standby.

LD tracking
flight safety.

Go ahead.

Command receiver checks
are complete.

LD?

Go ahead.

You can print out

your initial
conditions.

LD, flight safety.

Go ahead.

Verify item number one.

Roger.

STC, this is LD.

Go, LD.

Are you ready
for range recorder?

Affirmative.

SRO, turn on your
range recorder

for spacecraft
function.

Roger,
recorders are on.

T-minus eight minutes
and counting.

SRO, LD.

Go, LD.

SRO, you have
a go on C-band.

Roger.

LD,
this is ALD.

Go ahead.

Range status is go, global
network status is go.

Roger, that completes
all items on page 420.

LD, Instrumentation.

Go ahead.

Verify item
number two.

Roger.

All personnel switch
to channel number two

for status check.

Instrumentation?

Instrumentation, go.

Propulsion?
Go.

Go.
Facility?

Go.
Electrical?

Go.
Flight safety?

Go.
TCED?

MacDonnell?

Mac is go.

Aero jets?
Go.

PSO?
Go.

SRO?
Go.

Test wing?
Go.

LD,
this is ALD.

Go ahead.

Unless we get
another computation

on the Q Alpha
Beta plot,

we may
have to hold.

Roger. Unless I receive
a "go" from you on that,

I will initiate a hold.

SRO, this is LD.

Go ahead, LD.

SRO, is the T-minus
sync pulse

locked out
at this time?

That's affirmative,

it is locked out,
and we will bypass.

Minus four minutes
and counting.

Item one
under four minutes.

Roger.

This is ALD.

Manual hold initiated
at minus three minutes.

Roger.

This is LD.

We will hold at
minus three minutes

waiting for the latest
computation

on altitude,
wind data.

Propulsion, this
is LD on two.

Go ahead.

How do your tank
pressures look?

Very good,
we are go.

Roger, item one
under 230.

Roger.

Range recorder, back up.

This is launch director

for a final status
communication check.

Instrumentation?
Go.

Propulsion?
Go.

Facility?
Go.

Electrical?
Go.

Track and flight safety?
Go.

Wind is
at 46.

Spacecraft?
Go.

TCED?
Go.

We'll go to 50.

Aero jets?
Go.

PSO?
Go.

SRO?
Go.

Test wing?

You may proceed
with the launch.
Roger.

Launch control,
this is Houston Flight.

Ask Rescue to prepare to copy.

Ted, are you
ready to copy

computer updates?

Launch control,
this is Rescue, go ahead.

Address,
6-0-2-4-9-7.

Address, 6-1-3-5-

6-7.

Flight, this is Rescue,
the computer's ready.

STC, this is LD.

Go ahead.

Ready to pick up
at this time?

Roger, proceed.

Pick it up
on my mark, ALD.
Roger.

Three, two, one.

Mark.

This is launch control
at T-minus two minutes

and counting.

In just 60 seconds,

we will start
the terminal count.

Launch pad runs completely
on internal power.

This is launch control
coming up on T-minus--

We're now beginning
to feel the real force

of Hurricane Alma,

making it difficult
to speak.

LD, SRO.

Go ahead.

You have a clear
to launch.

Roger.

LD, this is
Instrumentation.

Go ahead.

I verify item four
under two minutes.

Roger. SRO, start
range recorders

and TV videotape
recorders.

Wilco.

LD,
Instrumentation.

Go ahead.

Start and calibrate

all instrumentation
recorders.

Roger.

Minus 90 seconds
and counting.

Mark.

Second stage,
fuel and oxidizing.

Roger.

LD, this is
Instrumentation.

Go ahead.

Start following

the instrumentation
calibration.

SSB pre-fire.

Instrumentation,
PCM pre-fire.

T-minus 70 seconds
and counting.

Mark.

T-minus 60 seconds
and counting.

Hold!

Hold!

Shut her down.

Tower crew to launch pad.
Move in, Tower.

The launch is scrubbed.

The launch is scrubbed.

Houston, Ironman.

Housto Ironman.
Do you read?

Goldstone,
this is Ironman.

Do you read?

Grimas, Ironman.

Cape, this
is Ironman.

Pruett, this
is Keith.

I'm sorry.

We had to scrub
the launch.

Uh, yeah, um...

Yeah, I figured
it might be like that.

We've, uh, we've been watching
the storm.

How close
did you get?

T-minus 60 seconds.

Now, listen, Jim,

we're still working
on that engine.

Um, Boss...

I just, uh...

I wanted to tell you

that you've done
a great job,

all of you,

and, uh...

we know that you've all
worked your tails off for us,

and whatever
happens to us,

you can't let it
affect the program.

You've done
a great job, really,

and, you know,
whatever it is

that's hanging us up,

it's nobody's fault.

GBI reports
loss of signal.

Ascension will acquire
the spacecraft,

shall we remote
you through?

Nope.

Move in,
white room.

Get the pilot
out of there.

Ted.

Wait! Now, give me Keith.
I want to speak to Keith.

I'm here, Ted.

We've done everything
we possibly could.

We cannot launch.

But I'm telling
you to launch!

You get this haywagon
off the ground!

Now, launch,
damn it, Keith.

Launch this thing!

Keith! Keith!

I have a brief statement.

The launch of the XRV
rescue craft was scrubbed

at 8:47, Cape time.

The pad was shut down
at T-minus 58 seconds

when the wind velocity
in the launch area

rose to 48 knots.

Commander Pruett
in the Apollo Command Module

has been informed.

This...

This was a very fine,
fine effort.

Do you have any questions?

Mr. Keith, you say that
the launch has been scrubbed.

Does that mean
you're going to reschedule

at a later time?

We have no plans.

Will there be

any future
rescue attempts?

We have no plans.

Mr. Keith,
you say the men

have been informed.

Who informed them?

I did.

What was their reaction?

Do you have
any other questions?

Mr. Keith,
there's a general assumption

that the space program
will be brought to a halt

for an investigation
of the accident,

plus a general examination
of our purposes in space

and the morality
of putting men into space

without adequate--

What's your question?

Are the results you've gained
worth the lives you lost?

You're damn right they are!

Do you want to know
what they accomplished

living up there in a tin can
for five months?

Because of men like these,

we've taken the first step
off this little planet.

The trip to the moon was just
a walk around the block.

We're going to the stars...

to other worlds,
other civilizations.

Mr. Keith?

Men will be killed
in this effort

just as they're killed
in cars and airplanes

in bars and in bed--
What is it?

The math. If you could
look at the numbers...

What about them?

The numbers,
Mr. Keith.

The numbers!

In God's name...

What is it?
What is it!

In this disturbance,
we have 90-knot winds.

In the center, or eye,
we have zero.

The eye of the hurricane
will pass over the Cape.

All I wish to hear
from each of you

is "yes" or "no,"
"go" or "no go."

Do we have a launch window

while the eye
is over the Cape?

We affirm
a launch window

at 22:31:06.

Can you launch
your rocket

through the eye
of the hurricane?

Yes, sir.

Will the bird fly?

Well, it's been
kicked around

by 80-knot winds.

The data's a little--

What's your
judgment?

It'll fly.

Carp?
Yes, sir?

Do we have 16 minutes
in the eye?

No, sir, not 16.

Do we have 14?

Well, we've been
trying to get

a prog. chart
from the computer--

What's your judgment?

I'll buy 14.

Can we move the tower
back in 12 minutes?

You give the order,
and we'll do it.

Houston, Flight.

Is the rescue craft
go for Point Charlie?

We can have
Point Charlie, yes,

but from then on in,
the pilot will be on his own.

Rescue, can you rendezvous

without an onboard
computer program?

You just get me
in the ballpark.

Then we are go for launch
at 22:31:06 local time.

Roger, 22:31:06
local time.

Roger, 22:31:06 local time.

We'll recycle
to T-minus 30.

You know, of course,

that by 22:31:06,
the crew will be dead.

Yeah.

There's not enough
oxygen left

for three men
to live that long.

Well, what about...
two men?

We don't figure
that way,

we plot total pressure
against total use.

Is there
sufficient oxygen

for two men?

For one?

Two might
just make it.

Go!

Move back
service tower.

This is launch control,
we have just
resumed the count.

Colonel Dougherty
has just confirmed

that all spacecraft systems
are go at this time.

The launch director
is about to feed

the final computer update
to the spacecraft.

This is an unbelievable scene.

No wind, absolute silence...

Overhead,
nothing but black night

and brilliant stars

as the eye of the
Hurricane Alma passes
directly over us.

There's an eerie hush
over everything here.

No rain, no wind.

The lives of three men
are measured

by their fading heartbeats,

and here on pad 41
at Cape Kennedy,

we're right in the middle
of another heartbeat.

It's a single moment
in the life
of a great storm...

Reprieve, we hope,
for Pruett, Lloyd, and Stone.

The service tower is rolling
away from the launch pad.

As soon as it's 800 feet away,
it'll be locked into position,

but they'll launch
before that happens.

That tower is expendable,

but the three men
in Ironman One are not.

LD, SRO.

Go ahead.

You have a clear
to launch.

Roger.
LD, this is
Instrumentation.

Go ahead.

Verify item four
under two minutes.

Roger. SRO,
start range recorders

and TV videotape
recorders.

Wilco.

T-minus 70 seconds
and counting.

Mark.

LD,
Instrumentation.

Go ahead.

Start and calibrate

all instrumentation
recorders.

Roger.

T-minus 60 seconds
and counting. Mark.

Start instrument
recorders.

Go.

SRM pressure
sensor squibs.

Go.

Pyro sequence started.

Roger sequence.

T-minus 50 seconds
and counting.

Mark.

XRV is go
on internal.

Roger, all systems
on internal.

Enable SRM regulators.

Go.

T-minus 40 seconds
and counting.

Mark.

Transfer TVC power.

Go.

T-minus 30 seconds
and counting.

Mark.

Pyro-initiators
to on.

Go.

Launch panel
to on.

Go.

Release control
to on.

Go.

T-minus 20 seconds
and counting. Mark.

Standby
for a terminal count.

Ten,

nine,

eight, seven,

six, five,

four, three, two,

one.

I have ignition.

Go. Go!

Go!

Go, go!

[CHANTING AND SHOUTING]

Roll programmed.

Roger the roll.

Pitch programmed.

Roger the pitch.

Mark. 50 seconds.

Cabin pressure
holding fine, .57.

Mark one plus 40.

PCS update in.

You look good here.

Go for staging.

Roger, Ted,
you are go for staging.

Rescue,
this is Flight,

Fido confirms
orbit insertion

at 8:20.

Roger.

My initial rendezvous
parameters

indicate Delta V
of 263 feet per second.

Timer burn T plus 12, plus 15.

Have Fido
confirm my numbers.

Roger, stand by.

Rescue, Flight.

We show you right
on the money.

Go get them, kid.

Cause of death
will be anoxia.

You know,

that's an interesting
way to go.

The brain
gets starved

for oxygen.

Ironman One,
this is the Cape.

Do you read?

Just before the end,
you feel great.

Yeah, you'll
laugh it up.

When you're ready
to start singing

and shouting...

blackout.

Ironman One,
this is the Cape.

Do you read?

You know, that's
an interesting mechanism.

There's not much data
on that either.

Ironman One,
this is Canarva.

Do you read?

Ironman One,
Redstone.

Do you copy?

Ironman One, Houston CapCom.
Do you read?

Ironman One, Houston CapCom.

Do you read?

Ironman One,

this is
Houston Flight.

Do you read me?

Ironman,
this is Keith.

What the hell do they want?

Hello, Jim, I want
to talk to you.

Yeah, what do you want?

I have some numbers for you.

The eye of the hurricane
passed over the Cape at 22:18,

and we had a second window
at 22:31:06, Cape time.

We've successfully launched
the rescue craft

through the eye.

Do you understand?

You have
launched the XRV?

Yes, that's correct,
the XRV has completed staging

and is on its way
to rendezvous.

Our transfer will
be at 23:28.

That's 55 minutes
from now.

Do you read?

Uh, yeah, I--I read.

Jim...
how do you, uh...

how do you evaluate...
the oxygen situation?

Um...

Well, we have
whatever oxygen's left
in the spacecraft system,

and there are only two bottles
of emergency oxygen onboard,

five minutes each,
that's 10 man-minutes.

Um, my backpack
and Lloyd's and Stone's,

but there's not much oxygen
left in them.

Well, you'll have to
save your backpacks

for the EVA transfer.

Yeah, I know that.

55 minutes...

We'll be dead by then.

Well, only if you...

continue to use oxygen
at the present rate.

Well, we can't
cut down.

Let's...
think about that.

You, uh, you want us to lower
the, uh, partial
pressure again?

No, we've
examined that.

It won't work.

Well, we're lying here
like corpses now.

What else can we do?

You must...think.

Yeah, we're...
thinking.

Are we talking about
the same thing?

Yeah.

Why don't you...talk it over?

If you could work
out something,
it would be a great help.

Yeah, we'll
talk it over.

I must point
out, Jim,

that any effective
action

must be taken
immediately.

Look, don't tell
me what to do!

We've been taking
your goddamned orders,

and where the hell are we?

From now on, we're going
to make all the decisions!

Whatever we do,
you're out of it!

I--I appreciate
what you're saying, Jim,

and I agree with you.

You're exactly right.

Uh, yeah,
anything else?

No, that's--
that's all at the moment.

Uh, would you...

please give me
those launch numbers again?

Yes, that's launch
at 22:31:06, Cape time,

rendezvous and transfer
at 23:28.

Thanks.

[SIGHS]

Launch at 22:31:06,
rendezvous, 23:28.

That's what
they say.

55 minutes to go.

Through the eye
of a hurricane.

Jesus, 55 minutes.

Right.

We'll be pretty
cold by then.

[SIGHS]

Well...one of us
is going to have to go.

I mean...that's what
we're talking about,

isn't it?

One of us goes,
and the other two stay.

Well... what are we
going to do?

All right, look,

let's do it
scientifically.

Two big guys

throw the little guy
out, okay?

Yeah, well,
that's an idea.

Um...why...

Well, listen,

we're going to have
to talk about this,

so what are we
going to do?

I could do it
by chance.

I'll tear out strips
from a pad.

One short, two long.

The guy with
the short end goes.

Oh, yeah...

Oh, Jesus,
we can't do that.

No, we can't
do that.

Well, look, I don't want
to just lay here and die.

All right, then
figure the odds.

What, two guys,
three guys,

is there that much
difference?

I say double
the pills,

put ourselves out,

no moving, no talking,
pulse way down.

Even when there's
no pressure,

there's still
oxygen molecules

floating around.

You--you live
for a while

even when there's
no pressure

in the gauges.

For God's sake,

it's less than
55 minutes!

You're dreaming,
Stone.

All right,
okay, fine.

I'll go.

I'm the weakest,

I'm using up
the most oxygen,

I'll--I'll go.

It's all right.

All right,
all right.

All right, get
your helmets on.

I'm going out
to fix the engine.

Are you kidding?

You can't fix
that engine.

What the hell
do you know about it?

I don't know why I let them
talk me out of it.

I should've done this
two days ago.

Come on, get your
helmets on.

He'll fix it.

He's good.
He'll fix it.

You son of a bitch,

you know what he's
doing up there.

Buzz, don't!

Jim!

Get back in here.

Jim, don't do it!

You're going to rip
out the umbilicals.

Jim, don't do it!

Jim!

Jim!

Jim, don't do it!

Jim!

Stoney...

Stoney, give me
some line, here.

Stoney?

We can't
get to him.

[AIR RUSHING]

Ah...ah...

Ah...

Yes?

Mrs. Pruett,
I wanted to talk to you.

Mrs. Pruett,

your husband
is dead.

It...was an accident.

He was trying
to repair the spacecraft.

I'm sorry.

Jim...Jim?

I told you,
Jim's not here.

He had an accident.

Where's Stoney at?

I'm here.

Stoney?

Dougherty's coming.

Stoney,
tell Jim...

to get us
out of here.

Stop eating your
oxygen, damn you!

Be still!

Range 76.8.

I've got to hit it.
I'm a little under the line.

Rescue, Flight.

Do you confirm
burn attitude?

Roger, attitude is go,
Delta V 63.

Roger, Ted,
this is the one.

Roger, three, two, one.

Oxygen.

Can't. Can't,
got to save it

for the transfer.

I'm dying.

I'm dying.

No, you're not dying.

It takes a long time to die.

Ironman this is Rescue.

Ironma this is Rescue.

Read you.

Turn on your
acquisition lights.

Say again?

Come on, Stoney, turn on
your acquisition lights.

Roger.

Roger,
acquisition lights.

Okay, Stoney,

I'm coming right
down the pipe.

I'll see you
in six minutes.

Six minutes, roger.

Buzz, six
more minutes.

Only six more
minutes, Buzz.

I can't.

You can, Buzz.
You've got to.

I can't.

You can, Buzz.
Think of something.

Think of...

Think of
the Earth, Buzz.

Look. Look at
the Earth, Buzz.

Look, can you--

Can you tell
where we are?

Stoney?

All right, Buzz.

All right.

All right, Buzz,
you're on my air now.

Take a breather.

I'm going back
on cabin air.

There must be
some left.

Ironma this is Keith.

Ironman,
this is Keith.

Do you read me?

Purpose and objective.

Ironman One,
this is Keith.

Do you read?

Purpose and objective.

Ironma this is Keith,
do you read me?

[LAUGHING]

Purpose...

the acquisition of...
of...data.

Ironman, do
you read me?

No.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

How beautiful.

I'm beginning to see...
visions...

Stoney, come in.

...of death.

There you are.

Ironman,
this is Keith.

Ironman, a Russian
spacecraft

is making rendezvous
with you.

Do you see
a Russian spacecraft?

Come in.

Stoney,
do you see

a Russian
spacecraft?

I--I see him.

Good.

Now, 30 minutes ago,
he made a change in orbit.

He is moving towards you
for rendezvous.

We don't know
what he's going to do.

All you can do
at this point

is watch him.

Watch him.

Stoney, do
you read me?

He...

He's stopping.

He--He's
opening up.

He's c--coming out.

[GASPING]

He--He wants me
to do something.

I think he wants me
to open the hatch.

Stoney, what is
your oxygen readout?

Your oxygen readout!

Oh, it's zero-zero.

No, no.

No, that--
that can't be right.

I'm...

I'm breathing something.

Now, Stoney, listen to me.

I want you to follow through
with the Russian.

Don't wait for Dougherty.

Dougherty here?

Negative.

Dougherty
is not there.

The Russian
is there.

He wants you
to open your hatch.

Oh, God, I'm tired, Charles.

I'm tired.

Stoney, put on your helmet.

Open the hatch.

Open the hatch!

Open th...

All right.

Blow hatch.

Negative, do not
blow the hatch!

Open it with the lever,
the unlocking lever.

Do you read me, Stoney?

Stoney!

[LAUGHING]

[LAUGHING]

Flight, this is Rescue.
I've got their light.

Roger, Ted,

you've got their
acq lights.

Blow hatch.

[LAUGHING]

Blow the hatch.

Do not!

Do not blow the hatch!

Hatch blown!

He can't get
any closer, Buzz.

We have to
go to him.

I've got visual
on them now.

I'm going to brake
down to 10.

They're about
50 feet apart.

T Apollo hatch
is open.

Can you see the crew?

Negative.

I'm going to go in
a little closer.

There's
a light flashing

from the Russian
ship.

Some guy's
floating

about 150 feet
below me.

I'm going
after him.

Ironman,
this is Keith.

Do you read me?

Come in, Ironman.

Ironman,
this is Keith.

Come in.

Ironman One,
this is Keith.

Do you read?

Ironman,
this is Keith.

Do you read me?

Ironman,
do you read me?

Cape, this
is Rescue.

I'm in
the Apollo.

The Russian got
some air to Stoney,

and I've
transferred him

to my oxygen.

He's all right,
he's breathing,

and I've
got Lloyd.

[CHEERING]

[SIRENS AND ALARMS WAILING]

Ted, get back to the XRV
and prepare for re-entry.

Roger,
I'm on my way.

Ten, nine, eight,

seven six, five,

four, three, two, one.

[BEEPING]