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And, 13,

we're ready on the TV when you are.

Okay, I'm lookin' out the right window now,

and not too far off in the distance, you can see the objective.

It's actually beginning to look a little bigger now.

Okay.

We're getting a good, uh, picture of your destination there.

We might, uh, give you a quick shot

of our entertainment on board the spacecraft.

This little tape recorder has been a big benefit

in passing some of the time away

in our transit out to the moon while it's playing the theme from 2001.

This is the crew of Apollo 13

wishing everyone in there a nice evening and, uh, good night.

Houston, we've had a problem.

Welcome from the moon, uh, Houston.

Merry Christmas up there, Jim.

Please be informed there is a Santa Claus.

You're the best ones to know.

I have to admit that. I wouldn't be normal if I didn't admit it.

The clock is running.

Roll complete, and we're pitching.

Thirteen hundred.

Go for staging.

Go for staging. Roger.

Inboard.

Inboard.

Flight confirmed. Number five engine down.

Houston, what's the story on engine five?

We don't have a story on why the inboard out was early.

No.

The other engines are go.

You're lookin' good.

Nothin' like an interesting launch.

I tell ya, it's sure an interesting ride.

Look at that.

It really is zero G.

Apollo 13, Houston, your preliminary orbit down here

is lookin' good.

Roger, Houston, and it looks good to be up here again.

- We're hard docked, Houston. - Very nice.

We'd like to hear what the news is.

Okay, let's see.

The Beatles have announced they will no longer perform as a group.

Now Fred's engaged in his favorite pastime.

He's rigging his hammock.

It's kinda difficult getting into a hammock.

I'm not sure if I keep floating away from it

or it keeps moving away from me.

We're all going to bed now.

Okay, Jim. Good night.

The war in Vietnam ground on.

Okay, you're on Candid Camera.

What we plan to do for you today is take you on through from Odyssey

into Aquarius, the landing vehicle.

I find myself now standing with my head on the floor

when I get down inside the LM.

Okay, I'm lookin' out the, uh, right window now,

and, uh, not too far off in the distance, you can see the objective,

and it's actually beginning to look a little bigger now.

This little tape recorder has been a big benefit

in passing some of the time away on our transit out to the moon.

This is the crew of Apollo 13

wishing everybody there a nice evening and, uh, good night.

13, we've got one more item for you when you get a chance.

We'd like you to, uh, stir up your cryo tanks.

Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here.

This is Houston. Say again, please.

Uh, Houston, we've had a problem.

We've had a main B bus undervolt.

Okay, stand by, 13.

We're looking at it.

The crew has reported that the main B shows an undervoltage.

We had a pretty large bang

associated with the Caution and Warning there.

And our O2 number-two tank is reading zero. Did you get that?

Uh, Houston? It looks to me, lookin' out the hatch,

that we are venting something.

We are… We are venting something out into the, uh… into space.

It's a gas of some sort.

Jesus Christ.

- Houston, are you still readin'? - Affirmative. We're readin' you.

Tryin' to come up with some good ideas here for you.

How bad is it?

Yeah, you said it.

A frantic scene we're seeing,

a scene of deep concentration in Mission Control in Houston.

Fred, we figure we've got about 15 minutes' worth of power left

in the command module.

Forward Omni. Okay, slow down!

Okay, 13, you're both talkin' at once.

One at a time please.

Okay, I want you to double-check my arithmetic.

Three-five-six, six-nine.

One-six-three, four-two.

Aquarius is three-oh-two, two-six.

Three-four-five, nine-two.

Zero-one-one, seven-nine. Over.

Aquarius, your arithmetic looks good.

We're getting good LM data.

Houston, Aquarius.

Go ahead, Aquarius.

Okay, Odyssey is completely powered down now.

That's where we wanna be, Jim.

Aquarius, Houston.

How do you read?

Okay, you're loud and clear there.

Roger. Same here. We're still discussing the next move.

Let's make it a good one.

We must be getting pretty close to the moon.

Uh, Houston?

Go ahead, Aquarius.

We're in the shadow of the moon now.

The sun is just about set, as far as I can see,

and the stars are all comin' out.

Man, look at those stars.

I can even see Mount Marilyn from here.

Let's get the cameras squared away.

Let's get all set to burn.

We got one chance now.

Aquarius, Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

Jim, you are go for the burn. Go for the burn.

Roger. Understand. Go for the burn.

We're burning 40%.

Is it stable, Control?

- Looks good now. - Roger.

That TCP's a little bit high.

Hot engine.

Shutdown.

I'd say that was a good burn. Good burn, Aquarius.

Good burn, Aquarius.

Roger. Now we wanna power down as soon as possible.

Roger. Understand.

Turn the fans and heaters off.

Uh, we recommend that you either use a wet wipe,

or cut off a piece of a sock and stuff it in there,

or you can probably even crumple up some tape and use that. Over.

But more trouble could lie ahead for the astronauts.

Another note of interest to the crew-systems people.

Tell them they don't have to bother putting a refrigerator on board.

I just brought out some hot dogs, and they're practically frozen.

Okay, we copy that, Jim.

Negative, Joe. It's just too cold in there,

but I have got Fred stashed over here to my left.

Everything's running real smooth over in Timber Cove, Jim.

That sounds pretty good.

Best data we've got now, Flight, you'd have to make the maneuver

because you're not in the corridor. You're not reentering at the moment.

Uh, Jim? Uh…

The situation is that, at the moment, we're a little bit shallow.

We're shallow?

That's the important thing.

Okay, Jim, to come in a little more steeply,

it's going to be a manual burn.

A manual?

Sounds like something that we came up with on Apollo 8.

Everybody wondered if you'd remember that. By golly, you did.

Although I thought I'd never have to use it.

Another burn that's never been done.

I'm ready now.

Ignition. We're burning. Copy that, Charlie.

Is it snowing in there yet?

Is it what?

Oh, snowing.

No, uh… No, not quite.

You'll have some time on the beach to thaw out

after this experience.

Hey, that sounds great.

The entry weather tomorrow is lookin' better all the time.

Hang in there. It won't be long now.

We think we've got all the little surprises ironed out for you.

I hope so because tomorrow is examination time.

I'm lookin' out the window now,

and that Earth is whistlin' in like a high-speed freight train.

Hello, Aquarius. Houston. How do you read?

Okay, very good, Ken.

Okay, uh… let me, uh, take it from the top.

Aquarius. Houston.

Go ahead.

You're go to start powering up the command module.

Jack's entering the command module now.

Okay, Jim.

Okay, press on.

Houston. Aquarius. Odyssey is trying to call.

Do you read 'em?

Odyssey. Houston, over.

- How do you read? - Okay, read you, babe.

You're looking good on the ground, Odyssey.

- Uh, Ken, this is Jim. - Yes, sir.

- Appreciate the work you've done. - Roger.

Of course, we'll be watching you and anything we can do for you.

Hey, that'd be good, Ken.

You can jettison the service module when you're ready.

Okay, sounds good.

Okay, I've got her, Houston.

And there's one whole side of that spacecraft missing!

The whole panel is blown out, almost from the base to the engine.

It's really a mess.

Man, that's unbelievable.

LM jettison.

Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you.

Flight Director Gene Kranz now going around the room

posting his flight-control team as to status.

Odyssey. Houston, over.

Go ahead.

Okay, LOS in a minute or a minute and a half.

And welcome home. Over.

Thank you.

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

for the very fine job you did.

I'll tell you, we all had a good time doing it.

It was an intensely lonely period.

Odyssey, Houston. Standing by.

Odyssey, Houston?

Okay, Joe.

Okay, we read you, Jack.

- Got you on television, babe. - They've made it.

Odyssey, Houston.

We show you on the mains. It really looks great.

Home at last.