Apollo 13 (1995) Edit

A Any rescue system the space agency has long since calculated...

A little bit longer.

A pleasant evening.

A.M. Very, very A.M.

ABC News science editor Jules Bergman.

About the only thing the command module is good for is reentry.

About to lose signal.

Adjustin' it here, the attitude there, pitch, roll...

Affirmative, Andy. Jack's got one right here.

Affirmative, Andy. Jack's got one right here.

After this burn, we've got to build some time in the flight plan for sleep.

Ah, don't worry, guys.

Ah, Guenter Wendt.

Al Shepard's ear infection has flared up...

All from the confines of Mission Control and our house in Houston.

All I have to know is: How long do we need to burn the engine?

All my instruments are gone. My lights are gone and I can't even tell what my altitude is.

All right, all right. I got it. Hold on.

All right, Aquarius, this is Houston.

All right, Houston, we're standing by for those procedures.

All right, Jack, on three!

All right, Jack, on three!

All right, let's sell the house.

All right, we've returned to the...

All right?

All right.

All right.

All systems are nominal and on the line.

All the networks dumped us.

Almost 24 days already, than any other man,

Altitude is on the line.

An ABC New...

And all systems are nominal.

And as for me...

And astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert...

And bag up all the water you can before it freezes in there.

And could endanger the lives of the astronauts themselves...

And dig trenches in the street to get a better view.

And entering the moon's gravity on April 13?

And every light bulb that's up there.

And find more power.

And flew the space shuttle, having never gotten the measles.

And getting the astronauts safely back to Earth.

And have no place to go

And he's gonna grant you an extension on your income taxes...

And he's gonna have to turn around before he even gets to the moon.

And his crew on the first leg of the Apollo 13 mission.

And hold millions of pieces of information...

And I asked him recently if he ever was scared.

And I didn't want to cut the LEM loose with you guys still in it.

And I fly it down...

And I only went into the flying business as a means to getting a commission.

And I take the controls and I steer it around...

And I think once we're in that barbecue roll, uh, Jack and I will eat.

And I'll be walking in a place where there's 400 degrees difference...

And I'm a little worried about this cold affecting our battery efficiency.

And if this paperwork isn't right, who knows where we'll end up out here?

And it is still falling.

And it shoots us away from the Earth...

And it's a little bit dangerous.

And Ken's gonna be back in the simulator.

And many other members of Mission Control have gone on to other things,

And no one returned in his footsteps.

And on my mark, your velocity...

And pitching up.

And so is the crew. We gotta get them down to 12 amps.

And so it was leading me away from where I was supposed to be.

And the backup crew has to set up the guest list and book the hotel room.

And the moon is between you and the sun,

And the scrubbers intended to keep the atmosphere breathable...

And their parachutes might be three blocks of ice.

And then if you could give your oxygen tanks a stir.

And then you pass into the lunar sunrise over the lunar surface.

And this is flight surgeon horseshit, Deke!

And this softball were the moon,

And very happy, and we're thrilled.

And was curious as to whether it was going to light up again,

And was elected to Congress from the state of Colorado.

And we have a pretty good show in store for you tonight.

And we recommend you secure cabin pressurization.

And we talk on ze moon.

And we'll go honky tonkin' Honky tonkin'

And we're gonna go over it step by step, so there's no foul ups.

And we're switching to aft omni when we see the moon.

And we've all been bumped up to the prime crew of Apollo 13.

And welcome aboard Apollo 13.

And when you get in the LEM, two forward.

And who will that be?

And you, sir, are a steely eyed missile man.

And you've got to do it before you're out of power in the command module...

And your mountain's right there on the edge of that.

And your relative speed.

And, of course, his crew.

And, uh, return to the Odyssey.

And, we are told, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

And, when you get a chance, let us know how you're doing.

And...

Anything over 15 and you get impaired judgment, blackouts,

Apollo 13 backup crew, you're up in the simulator.

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell has more time in space,

Apollo 13 flight controllers, listen up.

Apollo 13 is apparently also losing breathing oxygen...

Apollo 13, lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutes...

Apollo 13, we show S 4B shutdown...

Apollo 13, you are go for docking.

Aquarius, Houston. Do you read?

Aquarius, please advise on CO2 status.

Aquarius, that's 30 seconds until loss of signal.

Aquarius, this is Houston.

Aquarius, this is Houston.

Aquarius, this is Houston.

Aquarius, this is Houston. We've got you both on VOX.

Aquarius, this is Houston. You now have about 12 minutes to power up.

Aquarius, we don't want you to make any more waste dumps.

Are honored to be a part of it.

Are making their way through the tunnel to the lunar module,

Are quickly becoming saturated.

Are the flowers blooming in Houston?

Are there any other questions?

Are you saying you want the whole smash?

Are you scared?

Arthur, my notes are clear on that last sequence, right?

As exciting as a trip to Pittsburgh.

As fast as a bullet from a gun...

As he holds vigil with his classmates...

As her husband prepares to jettison his lunar module lifeboat,

As most of you are aware, there is no rescue possible in space flight.

As thick as a couple of layers...

As you know, that is time critical.

At that rate, in 16 hours the batteries are dead, not 45.

At the St. Johns Military Academy in Wisconsin.

At this rate we're gonna skip right out of the atmosphere, and we're never gonna get back.

At this rate, they nick the earth's atmosphere and bounce off into space.

Attempting to keep the Earth in the window.

Aw, I hate this already.

Away from the face of the earth...

B MAG number two, power to warm up done.

Back to the Iwo Jima and our live cameras there.

Barbara. Barbara, we are going to your father's broadcast.

Barely enough to run this coffee pot for nine hours.

Batt C...

Be advised it's gonna take Freddo and I a while to power up the computer...

Be aware our R.C.S. Isn't up here yet. We have no attitude control on Aquarius.

Because somebody in Japan was actually using the same frequency,

Because we're just gonna end up right back here with the same problems!

Better get some coffee going too, someone.

Better than Neil Armstrong. Way better than Pete Conrad.

Between sunlight and shadow.

Beyond the sea

Bill, what time you got?

Blanch, it's Marilyn.

Blanch, these nice, young men are gonna watch the television with you.

Blanch? Did Jim make Eagle Scout or not?

Blanch.

Booster, can you confirm that cutoff?

Boy, I wish you were here to see it.

Burn, cold soak, burn, cold soak, burn, manual control.

But at a suicidal 300.

But give us a minute to get our switches reset.

But he died of cancer before he was able to take office.

But he never dreamt of flying.

But he's not gonna get to walk on the moon.

But his mission was canceled because of budget cuts.

But I... Hey, speaking of girl watching,

But it can't be. She's not coming to the launch.

But my rate of turn is still a little slow.

But now we have your mother. She's just had this stroke.

But some are still there.

But the whole world is caught up in it.

But there seems to have been a change in the program.

But they've still got a long way to come.

But tonight, a mere 18 months after the tragedy of Apollo 1...

But we are definitely shallowing again.

But you are not wearing that out in this neighborhood.

But, uh, they seem to work out.

C.M.C. Attitude I.M.U.

C.M.C. Mode, auto, and we're on the computer.

C.M.C. Source.

C.M.R.C.S. Pressure on.

C.M.R.C.S. Pressurization.

Came in too steep. We're dead.

Can they fly it manually and still shut it down...

Can we just have a word with you?

Can't last them until they can get back to Earth.

CAPCOM. Flight, he says it will be ready in time.

Causing the spacecraft to hit the water not at a gentle 20 miles per hour,

Char broiled.

Christ, I know why my numbers are wrong.

Christopher Columbus, Charles Lindbergh and Neil Armstrong.

Circling, waiting for first radar contact.

Circuit breaker caution and warning main B closed.

Clearly, we have some obstacles to overcome.

Closing down the react valves for fuel cells shut down?

Come on, baby. Come on.

Come on, rookie, park that thing.

Come on.

Come to see me, baby and bring along some dough

Come up here on a real mission.

Command module computer and O2 flow high.

Communication umbilical on.

Control, this is Guidance. They're ready for takeoff.

Copy that.

Copy that.

Copy that.

Copy. He's here.

Could that happen again?

Dad... did you know the astronauts in the fire?

Daddy was funny.

Damn it!

Damn, we were close.

Damn!

Deke is one of the original Mercury seven astronauts, ladies and gentlemen.

Deke, you might be able to answer this lady's question.

Did they fix it?

Did you know that our first bachelor astronaut is on his way to the moon?

Did you read that three million...

Didn't think we'd be back in here so soon.

Do it again.

Do we know for sure that we can power this thing back up?

Do we know how long we're gonna fire that burn?

Do you have a flight plan?

Does it bother you that the public regards this flight as routine?

Don't give me anything they don't have on board.

Don't put your faith in love, my boy

Don't worry. Our day's comin'.

Down a crowded avenue

EECOM, that stir's gonna be...

Effort displayed by Neil Armstrong's backup for this historic moon walk...

Eight... seven...

Even Mattingly didn't get it the first time.

Excuse me while I...

Expect entry interface in 45 seconds.

Expect loss of signal in less than one minute.

Expect to regain signal in three minutes.

Expected time of reacquisition,

Failure is not an option.

Far earlier than anticipated, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you.

Fifteen minutes of oxygen and that's it. The command module will be dead.

Find out how to squeeze every amp out of both of these goddamn machines.

Fine. Then trade off the parachutes, something.

Fit into the hole for this...

Five Gs.

Flight 9 6 6 4 0 6.

Flight, Booster. I show S 4B shutdown.

Flight, everything looks good.

Flight, GNC. They're all over the place.

Flight, Guidance. We're getting awfully close to center here.

Flight, Guidance. We're getting awfully close to center here.

Flight, I just lost Lovell!

Flight, S 4B cutoff in ten seconds.

Flight, their antennae must be flipped around.

Flight, they're still shallowing a bit up there. Do you want to tell 'em?

Flight, we are looking at a typhoon warning...

Flight, we have loss of radio contact.

Flight, we have reacquisition of signal at Hawaii.

Flight, we're still shallowing up a bit in the reentry corridor.

Follow me.

For my Apollo 12 landing.

For the alignment platform if we have to fire the engine.

Four days. But that's pretty fast.

Four more amps.

Frank, I need the sim cold and dark.

Fred and I float down the tunnel into the lunar module...

Fred Haise and I will float through this access tunnel...

Fred Haise was going back to the moon on Apollo 18,

Fred Haise, Renaissance man.

Freddo and I are gonna be goin' over the lunar surface experiments tomorrow...

Freddo, how long does it take to power up the LEM?

Freddo, inform Houston I'm well aware of the goddamn gimbals!

Freddo, inform Houston I'm well aware of the goddamn gimbals!

Freddo, let's get an idea where we stand on the consumables.

Freddo, we're gonna have to execute some sort of burn.

Freddo, you okay?

Freddo?

Freddo...

From an altitude of almost 200,000 miles...

From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon.

From the LEM batteries before we cut it lose.

From this moment on, we are improvising a new mission.

From what Lovell has told us, it could have been damaged in an explosion,

Fuel cells one and three are, uh...

Gemini 7. Gemini 12. Apollo 8. They were the first around the moon.

Gene Kranz is gonna have puppies. Jim Lovell.

Gene Kranz retired as Director of Flight Operations just not long ago.

Gene, Gene, we've got to talk about power.

Gene, I want you to understand we've never tried this before:

Gene, the Odyssey is dying.

Gentlemen, I want you all to forget the flight plan.

Gentlemen, that's not acceptable.

Gentlemen, what are your intentions?

Gentlemen, you've given our guys enough to survive 'til reentry.

Gentlemen...

Get 'em back soon. Absolutely.

Get ready for a little jolt, fellas.

Give me a go, no go for launch.

Give me the exact same conditions they've got in there now.

Give us a count of the last ten seconds up to 39.

GNC, EECOM, we're gonna be shutting down the command module at the same time.

Go. Go.

Goddamn it, John! Is it three or four?

Good job, guys. You just won the Christmas turkey.

Good shape over here.

Good to see you too, Houston.

Good. Might be a little warmer in here, huh?

Gotcha!

Groovin'

Haise is running a fever of 104.

Haise is running a temperature, and none of them has slept.

Has come and gone.

Has the entire world been united by such a global drama.

Has withstood the inferno of reentry.

Have been damaged, the chutes may not open at all,

Have they called up with a reentry plan yet?

Have you got everybody in the Odyssey?

He doesn't like his readings down here.

He gets our hearts goin' every time with that one.

He just needs somebody to wave him off. Pull up, Neil!

He may have looked ahead to a fine family,

He never flew in space again.

He said he was going to get me a moon rock.

He wants you to rip the cover off the flight plan.

He's a fine pilot, but when was the last time he was in a simulator?

He's been pissin' in my relief tube.

He's fully qualified to fly this mission.

He's in outer space.

He's sort of foolishly optimistic, taking nylons, Hershey bars to the moon.

He's strong.

He's the kind, they say, has a girl in every port. He has that reputation.

Heads up, people. Look out now.

Heads up. Heads up.

Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey.

Hello, world!

Here goes.

Here is ABC science editor Jules Bergman.

Here it comes...

Here we go.

Here, hold my hand.

Here's Ken. Here's John.

Here's the order of what I want to do.

Hey, boys. Not givin' your mom a hard time, are ya?

Hey, Freddo.

Hey, Gene, I guess we can go now.

Hey, we got a problem.

Hey, we gotta be up with the dawn patrol headed for Bethpage, what, 0700?

Hey, we've got a problem here.

Hey!

Hey! Hey, you're Jim Lovell, aren't ya?

Hey! Lucky 13!

Hi, Grandma.

His final flight... that's always going to be very special.

His quote was...

His wife, Mary, is from Biloxi, Mississippi.

Hold it right there. That's it. No, Freddo, back!

Hold this a minute.

Honky tonkin', honey baby

Houston, Aquarius.

Houston, be aware I've moved from the command module into the LEM.

Houston, did you say switch to omni Bravo?

Houston, how far off course do you project we are?

Houston, I'm switching over quad C to main A.

Houston, is that going to affect our, uh, entry angle at all?

Houston, O2 on one is still falling.

Houston, that bang you heard was Fred Haise on the cabin repress valve.

Houston, the CO2 level has dropped to nine...

Houston, this is Thirteen. Are you back with me now?

Houston, we are at 400,000 feet passing entry interphase.

Houston, we are drifting down and away.

Houston, we are venting something out into space.

Houston, we had a pretty large bang there associated with a master alarm.

Houston, we have a problem. We have a main bus B undervolt.

Houston, we have hard dock.

Houston, we have shutdown.

Houston, we have shutdown.

Houston, we're at stable one. The ship is secure.

Houston, we're getting our first look at the service module now.

Houston, we've got a good separation.

Houston, what do we do if we ripped the bag? Can we tape it?

Houston, what's the story on engine five?

Houston, what's the story with this burn?

How about it?

How do we get our people home?

How do you feel? Pretty good?

How do you go to the bathroom in space?

How long are they gonna have to burn the engine?

How long will it take to get to the moon?

How much power do we have to play with?

How much time? Can you give me a number?

How's it goin' at Mission Control?

Huh.

I agree with Jerry. We use the moon's gravity to slingshot them around.

I am sick and tired of the entire western world...

I bet Jannie Armstrong doesn't get a wink of sleep tonight.

I can add.

I can hear air moving.

I can see it outside of window one right now.

I can see our landing site.

I can't believe how bright the ejecta blanket is.

I can't believe they still have you doing public appearances.

I can't believe you did this four times.

I can't deal with cleaning up. Let's sell the house.

I can't imagine, uh, ever topping that.

I can't order these guys to go to sleep. Could you sleep up there?

I can't remember the ratio to temperature.

I can't see any stars. Man, there's a lot of debris floatin' around out there.

I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do.

I don't have to tell you we're all a little tired up here.

I don't know where the hell we're gonna find it.

I don't know. Maybe this is a caution and warning failure.

I don't need to hear the obvious.

I don't see it.

I don't think we're gonna have to tie the other batteries.

I don't want another estimate! I want the procedures... now!

I forgot to file my 1040 return.

I gave 'em a false indicator light at entry interphase.

I got a corridor light. We're comin' in too shallow.

I gotta get you in the simulators. We got a ship to land.

I gotta give him odds. Five to one against?

I guarantee you, I won't hold you personally responsible.

I guess I was a little more tired than I thought.

I guess that's the best we can do.

I had a feeling when they started doing all the blood tests that, uh...

I had an itch to take this baby down, do some prospectin'.

I hate Paul! No one else can ever play their records again!

I heard it was gonna be a hell of a show.

I I I can't wait to see it myself.

I just asked you what the gauge was readin', and you don't know!

I just don't think I can go through all that.

I just heard they're losing oxygen. Can they get back?

I just vacuumed over and over again.

I just want you to know the engine's never been tried like this.

I knew it! I knew it! How about that LEM, huh?

I know this sequence works, John.

I know what the problems are.

I know what you're trying to do.

I know you're in mourning.

I know. But with a training schedule this tight...

I know. I can't believe it.

I know. I know.

I like those ingenious girl watchers who put on Con Edison helmets...

I look up at the moon and wonder...

I looked all around

I lost something here. I can't translate up.

I mean, I know it's their ass if I get sick up there, but, I mean... Jesus!

I meant to do it today, but, uh...

I need this back to me before they power down.

I need to know if the I.U.'s correcting for the shutdown.

I never dreamed I'd ever get to do something like this:

I only figured it for two people.

I really think we should work it again.

I suggest you invent a way to put a square peg in a round hole rapidly.

I think it would really help if you could...

I think old Swigert gave me the clap.

I think they know it, and that's why we don't have a goddamn reentry plan.

I think we got it, buddy.

I think we should all take a moment to recognize...

I thought the stars would fall down on you.

I told him they wanted to make sure he got the best.

I want everybody to alert your support teams.

I want people in our simulators working reentry scenarios.

I want this mark all the way back to Earth with time to spare.

I want to go back there.

I want to know what's happening with my husband!

I want to power up Guidance, E.C.S., Communications,

I want you to find every engineer who designed every switch, every circuit,

I was looking at the kids' school schedule coming up.

I was startin' to get worried.

I was thinkin' there might be a slight change in destination.

I watched other men walk on the moon and return safely,

I wonder if it's a boy or a girl.

I wonder where Guenter went?

I wouldn't have to work for you, Deke.

I, uh... I really appreciate you all coming to this dress rehearsal party...

I.M.U. Is up.

I'd have to say that this is the most serious situation...

I'd like to go home.

I'd never flown really before I went into the service,

I'd say that was a pretty successful broadcast.

I'll bet you do.

I'll do the same on mine with everything else.

I'll just be glad when this one's over.

I'm all right. I just ate too much breakfast. Let's go to work.

I'm drinking my ration the same as you.

I'm goin' to manual.

I'm going to S.C.S.

I'm gonna give these guys a beautiful ride.

I'm gonna go ahead and get set for transposition and docking.

I'm gonna need your gimbal angles, Jack...

I'm gonna walk on the moon, Marilyn.

I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions, so there's no running lights on the carrier.

I'm in command of the best ship...

I'm kind of used to the pilot's seat. She's yours to fly.

I'm looking down at a big, black ocean, so I flip on my map light.

I'm not going, Mom! Dad won't know if we're there!

I'm not gonna get the measles.

I'm not gonna sugarcoat this for you!

I'm not making this stuff up.

I'm not talking about power, I'm talking about reference.

I'm not used to the champagne.

I'm on top of it.

I'm slated to be the commander of Apollo 14 sometime late next year.

I'm sorry, Jim. I understand how you feel.

I'm sorry. Jeffrey's calling for you.

I'm sure the guys are still with us.

I'm sure we can work this out.

I'm thinking about not going to the launch.

I'm, uh, at the foot of the ladder.

I'm, uh... I'm freezing.

I've been trying to get in touch with you for 45 minutes.

I've exchanged couches with Jim. I'm in the pilot's seat.

I've had an engine flame out a few times in an aircraft...

I've trained for the Fra Mauro highlands...

If I had a dollar for every time they killed me in this thing...

If I'm in the left hand seat when the call comes up, I stir the tanks.

If it doesn't, there'll only be silence.

If it lights, it lights. Let Lovell do the rest.

If Jack can't get that guidance computer data transferred before they go dead...

If my cockpit lights hadn't shorted out,

If that's where the leak is, we can isolate it.

If the flight surgeon had to okay me for this mission, I'd be grounded.

If the heat shield is even slightly cracked,

If the LEM oxygen supply, plus whatever is left of the command module's oxygen,

If there is an Apollo 14.

If there's been serious damage to this spacecraft...

If they could get a washing machine to fly,

If they don't get one, I don't get one.

If they have a problem with that, they can take it up with my husband.

If they're not back in four, we'll know.

If they're too shallow, they'll ricochet...

If they're too steep, they'll incinerate in the steadily thickening air.

If this doesn't work...

If we can keep the Earth in the window, flying manually,

Imagine if Christopher Columbus had come back from the new world...

Important thing when you're penetrating the lunar module is your attitude...

In honor of our command module Odyssey...

In Jerusalem, prayers at the Wailing Wall.

In New York City, thousands of people have gathered...

In only seven years, America has risen to the challenge of what he called...

In order to enter the atmosphere safely,

In prayers for the safe return of the astronauts.

In Rome, Pope Paul led 50,000 people...

In the meantime, I'm trying to tell you we're coming in too fast.

Inboard.

Inspired by the late President Kennedy,

Instrument displays, the guidance computer, the whole smash.

Into a circle around the moon...

Into the lunar module, leaving...

Is everyone strapped in, Ken? We're getting real close.

Is it A.M. Or P.M.?

Is it Swigert? Yeah, first bachelor.

Is only as...

Is provide you with the appropriate background music.

Is the S.P.S. On the service module.

Is there an instance in an airplane emergency...

Is this an instrumentation problem or are we looking at real power loss?

Isn't that somethin'?

It all depends on the heat shield.

It could cost us amp hours on the back end?

It didn't seem to be a problem.

It hurts when I urinate.

It is?

It just went off line. There's another master alarm.

It looked like it got the engine bell too. Can you see that?

It may die before the main chutes open.

It was an accident, Mary gettin' pregnant.

It was like I could just...

It was that phosphorescent stuff...

It was the Shangri la, and we were in the Sea of Japan.

It was, it was, it was just leading me home.

It won't be long. Just a little while longer, Freddo.

It would ask for it if it were needed.

It'll be a hell of a mission. One for the books.

It's a great day in New York. It's girl watchers' weather.

It's a nervous time. They're pacin' around, smokin' like chimneys.

It's a race against time until splashdown.

It's all in the sequencing. If we can skip whatever we don't absolutely need,

It's almost like they're underweight.

It's almost time, honey.

It's been a privilege flying with you.

It's called the hatch. They couldn't get it open when they needed to get out.

It's definitely, uh... a gas of some sort.

It's gonna get awful cold in there for those guys.

It's gonna get awfully cold in here.

It's good to see you again.

It's good to see you, Ken.

It's got to be instrumentation.

It's got to be the oxygen.

It's just a matter of when.

It's just too risky. We're not gonna take that chance.

It's kind of a tower for a live broadcast.

It's like a long carpet that's just laid out right beneath me. It was the algae.

It's like flying with a dead elephant on our back.

It's like no other feeling in the world.

It's like snow. It's beautiful.

It's like tryin' to drive a toaster through a car wash.

It's not like I've never been to a launch.

It's not the velocity, it's the angle.

It's only by a very narrow margin...

It's reading 25 and a half. Main bus B is reading zip now.

It's reading a quadruple failure. That can't happen.

It's that damn TV Guide again.

It's the best part of each one of us, the belief that anything is possible.

It's the option with the fewest question marks for safety.

It's too bad we can't demonstrate this on TV.

It's too cold in there.

It's your decision.

It's, uh, climbing.

It's, uh, right up by the...

It's... Okay, do you see where the shadow crosses...

Jack Swigert has been out of the loop for weeks.

Jack, get into the Odyssey...

Jack, tear that piece of tape down the middle lengthwise.

Jack, turn off the I.M.U. Switch to S.C.S.

Jack, we can close out your procedure now.

Jack, we need to proceed with steps 12 through 17 quickly.

Jack, we're gonna need some more urine bags.

Jack, you'll be happy to hear we contacted President Nixon,

Jack!

Jeffrey?

Jesus, John, what are you doing here?

Jesus. Flight, their heart rates are skyrocketing.

Jim, could we have a word?

Jim, I'm all right.

Jim, if you hold out for Ken, you will not be on Apollo 13.

Jim, is Jack in there with you?

Jim, people in my state have been asking why we're continuing...

Jim, that sounds about right. We were expecting that.

Jim, we just had a dropout on your bio med sensors.

Jim, we're going to need that computer reentry program.

Jim, we're ready for S.M. Jettison!

Jim, we've got a problem.

Jim, we've got another course correction for you.

Jim, you gotta take a look at this.

Jim, you're all set.

Jim!

Jim!

Jim.

John, turn it up!

John?

Just a little while longer. We're gonna hit that water in the South Pacific.

Just breathe normal, fellas.

Just distract her when the heavy predictions come in.

Just stow it. If we'd been hit by a meteor, we'd be dead by now.

Keep an eye on that telemetry.

Ken Mattingly hasn't.

Ken Mattingly will be getting seriously ill...

Ken Mattingly's in the simulator right now.

Ken, I'm having trouble reading my own writing.

Ken, there's an awful lot of condensation on these panels.

Ken?

Ken?

Ken?

Ken's working on it?

Knowing how my kidneys are functioning!

Landed on the moon.

Landing on the moon wasn't dramatic enough for them. Why should not landing be?

Launch Control, this is Houston. We are go for launch.

Let me give you a hand there, Freddo.

Let me just try and get it stable here.

Let me put it this way.

Let's cut 'em some slack, okay?

Let's do it again.

Let's get that hatch buttoned up,

Let's get the hatch buttoned. The LEM might have been hit by a meteor.

Let's get this show on the road. Put him in space, fellas.

Let's get to work. Let's lay it out, okay?

Let's go home.

Let's hear it for Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise.

Let's look at this thing from a standpoint of status.

Let's not make things worse by guessin'.

Let's not miss this.

Let's say this is me in the command module and this is you...

Let's see how he feels about this.

Let's see what this does.

Let's shut down some thrusters on 'em. We'll see what he does.

Let's start back up with procedure 17.

Let's start from scratch. Clear the board.

Let's work the problem, people.

Listen, I I gotta take that.

Listen, listen! They gave us too much Delta V. They had us burn too long.

Listen, this doesn't stop for me until he lands on that aircraft carrier.

Listen, um... I've been going... over some stuff,

Little farther. Ease your touch!

Look at the Tsiolkovskii crater.

Look at those pictures. Wow.

Look at your amps. How we doin'?

Look, I don't have the measles.

Look, I, um, realize how hard this is, Marilyn,

Look, it will ignite, will it not?

Look, it's Fra Mauro.

Look, tell him... three to one.

Look, we're not doing this. We are not gonna do this.

Look...

Looks good, Flight.

Looks good, Flight. Right down the middle.

Looks like we just had our glitch for this mission.

Lunar module roll is 355.57.

Main B closed.

Main bus B is closed.

Many countries offered help, and the State Department said...

Mare Tranquillitatis.

Margaret, get them! Fred, Stephen, come here!

Marilyn Lovell waits with her children, her neighbors...

Marilyn, we've had these kids for awhile now.

Marilyn?

Mark 35 seconds to entry interface.

Mary?

Master alarm off.

Maybe I don't understand...

Maybe I don't understand...

Maybe I should just hold my breath.

Maybe they're still venting something that's throwing off the trajectory,

Maybe, say... the moon.

Me neither.

Medical guys.

Mission Control gave the spacecraft permission...

Mom, that was loud.

Most of the guys I graduated high school with...

Mrs. Kranz has pulled out the needle and thread again.

Mrs. Lovell!

Mrs. Lovell! Mrs. Haise! Can we speak to you?

My father said to me

My father said to me

My Jimmy could land it.

My radar had jammed, and my homing signal was gone...

My son's supposed to be on.

Naturally, it's 13. Why 13?

Negative on that, Jim.

Neil and Buzz's old neighborhood.

Neil Armstrong, 38 year old American...

Neil Armstrong.

Nice to meet you.

Nice try, Frank. You really outfoxed 'em, brother.

Nine. Ten.

Nixon. He wants odds.

No more waste dumps. We're just gonna have to store it.

No reentering ship has ever taken longer...

No, don't give me that NASA bullshit!

No, sir, no, sir, no, sir!

No, there's no references. We have debris up there.

No. I got 30 days 'til this blast off.

Nobody's too sure how much power we're gonna have when we hit reentry.

Not by much. Listen, guys, I wanna work it again.

Not fire the engine out there for course corrections.

Now he's our boss. He hands out the astronauts' flight assignments...

Now I'm losing all three of 'em!

Now I'm ready to power down the computer.

Now in the meantime, we're gonna have a frozen command module up there.

Now there's been an explosion, and they're all okay.

Now wait a minute. All I did was stir those tanks.

Now we gotta get 'em in, so tell me about the power up procedures.

Now you're off to the Fra Mauro highlands.

Now, that's a beautiful sight.

Now, when we get ready to land on the moon...

O2 tank two still zero.

Odyssey, Houston. Do you read me?

Odyssey, Houston. Do you read?

Odyssey, Houston. Do you read?

Odyssey, Houston. Welcome home.

Odyssey, this is Houston. Do you read me?

Odyssey, this is Houston. Do you read me?

Odyssey, this is Houston. Do you read?

Odyssey, this is Houston. We need you to power down immediately.

Odyssey, uh, Houston. Do you read?

Of a very large team, and all of us down to the guy sweeping the floor...

Of cranking down the window and looking for a gas station, which, uh...

Of tinfoil, and that's all that protects us from the vacuum of space.

Off the atmosphere like a rock skipping off a pond.

Oh, boy, what's going on here? Flight, let me get back to you.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy. Hope I can sleep.

Oh, get a haircut.

Oh, God, no!

Oh, God!

Oh, let it ring.

Oh, look at that.

Oh, man, that's incredible.

Oh, no.

Oh, shit. I tore it.

Oh, sure, Deke.

Oh, sweetie.

Oh, there's Deke Slayton.

Oh, well, you know... your dad's flying his mission.

Oh, yeah... here you are.

Oh, yes. Absolutely. We fixed it.

Oh! Oh! Jeez! Oh!

Oh.

Okay, 13 backup crew. It'll have to wait.

Okay, find the main bus breakers on panel 11.

Okay, Flight, that's three minutes.

Okay, folks. Let's say good night.

Okay, Freddo, shut those down.

Okay, guys. We're goin' to the moon.

Okay, hold it. Let's hold it down.

Okay, Houston, check me. I have completed these gimbal conversions...

Okay, Houston, I have completed the steps on page 15.

Okay, Houston, service module is free.

Okay, Houston, that leaves us with just the computer,

Okay, Houston, the quad heater circuit breakers are open.

Okay, Houston, we have LEM extraction.

Okay, Houston. C.M.P. Here.

Okay, I'm bringing up the guidance.

Okay, I'm comin' up on that now. Two... one... mark.

Okay, I'm gonna go back and reorganize the sequencing again...

Okay, Jack, give me a read back on that last procedure.

Okay, Jack, uh, on panel seven, B MAG number two, power to warm up.

Okay, Jack, we're ready to see if the computer will accept...

Okay, Jim, you can fire when ready.

Okay, Jim. Copy that.

Okay, John. The minute we finish the burn, we'll power down the LEM.

Okay, Ken, we are aligned for reentry.

Okay, let's get turned around and pick up the lunar module.

Okay, listen up. Quiet down, people.

Okay, Neil, we can see you coming down the ladder now.

Okay, now, Jack, before the batteries completely die on us in here...

Okay, now, uh, panel five.

Okay, Odyssey, I want to double check some reentry procedures...

Okay, people, listen up!

Okay, people, listen up.

Okay, people, on your toes. We're doing this one blind.

Okay, S 4B is stable, slot panels are drifting free.

Okay, S.M.R.C.S. Isol valves are all gray.

Okay, spacecraft control to computer.

Okay, Swigert, command module pilot...

Okay, the pyro batts look good.

Okay, Thirteen, we're coming up on entry interface.

Okay, this is gonna take all three of us.

Okay, uh, good evening, America...

Okay, we have an unusual procedure for you here.

Okay, we'll head back up the tunnel now and back into the Odyssey.

Okay, we're at three Gs.

Okay, we're gonna do this again, obviously...

Okay, we're, uh, about to close out the Aquarius...

Okay, X plus button at ten seconds. Mark.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. Floodlights to fixed.

Okay. Okay, guys, listen up. Here's the drill.

Okay. Overboard dump comin' up.

On a lunar reentry flight, the heat approaches 4,000 degrees.

On a magic carpet ride

On Apollo 8, we were so close...

On both H2 and both O2 tanks, is that correct?

On the clearest nights here on Earth.

On the launchpad during a routine test...

On this July 20, 1969.

On which man has ever embarked.

Once we get the guys around the moon,

One at a time, people.

One giant leap for mankind.

One hundred feet.

One minute and 30 seconds to end of blackout.

One of the first things we'd like to do...

One of them said we made goin' to the moon...

One or two inches.

One thing they have too much of is carbon dioxide.

One, two.

One... two...

One... two...

Only if their luck changes.

Only the Lovell's eldest son, Jay, is absent...

Open up that hatch.

Or the Saturn 5 rocket.

Or we can bump all three of you to a later mission.

Or you're not gonna be able to navigate up there.

Our CO2 measurement has jumped four notches in the last hour.

Our guys can't reenter. Okay?

Our mission was called a successful failure,

Our next broadcast will be from Fra Mauro on the surface of the moon.

Our trim is good.

Ow!

Oxygen tanks are gone. Two fuel cells gone. Command module shut down.

Pad leader, what's your status?

Perhaps never in human history...

Pick up some speed and get 'em home as quick as we can.

Pitch rate, 2.5 degrees per second.

Pitch: 1678... Correction. Pitch: 167.78.

Precisely when you and Haise will be ascending from the lunar surface.

Princess, you look beautiful.

Procedures, I need another computer up in the R.T.C.C.

Pull up! Pull up!

Put on the translation controllers, all backwards.

Quiet down. Quiet down. Let's stay cool, people.

Really?

Recapping what has happened: The Apollo 13 astronauts may be in grave danger.

Reentry data is nominal, and we have radio blackout.

Reentry interface in one minute...

Regarding that very phenomenon, haven't you?

Remember, you're proud, happy and thrilled.

Remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage,

RETRO says the typhoon is still a presence in the splashdown area?

Right after we jettison the LEM, which is coming up in 30 seconds.

Right by the high gain antennae a whole panel is blown out,

Right on!

Right up, right up to our heat shield.

Right, Houston.

Right.

Roger that, Houston.

Roger that, Houston.

Roger that, Houston.

Roger that, Houston. This is Odyssey signing off.

Roger that, Houston. We'll hear from you again at acquisition of signal.

Roger that, Jack.

Roger that, Thirteen.

Roger that, Thirteen. We show the same.

Roger that.

Roger that.

Roger that.

Roger that.

Roger that.

Roger that. If Swigert can't dock this thing, we don't have a mission.

Roger that. Our gimbals are good.

Roger that. Rolling right, 0 6 0.

Roger that. Standing by.

Roger, FIDO.

Roger, Jack. We see you pitching around.

Roger, Odyssey. We copy your venting.

Roger. E.D.S. To manual.

Roger. Let's tie all the batteries onto main A and main B.

Roll complete. We are pitching.

Ruthless porters.

S 2 shutdown. S 4B ignition.

Savage baggage masters...

See, this is the Saturn 4B booster...

Sequential logic one and two on.

Sequential logic... two on.

Seven, six, five,

She sure was a good ship.

She's all yours.

She's driftin'. I'm losin' attitude.

She's not even wearing a bra! You can see everything!

She's still going on about the stupid Beatles breaking up?

Shit, it's main bus A.

Shit, no volts, only two amps.

Shit!

Shit!

Shit. Ken, wait up.

Shut up!

Shutting down the fuel cells? Did I hear you right?

Since any rescue system the space agency calculated...

Since you are most decidedly out of the country.

Sit down, Conrad.

Six months? You're moving up six months?

Six... ignition sequence starts...

Slow down. An electrical failure. What exactly does that mean?

So how does this flight compare to other emergency situations you've faced?

So I want those numbers up and ready when our guys are in position.

So if the Earth starts drifting down,

So let's consider that engine dead.

So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side.

So the number 13 doesn't bother you.

So they'll have electrical power for their radios on the command module.

So we need a new backup.

So what happened?

So you're telling me you can only give our guys 45 hours?

So, here's what you're gonna do.

So, uh, Blanch?

So, uh, hit it there, Freddo.

So, uh, you, uh, you never know...

So... reverse it.

Some guy I know.

Something about another course correction.

Something broke on your daddy's spaceship,

Somewhere

Sorry about that.

Sorry, Jack, this is an old habit.

Sorry, Jim.

Spacecraft commander Jim Lovell, no stranger to emergencies.

Sparked during our cryo stir and caused the explosion that crippled the Odyssey.

Stand back, please.

Stand by for your P.C. Plus two burn data.

Stand by one, Houston.

Stand by to turn off the thrusters. Over.

Stand by, Flight.

Stand by, Houston.

Stand by.

Stand by.

Standing by for any reports of acquisition.

Standing by for corridor control burn.

Standing on the surface of the moon...

Step out and walk on the face of it.

Straight to the head of the line and the Fra Mauro highlands.

Suit circuit relief to close.

Sure.

Swigert, he'll be fine. He's, uh...

T minus 60 seconds and counting.

T.L.I. Is on the money. Looks good, Flight.

Take a look at the O2 on number one.

Take care. Bring us back a moon rock.

Tank one is at 725 psi and falling.

Tell me this isn't a government operation.

Tell them they have to sleep.

Tell them we think that's the only way they can stop the leak.

TELMU, Control, I want emergency power procedure; essential hardware only.

Ten feet.

Than it was ever intended to.

Thank you, Tom.

Thanks.

That a damaged coil built inside the oxygen tank...

That brings them to about there.

That can't be right. I went over those numbers three times.

That gets churned up in the wake of a big ship.

That if this basketball were the Earth...

That is good to hear, Aquarius.

That is, for the walk on the moon...

That leaves us with the LEM, which means free return trajectory.

That was one thing. And, uh...

That we're going to get Lovell, Haise and Swigert back alive.

That you fellas get more sleep.

That, uh, was supposed to be the theme to 2001...

That's a lousy time for a fever.

That's a nice one of Mary.

That's affirm. Go ahead and try it.

That's all I'm trying to tell you.

That's another first for America's space program.

That's because that's the only thing we got left, Jack!

That's close enough, Jim. Good work.

That's duly noted. Thank you, Jack.

That's four minutes. Standing by.

That's good thinking.

That's it?

That's no joke. They'll jump on him.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

That's one small step for man...

That's silly. Stars can't fall on us.

That's the Sea of Tranquility...

That's very comforting, Houston. What do we do about it?

That's what we're doing here. This is divine inspiration.

That's wonderful news.

The Apollo 13 spacecraft has lost all electrical power,

The Aquarius isn't much bigger than a couple of telephone booths.

The Aquarius isn't much bigger than a couple of telephone booths.

The astronaut is only the most visible member...

The big news came just a moment ago.

The clock is running!

The co ax cross hairs right on its terminator,

The command module's gonna be frozen up pretty good by then.

The constellation Urion.

The crew would have to hit a target no thicker than this piece of paper.

The deadly CO2 gas is poisoning the astronauts with every breath in and out.

The emergency has ruled out any chance of a lunar landing...

The entire filter assembly to the bulkhead,

The exemplary... hell, damn near heroic...

The Haise family lives in El Lago, Texas.

The heat shield, the angle of trajectory and the typhoon.

The heat will build up to as much as 3,000 or 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

The House and Senate passed resolutions calling on the American people...

The kids need me at home, honey.

The last one looked like he bought it off a gypsy.

The LEM footpads are only depressed in the surface about, uh...

The LEM's descent rocket engine will be used in aborting the mission...

The lunar module just became a lifeboat.

The more time we talk, the more juice they waste.

The most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure...

The Navy recovery and rescue helicopters already airborne,

The other materials you're gonna need here are...

The other wives have not done three.

The people upstairs have handed us this one, and we gotta come through.

The problem is, if anything more goes wrong, they're in real trouble.

The problem now is not so much a question of an adequate oxygen supply,

The red suit hoses, and you've got the flight plan cover.

The reentry corridor is, in fact, so narrow...

The reentry procedure up here.

The sequence was wrong. We just have to go back and try 'em one at a time.

The seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13 were my last in space.

The ship's bleedin' to death.

The skin of the LEM in some places...

The thrusters are gonna put you over budget on amps.

The time when the astronauts were expected to come out of blackout,

The trajectory may be off. Their thrusters may be frozen.

The venting may push you off course.

The whole world is going to be watching this broadcast, and so are we.

The world's getting awfully big in the window.

The worst part's over.

The, uh... The door.

Their heat shield could be cracked.

Their LEM lifeboat is doing things and working longer...

Then talk to the guy in the assembly line who actually built the thing.

Then, suddenly, zap, everything shorts out right there in my cockpit.

There can be no easy maneuver.

There he is! There he is! Everybody quiet down!

There it is. I see it!

There must be a sneak circuit between step seven and ten.

There were serious doubts that we could beat the Russians to the moon.

There's a thousand things that have to happen in order.

There's been an accident. Jimmy's okay. He's all right.

There's nothing routine about flying to the moon. I can vouch for that.

There's so many variables, I'm a little at a loss...

There's this, uh, there's this green trail.

They are here.

They are now working on their backup facilities, their emergency facilities.

They asked me to stir the tanks, and I stirred the tanks!

They blow up and they die!

They brought me in to do a job!

They didn't care about this mission. They didn't even run Jim's show.

They don't have control? Did we miss a step here?

They don't know how to do it.

They don't turn the heat shield around.

They made it. They made it.

They should have one more.

They want to put a transmitter up on the lawn.

They won't even know which way they're pointed.

They're all right. But now they're just going to...

They're back inside now lookin' up at us.

They're going to need all these systems, John.

They're gonna burn the engines and steer it manually,

They're gonna have to do it manually if they do it at all.

They're gonna start getting water condensation on the control panels.

They're not gonna cut the program before number 14.

They're not rushing things, are they?

They've been losing heat since the accident.

They've been sitting at 200 below for four days, John. They gotta be heated.

They've never kept you from comin' to the other launches.

Things like a computer that can fit into a single room...

Thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home.

Thirteen, Houston. We still show that venting pushing you around.

Thirteen, stand by for mode one Bravo.

Thirteen, stand by. We're evaluating our power usage on that burn.

Thirteen, this is Houston.

Thirteen, this is Houston.

Thirteen, we've had another request from the flight surgeon...

This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.

This guy did ten laps.

This has been a very close call. We're not out of the woods yet.

This is all the channels we get, Mrs. Lovell.

This is from your wife, Gene.

This is it. A few bumps and we're haulin' the mail.

This is just a warning. It could miss them.

This is Neil Armstrong, and this is Buzz Aldrin.

This is the actual launch vehicle that will be taking Alan Shepard...

This is the critical moment. Will the heat shield hold?

This is the last champagne in Houston.

This is the sequence.

This is the sequence.

This just isn't a contingency we've remotely looked at.

This spidery Iookin' guy.

This thing sticks out. That's called a probe.

This was my call.

Those CO2 levels are gonna be getting toxic.

Those people don't put one piece of equipment on my lawn.

Three hours by the checklist.

Three million fewer viewers, uh, watched the space shot than did the last one.

Three minutes, 30 seconds. Standing by.

Thrust looks good, Flight.

To fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the moon.

To go for the extravehicular activity...

To line up with the LEM.

To pray tonight for the astronauts.

To transfer some ballast over to the command module.

To watch updates of the mission in Times Square.

Tracey, when you feel that thing slide in, everything's clickin'...

Trajectory is holding steady. We're right on the line.

Transmitter?

Try to figure out a way to get them home.

Try to figure out how to stay alive!

Trying to keep them alive in the LEM.

Twenty.

Two lithium hydroxide canisters. I'm sorry.

Two, one, ignition!

Uh oh.

Uh, copy that, Aquarius.

Uh, copy that, Flight. Uh, 13, Houston. Uh, we're coming up on LEM jettison.

Uh, don't worry, Jack. I'll talk you through it.

Uh, Houston, we, we...

Uh, I... Colonel Borman is h...

Uh, it's about time to bail out of this ship, Freddo.

Uh, Ken Mattingly here has been doing some scientific experiments...

Uh, negative. Your entry angle is holding at 6.24, Aquarius.

Uh, one more thing, Jim.

Uh, say again, Houston. Ballast?

Uh, stand by, Ken.

Uh, stand by. What should I tell 'em to do?

Uh, that's a negative, Jim. I don't have the measles.

Uh, that's coming real soon, Aquarius.

Uh, Thirteen, this is Houston.

Uh, this is Houston. Say again please.

Uh, we copy, Houston.

Uh, we'll just take that one at a time, Jack.

Uh, well, I remember this one time,

Uh, well, if anyone from the, uh, I.R.S. Is watching...

Uh, yeah, stand by one. We gotta get him on comm.

Uh, yes. Well, I had a black cat, uh, walk over a broken mirror...

Um, a lot of things went wrong.

Um, Flight, I recommend we shut down the reactant valves of the fuel cells.

Um, that's affirm. We got to get the weight right.

Um... that was before.

Under the lunar module ladder.

Until the moon's gravity actually grabs us and pulls us...

Up and running. How do we look?

Using it as a lifeboat,

Using nothing but that.

Velocity now reading 34,802 feet per second.

Velocity right on the line.

Very sharp.

Wait a second. That's not what he said. He said we're working on it.

Wake up anybody you need and get them in here.

Warm up the pyros for the parachutes and the command module thrusters.

Was upchuckin' most of the way to the moon on Apollo 8.

Watch that middle gimbal. We don't want you tumbling off into space.

Watch that middle gimbal. We don't want you tumbling off into space.

Watch the alignment, now.

Way to go, Jack.

We are go for launch.

We are go for launch.

We are going to show you just what...

We are looking at a typhoon warning on the edge of the prime recovery area.

We are not losing the crew.

We are not losing those men!

We are on number eight. You're talking about number 692.

We are picking you up at a velocity of 7,062 feet per second...

We came to tell you something.

We can do one of two things.

We can either scrub Mattingly and go with Swigert...

We can isolate it there, save what's left in the tanks, and we can run on the good cell.

We can verify the position of the opening I ought to have on the camera.

We can't go across that road.

We can't make any guarantees. We designed the LEM to land on the moon,

We can't spare power for the computer.

We confirm shutdown, Jack. Lunar module now in control.

We copy that, Thirteen.

We copy that, Thirteen.

We do not have the power, Ken. We just don't have it.

We don't even know if the Odyssey's engine's working.

We don't have that much time.

We don't want Daddy to get our germs and get sick in outer space.

We expect loss of signal in approximately ten seconds.

We get away with this because the LEM is designed only for flight in outer space.

We get them on a free return trajectory.

We got a burn coming up.

We got a CO2 filter problem on the lunar module.

We got a lot of people working the numbers on this one, Ken.

We got a main bus B undervolt, cryo pressure, suit compressor.

We got a wicked shimmy up here.

We got her back up, Ken.

We got no references on board.

We gotta do this blind?

We gotta get started on some shortcuts for power up.

We gotta turn off... We have to turn off the radars, cabin heater,

We had a good touchdown.

We have lunar module jettison.

We just can't throw this together at the last minute.

We just decided to go.

We just lost the moon.

We just put Sir Isaac Newton in the driver's seat.

We just ran a minimum load test on the cooling system. Let me clean this up.

We keep venting, we're gonna keep hitting the edge of that deadband.

We know they have some power left in the LEM batteries, right?

We light that thing up, could blow the whole works.

We need a confirmation. What systems do you have down?

We need you to rip the cover off.

We need you to rip the cover off.

We never lost an American in space.

We quit heatin' the glycol to save water and power, so that's not helping.

We see it spike, that's sayonara for the guidance computer.

We see your B.P.C. Is clear, Thirteen.

We should be making our move into the command module.

We used way too much power.

We want to switch control to the Aquarius now.

We want you to close react valves on cells one and three. Do you copy?

We, we sure could use...

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

We'll fire up the LEM engine, make a long burn,

We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town

We'll have to transfer the guidance system from one computer to the other...

We'll tell them when they get back.

We're about to learn whether or not that heat shield,

We're comin' in too steep.

We're coming up on LEM jettison.

We're considering a letter we got from a fella...

We're glad to see you.

We're going to burn at ten percent thrust for 39 seconds.

We're going to drop off line and debrief.

We're going to the LEM.

We're gonna be goin' over the flight plan tonight.

We're gonna get that power up procedure to you.

We're gonna have to power it up using nothing but the reentry batteries.

We're gonna have to shut that down pretty soon too.

We're gonna need a contingency if we lose comm with Houston.

We're gonna take a look at what we have here.

We're into program 64. We're in 05 Gs, so we're feeling that gravity now.

We're not gonna go bouncing off the walls for ten minutes...

We're not gonna have enough power left to get home.

We're not gonna have power much longer.

We're out of time.

We're out of whack. I'm trying to pitch down, but we're yawing to the left.

We're reading your telemetry. It's good to see you again.

We're stable. Go ahead and recycle the valves.

We're still go. We'll be all right as long as we don't lose another one.

We're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch.

We're trying to hash something out down here, Aquarius.

We're using the forward omni when the earth's in the window,

We've ever encountered in manned space flight.

We've got 15 minutes, Freddo. It's worse than I thought.

We've got a couple of housekeeping procedures.

We've got multiple caution and warning, Houston. We've got to reset and restart.

We've got negative visibility in our star field,

We've got serious time pressure.

We've got to be able to give these guys something.

We've got to do a direct abort. We do an about face, bring the guys right home.

We've got to get some oxygen up there.

We've gotta transfer all control data over the LEM computer...

We've had to learn how to fly all over again, but we are doing better now.

Well done.

Well, a lot of things went wrong in that fire.

Well, between Jack's back taxes and the Fred Haise Show...

Well, blackout lasts for three minutes.

Well, don't you worry, honey.

Well, folks, let's head on down to the lunar excursion module.

Well, hello there.

Well, Henry Hurt was... all over me.

Well, hey, that looks like Marilyn Lovell.

Well, Houston, we've got one.

Well, I tell you, it's a highly technical process...

Well, I, uh...

Well, I'll tell ya somethin' about that fire.

Well, if it won't work, get me another one.

Well, if the chutes don't open, what's the point?

Well, it... Up there.

Well, it's... It's the program, Marilyn. You know, it's NASA.

Well, let's hope we don't have to do that again.

Well, that has a tendency to happen.

Well, they got that right.

Well, they said he was.

Well, unfortunately, we're not landing on the moon, are we?

Well, we have two days. We'll be ready.

Well, we're gonna have to figure it out.

Well, we're looking at less than 15 minutes of life support in the Odyssey.

Well, you can't argue with tradition.

Well, you don't know what we can see

Well, you gotta look harder.

Well, you just look so calm about it.

Well, you're not gettin' enough water.

Well...

Well... it's more dramatic now. Suddenly people are...

Well... that will be a hot one at the debriefing for the flight surgeon.

What a shame.

What about their level of carbon dioxide?

What are you talkin' about? How'd you figure that?

What did the man say? Give me a lever long enough and I'll move the world?

What do you mean there's no immediate danger?

What do you say? Less viewers or fewer viewers?

What have we got on the spacecraft that's good?

What if they made a mistake and there was no way to reverse it?

What is that?

What the hell good is that gonna do?

What was that gauge reading before you hit the switch?

What's the story here?

What's the word on these things shorting out?

What's up?

What's up?

When are you going up again, Jim?

When can we expect that?

When Fred Haise was growing up in Biloxi,

When I go up on 19, I'm gonna take my entire collection of Johnny Cash along.

When I was just a lad of ten

When we can predict each other's moves, read the tone of each other's voices?

When you and your baby have a fallin' out

When you are sad and Ionely

When you can recall fear?

When you go into the shadow of the moon...

Where's my mountain?

Which is called an orbit.

Which is vitally needed for the cooling operations...

Which was damaged by the explosion three days ago,

While Jack's working on the power up, we'd like you and Freddo...

While the astronauts appear to have enough oxygen to keep them alive,

Who said we oughta take a pig with us for good luck.

Who told you that?

Whoa, whoa, guys! Power is everything!

Whoa! Guidance computer. What if they need to do another burn?

Whoa. Wait a minute.

Why are so many people here?

Why can't I null this out?

Why don't you tell your dreams to me

Why is this your last, Jim?

Will be 35,245 feet per second.

Will the command module survive the intense heat of reentry?

Wishing everyone back on Earth a...

With a crippled command module, and surviving by using the LEM's systems,

With all due respect, sir, I believe this is going to be our finest hour.

With each breath, the three men expel...

With one hand on the wheel. Make yourselves at home.

With pleasure.

With the best crew that anybody could ask for...

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

Without it, they don't talk to us, they don't correct their trajectory,

Without the computer, what do we use for orientation?

Without the power, we can't give them a reading.

Worst of all, if the pyrotechnics that control the parachutes...

Wow.

Wow.

Yeah, but it wasn't perfect. Used up too much fuel.

Yeah, Houston, this is Aquarius. Go ahead.

Yeah, Houston, we're taking a look at those numbers now.

Yeah, Jim, could you check your CO2 gauge for us?

Yeah, Jim. We think that closing the react valves may stop the leak.

Yeah, Ken, I'm gonna check those pyro batteries one more time here.

Yeah, main bus breakers.

Yeah, okay, but now I'm asking you, when will we know?

Yeah, they heard me right.

Yeah, we read you, Ken.

Yeah, well, tell him that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, I did. I knew the astronauts in the fire. All of 'em.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, Sy.

Yes, Houston, we copy.

Yes. Yes, sir. Uh uh, I understand.

You are go for the manual burn.

You can't land on the moon with one healthy fuel cell.

You can't live without me.

You can't run a vacuum cleaner on 12 amps, John.

You close 'em, you can't open 'em again.

You don't understand! I worked so hard on this!

You handle the pitch.

You hear about Ken?

You know how short?

You know that Easter vacation trip we had planned for Acapulco?

You know, Freddo, Frank Borman...

You need a break, Ken?

You need more air?

You need to thrust aft, not forward.

You okay?

You saw me standing alone

You see this ammeter rise over 20 at any point, power up is no good.

You should have seen the look on my face when she told me.

You sure about this? Why don't I talk to Deke?

You up to this, Freddo?

You wanna break up my crew two days before the launch...

You wanna look?

You want some apple?

You want to cut the duct tape three feet long.

You want what? You want us to go to VOX?

You... You... You look harder...

You're a smarter kid than I was.

You're above the curve.

You're down to about eight minutes remaining.

You're down to about five minutes now, Jack.

You're gonna be ready in six months?

You're gonna find out soon enough.

You're gonna get the procedure up to us, whatever it is,

You're gonna have to power up the LEM at the same time, so you better get somebody over there.

You're gonna lose a lot in the transfer, Ken.

You're not just about to pop, are you?

You're saying that they're almost out of breathable air?

You're telling me what you need. I'm telling you what we have to work with at this point.

You've got to get the guidance program transferred,

13, this is Houston. We are going around the room. We're gonna get you answers.

13... 12... 11...

a lithium hydroxide canister... Two, two.

A roll of gray tape. Duct tape.

All right? Hold on, Houston.

All right. In the LEM.

Another burn. Copy that. Fire the engines and get 'em on course.

Anybody home? I'm not being a cheerleader, Mom!

Are we on VOX? No, we're not on VOX.

Batt B, no volts, the amps are okay. And 30 seconds.

before you shut down the computer! Okay, Jim.

beginnings of brain asphyxia. What about the scrubbers on the command module?

Booster. Go. RETRO.

By how much? Three or four amps.

Bye. Bye.

Can you confirm a burst helium disk? We confirm that.

Can you give me a timetable? Henry! Henry!

CAPCOM. We're go, Flight.

Capture. That's it!

Capture. That's it.

CO2 canister select to secondary. All right.

Come here and take... Do they know they're not on the air?

Come on, baby. One more burn. Nine, eight,

Come to the right a little bit. Fifteen seconds.

Computer off. We're clear.

Control, what the hell happened? What? I don't know.

Daddy! Watch out! You'll fall!

Did he copy that? Do you copy, Jim?

Did they shut us all down in there? Yeah.

Did you say switch to omni Charlie? A and C are barber pole.

Do we turn 'em around, straight back, direct abort? Yes!

Do you copy? Oh, Christ.

Don't tell me how to fly the damn C.M.! You don't know, do you?

Don't you want somebody to love This stinks!

Easy. Ten feet.

Ed White and Roger Chaffee... Get us outta here!

EECOM, what's your data telling you? O2 tank two not reading at all.

Everybody. Marilyn, trick or treat. Jim.

Everything's on course. Looks okay. Hey! Cadet Lovell.

Excuse me, gentlemen. I was getting a little blurry there.

FIDO, let me know when you're ready. Okay, let's uplink that.

Five filters on the LEM. Meant for 2 guys for a day and a half.

Flight? Yeah. Go, EECOM.

Forty feet. They're all gray.

four, three, Ullage is go.

Four. Four!

Fred, how are the batteries looking? Okay. Batt A looks good.

Fred. What?

Gene, they're already... I don't want the whole bible, just a couple of chapters.

Gene... I can't guarantee the burn yet.

Gentlemen, that is the way we do that. Man, that woke me up.

Give me an alignment. Let's think about the kind of things we can connect.

Go ahead. Is your computer on now?

Go. FAO. We are go.

Go. FIDO. We're go, Flight.

Go. Yeah, Ken Mattingly just got here.

Goddamn this piece of shit! Hey!

Good job, Ken. Good job. Thank you.

Good morning. Henry. Don't you ever sleep?

Got it. Close main bus B.

Guess you can keep your job. You betcha.

Guidance. Guidance go. Surgeon.

Gum. Aw, sorry.

He specifically wanted a quote from a flight director. Who wanted a quote?

He's good, Andy. We'll go on those numbers.

Helium regulator on. R.C.S. Is go, 10% thrust.

Hey, Dad. Put this on ice. Make sure it's cold.

Hey, I'm hungry. Are you sure?

Hey, Marilyn. Where's their broadcast?

Hi. Are you boys in the space program too?

Hi. This is Tracey.

Houston, filter's in place. Cabin gas return to egress.

Houston, our computer is up. Roger. Stand by.

Houston, switching to S.C.S. Roger, Thirteen.

How am I reading? Fine, so far.

How do ya do, Tracey? This is the man.

How much this month? Can I have a minute? Something's come up.

How we lookin'? We're not there yet. Forty feet.

How you doing? Houston, Aquarius.

How're ya feeling? Well, very proud...

How's it going, Fred? I'm okay.

How's the alignment? G.D.C. Align.

I gotta get out of this suit. Houston, we are ready...

I have a request from the news people. Uh huh.

I hope you got the procedures for me. Right here.

I like it. I like that one, Gene. Sharp, Gene.

I need present status of every instrument. You got it.

I told the doc... They're already up to 8 on the gauges.

I was gonna see Jimmy. I know. I know.

I wouldn't mind bein' up there tonight. God, who wouldn't.

I'll call the simulator and get an estimate. Goddamn it!

I'll roll it. Back off. I can't get it stable.

I'm checking the quad. That was no repress valve.

I'm gonna reset the high gain. Got the target back in the reticle.

I'm having a hard time, Rick. S.M.R.C.S. Helium one.

I've got the frappin' eight ball in front of me! Andy, we're on VOX.

in the vast expanse of outer space. Double!

Is that not correct? Yeah. Roger that, Jim.

Is that true? Absolutely.

Is there anything we can do about it? Not now, Flight.

It's 80 degrees out there. Eighty degrees.

It's a good arm length. I see what you're getting at. Hold on.

It's a very busy week. Yeah.

It's all right. Good here.

It's almost like a powder. Armstrong is on the moon.

It's backup for the LEM power supply. I'm listening.

It's the biggest story since... No, Henry.

Jack, you time us. Got it.

Jim, this is Deke. It's Deke.

Jim. Hey, guys. See ya in a few weeks.

Jim. While I...

Ken, get your helmet on! I can't get it locked!

Ken, glad you're here. You know what's going on? John's brought me up to speed.

Let's get it organized. Okay, let's build a filter.

Let's start back at the beginning. Anything look abnormal?

Main bus A undervolt? Main bus A undervolt down to...

Marilyn, hey! Mary.

Maybe it's in quad C. I'm gonna reconfigure the R.C.S. We've got a computer restart.

Maybe Jack's right. Hello there, Deke. What's the story?

Mommy, you're squishing me. Oops, sorry, sweetie.

My son's supposed to be on. I know, Mrs. Lovell.

Network. Recovery. Go. Go.

Nice job, gentlemen. That's three hours of boredom...

No shit. Yeah, we were into program 67 there.

Now how could they be underweight? We didn't land on the moon.

Now, Jack. Yeah, go ahead, Ken.

Oh, Christ. What's up?

Oh, why? Because I'm on the backup crew...

Oh! Go, go, go, go! Someone get that. Damn.

Okay, uh, okay, I got it! Thirty seconds.

Okay, we have the oxygen burn system? Check.

on the edge of the prime recovery zone. Say again, RETRO.

One sock. Once you have the sock in place,

Power is everything. What do you mean?

Prime crew's up for another run. Yeah, baby.

Procedures. Go. INCO.

Range to go 2,625 nautical miles. Copy that.

right above the LEM canister. We're getting close to 15.

Rocks? That's affirm.

Roger that, Thirteen. The signal strength went way down.

Roger that. Houston, wait!

Roger that. Thirteen, we're not sure why the inboard was out...

Roger. Looks like we lost it. FIDO, what's that going to do?

Run it by the F.A.O. I've run it by the F.A.O.

Say again. You're under the limit. Keep going.

See you tomorrow. Take care.

Shit! Goddamn it!

Shit! I'm losin' it! Bring the Earth up.

So? Well...

Stop kicking yourself in the ass. This is not my fault!

Susan. Barbara. Our life is like for the three of us...

T minus... 15... 14...

Talk back is barber pole. Go ahead and retract.

Tank one: 218 psi and falling. Is that what you're gettin'? Confirm.

TELMU. Control. Go. Go, Flight.

Ten seconds. Drop it down, Freddo.

Thank you, sir. Why don't you come with me, little girl

That is not the argument! We are talking about time! Jesus! Come on!

That was an excellent show. Thank you very much, Houston.

That's a possibility. I've been goin' over the numbers again.

That's it. Sweet move, Ken. Beautiful.

That's never been tried. We've never even simulated it before.

That's the deal? That's the deal.

The LEM will not support three guys for that amount of time. It barely holds two.

The President. The President?

The S 4B is stable. Translation looks good.

The shorter, the better. Roger that, Jim.

Then they don't need to know, do they? Copy that.

There's aspirin in the medical kit. I took some.

There's no reason to tell us. What do you mean? That's bullshit!

They just tore the bag. Oh, no.

They keep yawing close to gimbal lock. I keep losing radio signal.

They take square cartridges. The ones on the LEM are round.

They won't even know which way they're pointed. That's right.

They're not stupid! You're stupid! Barbara!

They've got half the Ph.D. S on the planet working on this. Houston says we're on the money.

Think it's too late for him to abort? He still has time to get out.

This piece of shit's gonna get you home. All right.

Three to one? I don't think they're that good.

Twelve amps? How many?

Uh, roger that, Aquarius. Have him close it out.

uplink of the reentry data now. Okay, the I.M.U. Is up.

upward thrust. We're loose!

Very good. Very good. Everything else all right?

Walter! Jules Bergman!

Wanna back off and take another run? No, I got it.

Was it tried on the hardware yet? We didn't have time.

Was it tried on the hardware yet? We didn't have time.

We are standing by for acquisition. Copy that.

We are up to a 5.9. Damn it.

We confirm that, Thirteen. We're gonna start to pitch around...

We got a big day tomorrow. Good night!

We got a short! And after that sudden, horrible fire...

We got a smooth one, huh? By the numbers so far.

We got our eight balls back. Copy that.

We have the helmet restraint ring? Check.

We need another burn to get them back in the corridor. Definitely another burn.

We'll get somebody to look at that. Find a bulb around here.

We're at 12 Gs. Twelve Gs. We're burnin' up.

We're comin' in too shallow and fast. We're workin' on something. Hold on.

We're driftin'! No, hold what you got.

We're go, Flight. GNC. We're go.

we're gonna want you to bungee... Work it in.

We're seeing the same, 13. Can we review our status, Sy?

We've got a lot of thruster activity here. What's with the computer now?

We've got a ping light. The way these are firing doesn't make sense.

We've got to get something up to these guys. They're working on it.

Well, let's get it right. Okay, set it up again, Frank.

What about the crew? Crew's fine so far.

What are you saying, Fred? I think you know what I'm saying.

What did you do? Nothing. I stirred the tanks.

What do we have left in the batteries? We don't really know.

What do you mean, everything? With everything on, the LEM draws 60 amps.

What network do we want? Come on! Walt! Hey! Put on Walter!

What? There's been an explosion.

What? Huh? Good, you're not dead.

What's this? That's what they gotta make.

Which one has the leak? Don't know that yet, John.

Whoa! Hey!

Why can't we do that? We don't have a procedure for that?

Yaw is 351.87. Stand by. We're checking it.

Yeah, yeah. We'll give it a shot. Thanks.

Yeah, you can go, Jim. The roll CAL angle is minus two.

Yeah. Okay, let's go.

Yeah. We got the parachute situation,

Yes, he did. He did.

Yes! Great. Good job, you guys.

You are a mess. Y Yeah.

You don't look too good, Freddo. I'll survive.

You gonna get a haircut this week? I'm on vacation.

You started on a procedure? The engineers have tried, but it's your ship.

You're drunk, Lovell. Yeah.

You're good. Log them in, Freddo.

You've all been exposed to it. Oh, I've had the measles.

...has completed putting on the spacesuits and the boots.

...the spacecraft will remain connected.

...the terseness of Kraft and the grim lines of Jim McDivitt.