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[Jim] Athena One,
this is Mission Control.

You are go for the
correction burn in minus 10.

[Steve]
Roger, Mission Control.

This is Athena One,
standing by.

Roger.

Minus five, four, three, two,
one, burn.

Athena One, Mission Control.

Confirm burn completed.

[Steve] Roger, Mission Control.

Woods, you're flying
like you expect

the automatic systems to work.

You're not allowing
for outside contingencies.

And you've got to be ready to go
to manual control at any time.

[Steve] Athena One, Houston.

Ready for the docking
maneuvers when you are.

Roger, Steve.

How close are you
to the docking vehicle?

Estimate four miles.

Roger, one. All systems
are go for docking.

[Steve] Roger, Houston.
We're going in.

Your ball, major.

Two degrees yaw.

Too much. Bring it back.

She's starting to pitch.
Bring it back hard.

No, no, not that way!

[beeping]

Not that way!

[whirring]

[alarm blaring]

Congratulations, Athena.

You're the first victim
of gimbal lock.

In case you don't know
what gimbal lock is, Major Wood,

you have just rendered this
capsule so it has no compass

no reference in space,
this is a--

Where do you think
you're going?

Steve, what's going on?
Do you need any help?

I said where do you think
you're going, major?

- Out, colonel, sir.
- Look.

You run into trouble up there
you can't walk away from it.

Now get back in that capsule
and we'll run it again.

We've been at this
for six hours.

Look, I don't make
up the program, lady.

I've just been asked to help you

and I didn't wanna do that.

Now, if you don't mind,
we'll get back in that capsule

and we'll work on it again.

Yes, sir.

[Jim on radio]
Steve, you got a problem?

Yeah. How do I get fired
off this job?

[tense music]

[theme music]

[Man] It looks good
at NASA One.

[Man 2] Roger.

- [Man] BCS Arm switch is on.
- [Steve] Okay, Victor.

[Man 2] Landing Rocket
Arm switch is on.

Here comes the throttle.
Circuit breakers in.

[engine whooshing]

- [Steve] We have separation.
- [Man 2] Roger.

[Man] Inboard and
outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward
with the side stick.

- [Man 2] Looks good.
- [Man] Uh, Roger.

[Steve] I've got a blow out,
damper three.

[Man 2]
Get your pitch to zero.

[Steve] Pitch is out!
I can't hold altitude!

[Man] Correction,
Alpha Hold is off.

Turn selectors--Emergency!

[Steve] Flight Com,
I can't hold it!

She's breaking up!
She's breaking--

[explosion]

[monitor beeping]

[Rudy]
Steve Austin, astronaut.

A man barely alive.

[Oscar] We can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

We can make him better
than he was.

Better, stronger, faster.

[heart pounding]

[theme music]

[tense music]

[Oscar on radio] No, Steve.
No, you cannot walk out.

Washington requested that

you be flight dynamics
officer on this mission.

Besides, you've only
got a week more to go.

That's too long by seven days.

Look, Oscar, I'm not
the only astronaut qualified

to be Fido on this project.

Now NASA could assign
one of the other--

No deal.

The eyes of the world
are on this mission.

This is the first flight
of an American woman in space

and its mission is to find
additional sources of energy.

Now, we can't afford
to have anything go wrong.

- You understand that?
- So I'm stuck here.

- Is that what you're saying?
- [Oscar] That's right.

If you've got any problems,
talk to the flight director.

If Major Woods can't cut it,
there are backup pilots

that can take her place.
But I want you to ride it out.

Now, is that clear?

Yeah. Thanks a heap.

[grand music]

Hey, Steve. How are you?

Oh, the colonel seems to have
a lot of friends

at these offices here, too.

Major, in case
you don't remember,

I did spend some time at the
center here a couple years ago.

Oh, I do remember.

Look, we don't have to
get along.

As far as I'm concerned,
all you have to do

is check out perfectly
in that simulator,

- then you're on your own.
- Very good, Colonel.

Major, there's one other thing.

We have to make this
TV appearance tonight.

How about a truce
for the sake of the mission?

You do your job,
I'll do mine, sir.

[Man] Standby, Jules.

Tonight we're bringing you
a special

pre-launch news program

from the Johnson
Space Center in Houston.

With me in our studio
are Major Kelly Wood

and Colonel Steve Austin.

Steve, it's good
to see you back.

Good to have you back
with us again.

Thank you, Jules.

Major, you'll be the first
American woman to fly in space.

It's been a long decade
of waiting and training,

a long decade getting ready
for this mission.

Yes, it has been.

My co-pilot, Major Osterman,
had to go to the Cape

or he would have
been here with me.

Major, how do you feel
about the fact

that you'll be flying
with a male astronaut?

Every American astronaut
to date has been a man.

I suppose women will just
have to make their own mark.

But I do think we could
have gone with two women

on this orbital flight.

Two women, Steve?
Do you have any opinion on that?

Well, there's no doubt
that women check out

as good as men on the ground

and I'm sure
they'll be fine in space.

- But that's not the problem.
- What is, then?

This is a dangerous business
we're in.

We all know that,
and we live with it every day.

Every time one of us goes up.

We don't want to lose
anybody up there, Jules,

especially not a woman.

You know, Steve,
that's the first time

I've ever heard you
express concern

about the possibility
of an accident.

Most astronauts won't even
admit that possibility.

Have you considered
the possibility

of an accident, Kelly?

Yes, there's always
a possibility.

[tone beeping]

Thank you both. Good show.

- Steve, good seeing you again.
- Thank you, Jules.

Kelly, good luck. Good flight.

Thank you.

Well, that wasn't so bad,
was it?

No. But the best part was
seeing the other side

of Colonel Steve Austin.

Major, I don't know
if you understand it or not

but when I'm rough on you
in that simulator

it has nothing to do
with you personally.

I know that.

[gentle music]

[dramatic music]

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

[Man] Hey, you okay down there?

Yeah, you missed us a mile.

Steve, those lights weigh a ton.

Oh, they do?

And you caught it
with one arm. How?

- Two hands are for beginners.
- Sorry, colonel.

You don't get off that easy.

All right, you heard about
the crash I had a while back?

Yes.

It was a lot worse than
the press releases said it was.

Rudy Wells was the chief surgeon
on the project.

I, uh...
Well, I was the project.

When it was over, I was a little
better than before.

Come on.

I'll get that.

You can open doors for me
anytime.

[Jules on TV]
Just another space flight?

Not quite.

The eyes of the entire world
are on this flight,

the flight of Athena One,
a revived Apollo mission

designed to help discover
new sources of energy

here on Earth.

The focus of attention,
of course,

is on the command module
piloted by Major Kelly Wood,

the first American woman
in space.

But the second surprise

is the presence
of Colonel Steve Austin

as Flight Dynamics Officer,
in effect,

the chief pilot on the ground.

It marks the first return
of Colonel Austin

to the Johnson Space Center
since 1972

when he was the last American
to walk on the moon.

Mission Control now advises
we are one minute to launch

and counting, all going well.

- Guido?
- Looking good for me.

- Fido?
- Go.

- Retro.
- It's good here.

- [Jim] Surgeon.
- Good.

- GNC.
- Good.

- INCO.
- Good.

All right, we have go
on all systems.

Capcom, it's all yours.

Athena One,
you're go for launch.

T minus 20 seconds and counting.

The space craft
is on internal power.

All systems are go
for the launch of Athena One.

[Man] Copy, John,
we got the, uh, dampers

10-four-one and here comes...

[indistinct chatter]

We are minus 10 seconds
and counting.

[indistinct chattering]

Five, four, three,

two, one, ignition.

Liftoff. We have liftoff.

Confirmed at exactly
20 minutes past the hour.

[Man on radio]
Keep goin', baby.

Keep goin', baby.

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[explosion]

Go, Kelly.

[gentle music]

[Jim] This is Houston
at 52 minutes.

The station at Carnarvon is
about to acquire Athena One.

We'll stand by live
for this pass, Athena.

Roger, Houston.
Great day for a ride.

Oh, we promised you blue skies,
Kelly, we deliver.

Ah, we'd like to copy
the alignment results

now if we could.

Roger, I have noun 71 ,
check star 34, over.

Roger, Athena, we copy you.
We have noun seven...

[explosion]

[beeping]

[Man] Kelly, this is Houston.
I thought we heard a bang.

Do you copy?

Athena One, this is Houston.
Do you copy?

I'll say again. Athena One,
this is Houston. Do you copy?

[Kelly] Athena One, Houston.
We have a problem.

Roger, Athena One.
I thought we heard a bang.

- Can you confirm?
- Confirmed.

We had a small explosion
on the port side.

Some of the fragments
hit Paul. He's unconscious.

- Any damage to the capsule?
- Kelly, this is Houston.

Can you give us
a damage report, please?

We've lost
our standby inboard computer.

All other systems
seem to be go.

Internal integrity is fine,
but I have no way to scan

external damages right now.

- What about Osterman?
- Uh, Kelly, how is Paul?

Where was he hit?

In the neck and in the chest,

but I have no way
to tell how bad

because of these suits.

Punch in, doctor.

Kelly, this is Dr. Wilson.

I want you to give Osterman
direct oxygen

and a 100 milligrams
of meperidine.

Roger, Houston, copy that.

[Jules] It has now been
slightly more than two hours

since the first confirmation
of the explosion

aboard Athena One.

Latest reports
from Mission Control

are that the spacecraft
continues to be maneuverable,

and that astronaut
Paul Osterman

is unconscious,
but resting comfortably.

But here in Houston,
insiders are buzzing

that a daring plan
has been cooked up

for the use of Skylab itself
as a rescue station in orbit,

an orbital island
where Athena One can dock

and then await help and possible
rescue from another spacecraft.

Okay, plug in, Steve.

Athena One, this is Houston.

[Kelly] Roger, Houston.
Steve, is that you?

Roger, Athena One.

Good to hear your voice again,
teacher.

[Steve] Oh,
it's good to be here, Kelly,

especially now that
we have an answer for you.

The Cape is preparing
a rescue rocket.

The backup pilot will take it up
with a flight surgeon

and all necessary
medical supplies

you'll need for Osterman.

- They'll meet you at Skylab.
- Roger, Houston.

I'm on my way as soon as
you can give me the numbers.

Kelly, this is Mission Control.
We'd like you to null to 0-9-0.

[Kelly] Roger, Houston.

Houston this is Athena.
I have Skylab in sight now.

[Jim]
Copying you five-by, Athena.

On the ground telemetry
confirms.

Estimate docking in 20 seconds
at the mark.

Mark.

[Kelly]
Copy that, Houston.

Distance 40 yards
and closing.

You're lookin' good.

Easy now, Kelly. You got it.

[Kelly]
40 feet and counting.

30.

20.

10.

Five.

Houston, Athena One.
We have docked.

Proceeding now
to enter Skylab.

[air hissing]

[door rattling]

[air hissing]

[Kelly] Houston,
the hatch is jammed.

Say again please.

[Kelly]
The hatch won't open.

The explosion must have
jammed it shut.

Stand by, Athena.

- Kelly, this is Steve again.
- Hello, teach.

- Gonna say I told you so?
- Not yet.

Did you try to blow the hatch
with the emergency system?

I tried everything
but a can opener.

Wanna bring me one?

Kelly, speaking of can openers,

do you remember the one I used
to open that stage door with?

[mysterious music]

Y--yeah.

Now, think, Kelly.

Is there any chance
I can get that hatch

open the same way?

Steve, I think that's
the only chance we have.

[dramatic music]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Jules on TV] In a surprise
development late tonight,

Colonel Steve Austin, who has
not ventured into space

since his walk on the moon
in January 1972,

has been named commander
of the Rescue Mission

that'll be launched
to rendezvous at Skylab

with the crippled
Athena One spacecraft.

Named to go with Austin
was Dr. Richard Wolf,

who may become the first man

to perform an operation
in space.

Steve.

I'll see you at the gantry.

Washington approved my staying
in Mission Control

in case you need anything.

Thanks, Oscar.

And for getting them
to let me go.

I'm not so sure
about this, Steve.

You might be compromising
our secret.

Would you trade our secret
for Kelly Wood's life?

- Good luck.
- Oscar.

Don't look so sad,
you'll be hearing from me.

[Man] T minus 27 seconds
and counting.

All recorders
and assilagraphs to fast.

Barney, you're a start.

[Bill] Okay, Capcom.

Uh, One Alpha confirms
gyro switches to direct

and pass switches on.

[Jim] Roger, Bill,
I copy that.

Uh, that completes all of our
control checks, okay with you.

[Bill] Roger, Capcom.

Everything here
is looking good.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Jim] Athena One,
this is Houston Control

we are go for launch.

[Steve]
Roger, Houston.

Minus 10 seconds and counting.

Minus five, four, three,

two, one, ignition.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[rocket droning]

Lift off, we have lift off.

[Steve]
Okay, thanks.

[Man] Keep goin', baby.

Keep goin', baby.

[indistinct radio chatter]

Look at her go.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[gentle music]

[Steve] Houston,
this is Athena Rescue.

I have Skylab in sight,
I'm starting my pitch

for the docking approach.

[Jim]
Roger. Copy that, Rescue.

Confirm,
we have Skylab in sight.

Estimate distance
is 3,000 yards and closing.

Roger, Houston. We copy.

Athena One,
this is Athena Rescue.

We'll be docking
in approximately one minute.

Roger, Athena Rescue.
We're waiting.

[Jim] Okay for pass.

Correction,
Alpha hold is off, Rescue.

- Trim selector slipping.
- [Steve] Roger, Houston.

Going forward
on the alternate trim.

[Jim] Much better, Rescue.
Looking good for docking.

It's all yours.

[Steve] Thank you, Houston.
We're closing now.

30 feet and easing our way in.

- 20 feet.
- [Jim] Roger, Rescue.

[Steve] 10 feet, five, four,
three, two.

[thuds]

Houston, this is Rescue.
We are docked.

I'll proceed to check out
the other capsule.

We copy, Rescue.

[tense music]

Sit tight, doc.

Let's hope I can get that hatch
to work from the Skylab side.

I'll let you know
as soon as I make it

through the lab section.

[music continues]

Houston, this is Rescue.

I'm entering
the Skylab first stage now.

[Jim] Roger, Rescue.
Standing by.

[music continues]

[music continues]

[Steve] Opening first hatch
now, Houston.

[Jim] Roger, Rescue.
We copy.

[music continues]

[metal creaking]

[Steve]
It's starting to give, Kelly.

[creaking continues]

[Steve] Stand by, Kelly.

[door creaking]

[music continues]

One can opener, present
and accounted for, major.

[Jim] Oh, roger, Skylab.

Uh, confirm,
doc is checking out Osterman,

and you are now two cells
powered up for operation.

Is that affirmative?

[Steve] Affirmative, Houston.

Powering up cells three
and four now.

Uh, stand by, Houston.

[Jim] Roger, Skylab.
Houston Control standing by.

[gentle music]

The meperidine kept him
out of shock.

We'll operate as soon as you can
power up the lab.

That may not be so easy
to do judging from the readout.

One of the solar panels
must be damaged.

I'll have to go out and fix it
before we get anything

near maximum power in here.

I'll need your help on the walk.

Go ahead.
I can prep him myself.

[Steve]
Houston, this is Skylab.

Kelly and I are starting for
the solar panels now.

[Jim] Roger, Steve.
Let us know if we can help.

[Steve] Roger, Houston.
You've got a deal.

[tense music]

[Steve]
Houston, this is Steve.

I'm at the solar flaps now.

[Jim] Copy that, Skylab.
Can you give us a reading?

[Steve] Roger.
Number three reflecting panel

is loose, Houston.

[Jim] Any way of fixing it,
Steve?

[Steve] Roger, Houston.
I think so. We'll see.

[music continues]

[beeping]

[beeping]

[beeping]

[beeping distorting]

Steve?

[beeping]

Is anything wrong?

[tense music]

No. Nothing. It's nothing.

[computer clacking]

[Man] Uh, roger, Skylab.

Whatever you did,
you did right.

Readout indicates Skylab
up to full power

for operation.

[Steve]
Roger, Houston. We copy.

The doc's starting
the operation now.

[Jim] Roger, Steve.
We understand.

Senior flight surgeon wants
to know how serious it is.

[Steve] Osterman took two pieces
of metal in his chest.

One's no problem, minor surgery.

The other, that's the problem.

It's lodged beside the aorta.

If he wasn't in zero G's,
it probably would've

severed the artery already.

[Jim] Well, can the doc
remove the fragment?

Well, he has to.

There's no way
Osterman can survive reentry

if we leave it where it is.

[Jim] Roger, Skylab.

We have specialists
standing by

to assist.

Roger, Houston. Thank you.

Taking a long time.

Mr. Goldman, in this business,
anything good takes a long time.

[beeping]

[Richard] Need some suction
here.

Okay, that's good. Clamp.

[beeping]

[Richard] Clamp.

[beeping distorting]

[intense music]

Okay, let's get it out of there.

Forceps.

[beeping]

[Kelly] Steve, what is it?
Are you all right?

[Steve] It's nothing. I'm okay.

[Richard] Kelly,
I need you here.

[slow beeping]

[Kelly] Steve.

Steve?

Steve?

[tense music]

[music continues]

Feel like talking?

Sure. Pull up a chair.

Don't worry. They've put us
to bed for the night.

Steve, what's the problem?

- You can't help me.
- I'm still a nurse.

I might be able to tell you
something you don't know.

My left eye is blurry.

My arm and legs are weak too,
but that comes and goes.

Might have been the radiation.

You were out there quite a while
working on the solar panel.

I checked out that suit myself.
It was perfect.

Maybe you're right.

Maybe that suit
can't protect me.

Where do you think
you're going now?

Somebody has to inspect
the damage

to your Athena One capsule.

[Kelly] You can't go
back out there.

Not after admitting
you have a problem.

I didn't admit anything.
I said maybe.

Steve, I can't let you go.

Kelly, me colonel,
you major, remember?

All right, all right.
What's going on?

Jim, I don't know,
we sent them to bed,

and then the next thing,
all the readouts on Austin

just went
right through the roof here.

[tense music]

[beeping, distorting]

Look, his blood pressure,
his pulse rate, his respiration.

- Well, everything.
- Get him on the line.

That's the problem. We can't.
Not until they switch us on.

[Steve]
Houston, this is Skylab.

Anybody awake down there?

Skylab, this is Houston.
We read you five-by.

Can I--can I talk with him?

Here.

Here's the mic.
Press this to talk.

Okay. Steve.

Steve, this is Oscar.
What are you doing?

Throwing a wild party up there?

[Steve] Oscar,
you know if I threw a party,

you'd be invited.

Kelly and I just went
for a little walk, that's all.

A walk? What kind of a walk?

[Steve] Just a little stroll
around Athena One.

She's ripped up pretty bad.

The port side and the heat
shield both ruptured.

How will they get down?

[Steve] Don't be such a ray
of sunshine, Oscar.

Your microphone's still on.

I'll jury rig Rescue One
to carry us all four back.

It won't be easy, but
I'll take everything useful

out of Athena One
and put it in Rescue.

Skylab, this is Houston Control.

Look, it might be better

if you wait
until we can put together

another rescue mission
down here.

Negative, Houston.
That's a new wrinkle.

Doc says Osterman needs
hospital facilities

as soon as he can get them.

Say, now, the silence
down there tells me

our friendly flight director

isn't too thrilled with my idea.

[Jim] You read me loud and
clear, Steve.

You say you've got to get
Osterman back tomorrow.

Now, you know there's no way we
can build a new reentry program

in less than four days.

Well, I guess that means
manual reentry.

You bet it does, in a capsule

designed to carry three people,
not four. I can't buy that.

Roger, but you used
your standby rocket

to get us up here.

How long before you can build
another one, Jim?

You were always a good Fido
officer, Steve. Too good.

Okay, we'll do it your way.

I'll wake up the guys,
and we'll run a quick trim

and balance check,

and we'll get you
as many numbers as we can.

Thanks, Jim. In the meantime,
have somebody hold Oscar's hand.

He tends to get a little
nervous under pressure,

you hear?

- Skylab out.
- Uh...

Gentlemen, let's get to work.

[tense music]

[beeping, distorting]

How's it going?

[music continues]

[beeping, distorting]

Ready whenever you are, major.

Roger, Skylab.

All right, we're standing by
to read out

the next set of figures.

I copy that, Houston.

New noun 24, check star 47.
Over.

[Jim] Roger, Skylab.
And that's the program.

I'm sorry
we can't be more help to you.

It's a big help just knowing
you're there, Houston.

Stand by.

Osterman's in place.
Doc Wolf's with him.

He could use an extra hand.

Houston, this is Steve.

Oscar Goldman there
by any chance?

Uh, yeah, I think
I can dig him up for you here.

- Stand by.
- Thank you.

Hello, Steve?
How's it going up there?

We're as ready as we'll ever be.

Good. The book makers are having
a field day down here.

Yeah, well, don't tell me.

Big numbers with lots of zeroes
make me dizzy.

You'll beat the odds.
Don't worry.

Well, I'm not worried, Oscar,
but there's something

you should tell Rudy Wells.

What's that?

Well, it's a little malfunction.

Nothing I can't live with.

Something like
that little problem we had

in California
last year, remember?

[Oscar] Yeah. Yeah.

You mean when we thought that

you may not be able
to pitch again?

Yeah, you know how it is playin'
ball in the Mexican League.

The altitude sort of gets
to your arm and legs.

Skylab, this is Flight.

Say again about that
minor malfunction.

[Steve] Relax, Flight.

Oscar and I were just talking
about the good old days.

They just don't build things
like they used to,

right, Oscar?

That's right, Steve.

Is there anything we can do?

No, Oscar.
Just wanted you to know.

Besides, when the big time
pitcher loses his stuff,

team always has a good
relief pitcher waiting, right?

And I've got the best
in the world up here with me.

That's right.

Good luck.

[Steve] Thanks, Oscar.

[tense music]

What were you trying to say?

I think you know.

I can't trust myself, Kelly.

- But I thought you said that--
- Doesn't matter what I said.

Look, there are four of us
up here.

You're the only one
who can bring us home.

Steve, I'm not ready.

This is a full manual reentry.

There's no computer program,
the ship's not balanced,

it's never been done before.

That doesn't matter, either.

You're gonna do it.
You are the pilot.

If I took hold of that control
and my hand started to shake,

we'd all be dead.

I could make that same mistake.

No, you won't.

- Steve, you don't know that.
- Yes, I do.

Remember, I'm the guy
who taught you.

[tense music]

[Jules] Now the four
astronauts are jammed

into the tiny
Athena Rescue capsule.

They must do what has never
been done before,

bring an out of balance capsule
manually

through a tiny window
in space

back to the safety of the Earth.

The entire mission
is in the hands of the pilot.

They cannot miss this window

by more than a fraction
of a degree.

If they're too shallow,
they'll bounce off into space

without the power to return.

If they're too steep,
they'll become a fireball

in the Earth's atmosphere
and burn up.

All right, he's doing just fine.

See you at splashdown.

Checklist complete.

Ready?

Ready.

Houston, this is Athena Rescue.

We are ready
for separation burn.

[Man] Roger, Athena Rescue.

You are go
for the separation burn.

[Steve] It's all yours, pilot.

Roger.

Houston, we're ready for burn.

In minus five, four, three,

two, one, burn.

[dramatic music]

[Jim] Athena Rescue,
this is Houston.

We have SEP confirmation.

[Kelly] Roger, Houston.

We're saying good-bye
to Skylab.

[Steve]
Houston, this is Rescue.

We're clear of Skylab and
ready for the reentry program.

[Jim] Roger, Rescue.
Stand by.

[Steve]
Houston, Athena Rescue.

We're coming right down the
pike to the approach corridor.

Roger, Rescue.

Your coordinates
for splashdown are

13 degrees, 19 minutes north,

169 degrees, 10 minutes west.

You've got good weather there.

At 2,000, scattered,
8,000, scattered

with 10 mile visibility.

Wind is about 0-8-0
at 18 knots.

We copy.
Where's the Kitty Hawk?

The Kitty Hawk's about 50
miles out and coming on hard.

[Steve] Roger, Houston.
Sounds good.

We try to please.

[Jim] Okay, Rescue,
Command Module RCS

is looking good to us.

Your weather's holding
in the splashdown area.

You're approaching the mark
for separation and retro fire.

Stand by.

[Steve]
Roger, Houston. We copy.

[Jim] We see
you're getting ready for SEP.

Everything is
looking good here.

Roger, Houston.
Looks good for us.

[Jim] We are awaiting
confirmation of separation.

[rocket whooshing over radio]

We have confirmation
of separation

from on-the-ground telemetry.
You're still looking good.

[Steve] Roger, Houston,
ready for retro fire

and reentry whenever you are.

[Jim] You are go
for reentry, Rescue.

We copy, Houston.

You're still looking good.

[Jim]
Rescue, this is Houston.

You're coming up on the mark
for your retro fire.

Stand by with thrusters
to assume reentry attitude.

[Kelly] Roger, Houston.
Thrusters ready.

We are standing by.

[Jim] Rescue, this is Houston.
Coming up on the mark.

[Steve] No, no. Not yet.

Take your time, Kelly.
Take your time.

[Jim] Stand by in five, four,

three, two, one, retro fire.

[thrusters firing]

[Jim] Rescue, this is Houston.
We confirm retro fire.

You'll be entering blackout
in 20 seconds.

Roger, Houston. We'll talk to
you as soon as we break through.

Atta girl.

[Steve]
Houston, this is Rescue.

We are coming up
on loss of signal.

We'll talk to you in
three minutes if we're...

[static]

What, three minutes of blackout?

Yeah, yeah.

[helicopter whirring]

All right.
Don't over handle.

Bring it back.

Careful.
Not too far over. Bring it back.

- Altitude?
- 700 nautical miles.

Velocity 36,230 feet per second.

- [Steve] Bring it back!
- It's getting hot in here.

This pitching is causing
the heat shield to move around.

Now, Kelly, you must
maintain this attitude, or--

I know. I know.

It's over two minutes.

[helicopter whirring]

Four minutes, where are they?

[Steve] Houston...Rescue.

[static]

This is Houston Control.

Athena One, you're breaking up.
You're breaking up.

Just advise when
you release your mains.

[helicopter whirring]

[Man] Athena Rescue,
this is Kitty Hawk.

Do you read? Over.

Athena Rescue, I say again,
this is Kitty Hawk.

Rescue, we are receiving
no transmissions,

but I show you on the drones.
Do you read? Over.

The mains.
Where are the mains?

[Man]
Houston, this is Kitty Hawk.

We have no voice contact
with Rescue at this time,

but... Wait a minute.

Houston, this is Kitty Hawk.
We have main chutes in sight.

Repeat, we have
main chutes in sight.

[all cheering]

[upbeat music]

[all cheering]

[Man] Rescue,
this is Kitty Hawk.

Your main chutes
are full out.

Thank you, Kitty Hawk. We see
them, and they look great.

[music continues]

[all cheering]

[Kelly] 500 feet.

Four, three,

two, one.

50 feet.

[helicopter whirring]

[music continues]

Nice ride, major.

I flew this thing the way
my teacher taught me.

[tense music]

[music continues]

Well, Oscar, what did you do?

Stop by to give me
the bad news personally?

What bad news?

As soon as you're ready,
we've got a jet standing by

to take us to Colorado.

For repairs?

Rudy says you'll be
as good as new in two weeks.

Yeah, just a little pit stop,
huh?

You don't sound
too thrilled about it.

You know, I'd forgotten
how beautiful it was, Oscar.

Or maybe I didn't forget. I just
willed myself not to remember.

Space.

It is the final frontier.

And I can't go.

Always underestimating us,
Steve.

Got a letter from Rudy.

He says that he's worked out
a way to attach

additional protective material
to your bionic limbs.

Sort of an added layer of skin.
You won't even know it's there.

So if you want to,
you can go back.

Or if you have to go back.

Am I interrupting?

Not at all.
I was just leaving.

See you outside?

How are you?

Uh, fine.

Lying to a nurse
and a fellow pilot

is a violation of the rules.

But when you are fine,
I know a place in Houston

that serves
a really fantastic dinner.

Reasonable, too.

Where's this restaurant?

My place.

Well, I've never had dinner
with a pretty astronaut before.

I might like that.

[chuckles]

[gentle music]

[theme music]