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The crew's
crossing gantry
for capsule ingress.

Roger that.

Inspired by
the late President Kennedy,

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

"The most hazardous
and dangerous and
greatest adventure

"on which man
has ever embarked."

After trailing the Russians
for years with
our manned space program

and after that sudden
and horrible fire

on the launch pad
during a routine test

that killed American
astronauts Gus Grissom,

Ed White and Roger Chaffee,

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

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

the entire world watched
in awe as Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin

landed on the moon.

The big news
came just a moment ago.

Mission Control gave
the spacecraft permission

to go for
the extravehicular activity,

that is,
for the walk on the moon

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

The important thing
when you penetrate
the lunar module

is your attitude
and relative speed.

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

All right.
... in the LEM.

This thing sticking out here
is called the probe.

Is that true?

Absolutely.

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

it's like no other
feeling in the world.

A little liquid propulsion.
What's the big occasion?

How's it going at
Mission Control?

It's a nervous time.
They're pacing around
and smoking.

Gene Kranz is
gonna have puppies.
Jim Lovell.

This is Tracey.

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

Gemini 7. Gemini 12.
Apollo 8.

They were the first
around the moon.

This guy did 10 laps.

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

This is the last champagne
in the city of Houston.

Very good.

Everything else
all right?

Everything's on course.

Looks okay. Cadet Lovell.
Hey, Dad.

Put this on ice.
Make sure it gets cold.

You gonna get
a haircut this week?

I'm on vacation.

Oh, get a haircut.

I wouldn't mind
being up there tonight.

God, who wouldn't.

Don't worry.
Our day's coming.

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

You know,
my cousin called.

Asked who we bribed to
get on Jim Lovell's crew.

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

Well, they got that right.

What network
do we want?

Put on Walter!

Jules Bergman !

John, turn it up!

I really appreciate

you all coming to
this dress rehearsal party
for my Apollo 12 landing.

Sit down, Conrad.

I think we should all
take a moment
to recognize

the exemplary,

hell, damn near
heroic effort

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

and, of course,
his crew.

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

There he is!
Everybody quiet down !

Hey! Kids!

You got a good picture, huh?

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

You think
it's too late
for him to abort?

He still has
time to get out.

He just needs somebody
to wave him off.

Pull up, Neil !

Pull up!

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

Look at those pictures.

I'm at
the foot of the ladder.

The LEM footpads
are only depressed
in the surface about

one or two inches.

It's almost like a powder.

Armstrong is on the moon.

Neil Armstrong,
38-year-old American

standing on
the surface of the moon

on this July 20, 1969.

That's one
small step for man,

one giant leap for mankind.

His quote was,

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

You're drunk, Lovell.

I'm not used to
the champagne.

Me, neither.

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

All right,
let's sell the house.

They're back inside
now looking up at us.

Isn't that something?

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

When you were
on the far side on 8,
I didn't sleep at all.

I just vacuumed
over and over again.

Christopher Columbus,
Charles Lindbergh,
and Neil Armstrong.

Neil Armstrong.

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

It's not a miracle.

We just decided to go.

On Apollo 8,
we were so close,

just 60 nautical miles
down and...

It was as if I could just

step out and walk
on the face of it.

I want to go back there.

Where's my mountain?

It's right up by the...

Do you see where
the shadow crosses

the white area there?
That's the
Sea of Tranquillity,

and your mountain's
on the edge of that.

It's your mountain, Marilyn.
Mount Marilyn.

I don't see it.

Well, you gotta
look harder.

You look harder,

while I...

The astronaut
is the most visible member
of a very large team.

All of us,
down to the guy
sweeping the floor

are honored to
be a part of it.

What did the man say?
"Give me a lever long enough

"and I'll move the world"?

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

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

Things like a computer
that can fit
into a single room

and hold millions
of pieces of information

or the Saturn 5 rocket.

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

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

When are you
going up again, Jim?

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

If there is
an Apollo 14.

People in my state
have been asking
why we're continuing

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

Imagine if
Christopher Columbus had
come back from the New World

and no one returned
in his footsteps.

- Attention, all personnel.
- Clear level 3.

Are there
any other questions?

How do you go to
the bathroom in space?

It's a highly
technical process

of cranking down
the window and looking
for a gas station which...

There's Deke Slayton.

You might be able to answer
this lady's question.

Deke is one of the original
Mercury 7 astronauts,
ladies and gentlemen.

Now he's our boss.

He hands out
the astronauts'
flight assignments,

so naturally
we kick back part
of our salaries to Deke.

How much this month?

Can I have a minute?
Something's come up.

Sure.

Hey!

Anybody home?

I'm not being
a cheerleader, Mom !

You don't understand !
I worked so hard !

Maybe
I don't understand,

but you are not
wearing that out
in this neighborhood.

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

Shut up!

Hey, everybody.
Marilyn, trick or treat.

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

I was thinking there
might be a slight
change in destination.

Really?

Maybe, say, the moon.

Al Shepard's
ear infection
has flared up,

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

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

Six months?
You're moving up
six months?

Dad, can I please
wear this?

Sure.

No! Absolutely not.

They're not rushing
things, are they?

You'll be ready
in six months?

We'll be ready.

I wouldn't want
to be around
Al Shepard tonight.

I gotta get over there
and get up
to speed on this.

Go.

I'm gonna walk on
the moon, Marilyn.

I know.
I can't believe it.

Naturally, it's 13.
Why 13?

It comes after 12, hon.

Apollo 13,
you are go
for pyro arm and docking.

All systems are nominal
and on the line.

S-4B is stable,
SLA panels are drifting free.

The drogue is clear.
The docking target is clear.

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

Seventy-five feet.
We're coming up on docking.

Let's shut down
some thrusters on them.
Let's see what he does.

Whoa! Wait a minute.

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

Houston, we are
drifting down and away.

Wanna back off
and take another run?

No, I got it.

Let me just try
and get it stable here.

I'm gonna reset
the high gain.

I've got the target
back in the reticle.

Okay, we're stable.
Recycle the valves.

Forty feet.

They're all gray.

Twenty.

Ten feet.

Capture.

That's it!

That's it.

Sweet move, Ken.
Beautiful.

Gentlemen, that is
the way we do that.

Man, that woke me up.

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

Nice job, gentlemen.

That's three hours
of boredom

followed by
seven seconds
of sheer terror.

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

Nice try, Frank.

You really
outfoxed them.

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

You're above
the curve.

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

We gotta be up with
the dawn patrol headed
for Bethpage at 0700.

Wheels up at 0700.
Yeah, I know,

but my rate of turn
is still
a little slow there.

I really think
we should work it again.

Let's get it right.

Set it up again, Frank.

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

Prime crew's up
for another run.

Apollo 13,
we show S-4B shutdown

and all systems are nominal.

Fred, set the S-band omni
to B,

and when you get in the LEM,
to forward.

Good shape
over here.

Hey, we got a problem.

Cabin depress.
Repeat, cabin depress.

Ken, get your helmet on !

I can't get it locked !

Houston, something
ripped a big hole in us!
We got rapid depress!

Oh, God !

I thought the stars
would fall on you.

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

You're a smarter kid
than I was.

How long will it take you
to get to the moon?

Four days.

But that's pretty fast.

See, this is the
Saturn 4B booster

and it shoots us
away from the Earth

as fast as a bullet
from a gun

until the moon's
gravity actually
grabs us and pulls us

into a circle
around the moon,

which is called
an orbit.
All right?

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

this spidery-looking guy.

Only holds two people,
and it's just
for landing on the moon.

And I take the controls,
steer it around
and I fly it down,

adjusting it here,
the attitude there,
pitch, roll,

for a nice, soft
landing on the moon.

Better than Neil Armstrong.
Way better than Pete Conrad.

Did you know
the astronauts
in the fire?

Yeah. I knew
the astronauts in the fire.
All of them.

Could that happen again?

Well, I'll tell you
something about that fire.

A lot of things
went wrong.

The door.

It's called the hatch.

They couldn't
get it open when
they needed to get out.

That was one thing.

A lot of things
went wrong in that fire.

Did they fix it?

Oh, yes, absolutely.
We fixed it.

It's not a problem
anymore.

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

Well, Henry Hurt
was all over me.

With a training schedule
this tight,
they shouldn't be asking.

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

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

Hey!
Lucky 13!

Right on !

That's the second time
it's done that.

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

It's a very busy week.

I'm thinking about
not going to the launch.

Huh.

The kids need me at home.

Marilyn, we've had these kids
for a while now.

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

But your mother
just had this stroke.

Mom's fine.

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

The other wives
have not done three.

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

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

You're gonna miss
a hell of a show.

Hey, guys.
See you in a few weeks.

Take care.
Bring us back
a moon rock.

The number 13
doesn't bother you?

Only if it's
a Friday, Phil.

Apollo 13,
lifting off at 1300 hours
and 13 minutes

and entering
the moon's gravity
on April 13?

Ken Mattingly here
has been doing some
scientific experiments

regarding that
very phenomenon.

Oh, yes, well,
I had a black cat

walk over
a broken mirror under
the lunar module ladder.

It didn't seem
to be a problem.

We're considering
a letter we got

which said we ought
to take a pig
with us for good luck.

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

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

I think that
an astronaut's
last mission,

his final flight is
always very special.

Why is this
your last, Jim?

I'm in command
of the best ship

with the best crew
that anybody
could ask for,

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

between sunlight
and shadow.

I can't imagine
ever topping that.

We have that scheduled
for 0900 hours tomorrow.

That's not gonna
work, Walter.

Why?

Freddo and I are
going over the lunar surface
experiments tomorrow,

and Ken's gonna be
back in the simulator.

We're going over
the flight plan
tonight.

Gonna pay a visit
to this machine
after you're hard down.

Jim, we've got
a problem.

We just got some
blood work
back from the lab.

Charlie Duke
has the measles.

So we need
a new backup.

You've all
been exposed to it.

I've had
the measles.

Ken Mattingly
hasn't.

You wanna break up my crew
two days before the launch

when we can predict
each other's moves,

read the tone
of each other's voices?

Ken Mattingly
will get seriously ill

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

That's a lousy time
for a fever.

Jack Swigert has been
out of the loop for weeks.

He's fully qualified
to fly this mission.

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

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

We can do one
of two things.

We can either scrub Mattingly
and go with Swigert,

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

I've trained for the
Fra Mauro Highlands,

and this is
flight surgeon
horseshit, Deke!

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

It's your decision.

Let it ring.

Listen, I gotta take that.

Why?

Because I'm on
the backup crew,

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

Yeah.

Yes, sir.

I understand.

Thank you, sir.

Damn.

Medical guys.

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

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

Swigert, he'll be fine.

He's strong.

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

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

I'm sure
we can work this out.

This was my call.

Must've been
a tough one.

Look, I don't
have the measles.

I'm not gonna
get the measles.

Ken, wait up.

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

We're into
program 64 at .05 G,

so we're feeling
that gravity now.

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

About to lose signal.

Re-entry data is nominal,
and we have radio blackout.

What's the story here?

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

I'm going to manual.

Houston,
switching to SCS.

Roger, 13.

Okay, we're at
three Gs.

Five Gs.

We're coming in too steep.

I'm gonna stay in this roll
and see if I can pull us out.

We're at eight Gs.

Nine.

Ten.

We're at 12 Gs.

12 Gs. We're burning up.

Damn it!

I gave them
a false indicator light
at entry interface.

Even Mattingly
didn't get it
the first time.

How are you feeling,
Freddo?

Charbroiled.

What happened?

Came in too steep.
We're dead.

No shit.

We were into
program 67 there.

We're gonna do
this again, obviously.

Give us a minute
to get our switches reset.

Jim, could we
have a word?

Sure, Deke.

We're going to
drop offline and
debrief this one on our own.

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

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

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

Let's do it again.

Do it again.

Get down, Fred !
Stephen, come here!

We can't go
across that road.

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

Hey, boys.
Not giving your mom
a hard time, are you?

Princess,
you look beautiful.

That looks
like Marilyn Lovell.

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

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

Who told you that?

Some guy I know.

You can't live without me.

Okay, folks.
Let's say goodnight.

We got a big day
tomorrow for these guys.

Goodnight!

You hear about Ken?

Yeah.

Stand back, please.

Guenter Wendt!

I wonder where Guenter went?

You walk
on the moon, ja?

Ja, we walk and
we talk on the moon.

- How do you feel?
- Pretty good?

Might be a little
warmer in here.

- How are you today?
- Good.

- Ready?
- Yeah.

God, no.

Okay, we have the
oxygen purge system.

Check.

We have
the helmet restraint ring.

Check.

Communication umbilical on.

Fred.
What?

Gum.
Sorry.

Thanks.

I'm gonna give
these guys
a beautiful ride.

I'm sure you will, Jack.

You need more air?

You want
some apple?

I hate this already.

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

No. I got 30 days
till this blasts off.

This is for Gene.

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

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

Well, you can't
argue with tradition.

Copy that.

This is from
your wife, Gene.

Thank you, Tom.

I was starting
to get worried.

There we go.

I like that one, Gene.

Sharp, Gene.

Jim, you're all set.

Very sharp.

Gene, I guess we can go now.

Save it for
splashdown, guys.

Apollo 13 flight controllers,
listen up.

Give me a "go, no go"
for launch.

- Booster.
- Go.

RETRO.
Go.

FIDO.
We're go, Flight.

Guidance.
Go.

Surgeon.
Go, Flight.

EECOM.
We're go, Flight.

GNC.

TELMU.
Go.

Control.
Go.

Procedures. INCO.

Go.

FAO.
We are go.

Network.
Recovery.

Go.

CAPCOM.

We're go, Flight.

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

Roger that, Houston.

Pad leader,
what's your status?

We are go for launch.

T minus 60 seconds
and counting.

Stand by.

Roger.

Fuel pumps.

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

- Control, this is Guidance.
- We're ready for takeoff.

We are go for launch.

T minus

fifteen, fourteen,

thirteen, twelve, eleven,

ten, nine,

eight, seven,

six.

Ignition sequence starts.

Three, two, one.

Ignition!

The clock is running !

We have lift-off!

Houston, we have cleared
the tower at 13: 13.

Okay, guys, we got it.

Come on, baby.

Altitude is on the line.

Velocity right on the line.

Roll complete.
We are pitching.

13, stand by
for Mode One Bravo.

FIDO, how we looking?

Looks good, Flight.
Right down the middle.

We see
your BPC is clear, 13.

Roger. EDS to manual.

Inboard.

Get ready for
a little jolt, fellas.

That was some little jolt.

Tower jett.

Houston, we've got
a center engine cut-off.
Go on the other four.

Roger that, 13.
We show the same.

Booster, can you
confirm that cut-off?

Roger. Looks like
we lost it.

FIDO, what'll that
do to us?

Stand by, Flight.

I need to know if
the IUs are correcting for
the number five shutdown.

Houston, what's the story
on engine five?

We're still go.

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

Roger that.

We're not sure
why the inboard was out,

but the other engines
are go, so we're gonna
burn those engines

a little bit longer.

Roger that.
Our gimbals are good.

Our trim is good.

Looks like
we just had our glitch
for this mission.

13,
stand by for staging.

Roger that.

S-2 shutdown.
S-4B ignition.

Thrust looks good, Flight.

Flight, S-4B cut-off
in 10 seconds.

13, this is Houston.
Predicted cut-off
is 12 plus 34, over.

Coming up
on 12 minutes, 34.

And...

SECO !

Shutdown.

And that, gentlemen,
is how we do that.

Oh, boy.
Hope I can sleep.

Mom, that was loud.

Here, hold my hand.

I can't believe
you did this
four times.

The worst part's over.

It is?

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

Well, you just look
so calm about it.

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

Mrs. Lovell ! Mrs. Haise!

Can we speak to you?

Can we just have
a word
with you, please?

Remember, you're proud,
happy, and thrilled.

How're you feeling?

Very proud,

and very happy,
and we're thrilled.

Flight, Booster.
I show S-4B shutdown.

TLI is on the money.
Looks good, Flight.

Roger, FIDO.

Okay, guys.

We're going to the moon !

Flight,
we have reacquisition
of signal at Hawaii.

Flight, everything
looks good.

Okay, Houston.
CMP here.

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

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

Roger that, Jack.

Freddo, you okay?

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

Odyssey, you're go
for pyro arm and docking,

and we recommend
you secure
cabin pressurization.

Roger that.

Okay, we're ready
for CSM separation.

Okay, SMRCS isol valves
are all gray.

Okay, Swigert,
command module pilot.

She's all yours.

Houston,
we've got a good separation.

The S-4B is stable.

Translation looks good.

Reconfirm then, 13.

We're gonna
start to pitch around

to line up with the LEM.

You know, Freddo,
Frank Borman

was upchucking
most of the way
to the moon on Apollo 8.

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

And pitching up.

Pitch rate,
2.5 degrees per second.

Roger, Jack.

We see you
pitching around.

Keep an eye
on that telemetry.

Roger that.

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

How's the alignment?

GDC align.

Thrusting forward.

One hundred feet.

Watch the alignment now.

Don't worry, guys.
I'm on top of it.

FIDO, let me know
when you're ready.

Let's uplink that.

How we looking?
We're not there yet.

Forty feet.

Twenty.

Come on, rookie,
park that thing.

Ten feet.

Capture.

That's it.

Talk back is barber pole.

Go ahead and retract.

Houston, we have
hard dock.

Roger,
we understand.
That's a good deal, Jack.

Let's start back up
with procedure 17.

Houston,
we have LEM extraction.

We copy that, 13.

Now you're off to
the Fra Mauro Highlands.

I gotta get out
of this suit.

Houston, we are ready

for the beginning
of the PTC,

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

Hey, I'm hungry.

Are you sure?

I could eat the ass
out of a dead rhinoceros.

We got a smooth one?

By the numbers so far.

We just ran
a minimum load test
on the cooling system...

- See you tomorrow.
- Take care.

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

What a shame.

Overboard dump
coming up.

Here it comes,

the constellation Urion.

Now, that's a beautiful sight.

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

No!
I'm never coming out!

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

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

They're not stupid !
You're stupid !

I know
you're in mourning.

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

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

Good evening, America,

and welcome aboard Apollo 13.

I'm Jim Lovell,
and we're broadcasting
to you tonight

from an altitude
of almost 200,000 miles

away from the
face of the Earth,

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

We are going to
show you just what

life is like for
the three of us here

in the vast expanse
of outer space.

One of the first things
we'd like to do

is provide you
with the appropriate
background music.

So, hit it there, Freddo.

That was supposed to
be the theme to 2001

in honor of our
command module, Odyssey.

There seems to have
been a last-minute change
in the program.

When I go up on 19,
I'm gonna take

my entire collection
of Johnny Cash along.

Hey, Marilyn.
Where's their broadcast?

All the networks
dumped us.

One said we made
going to the moon

as exciting
as a trip
to Pittsburgh.

My son's
supposed to be on.

He's in outer space.

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

It's that damn
TV Guide again.

Ruthless porters.

Savage baggage masters...

Do they know
they're not
on the air?

We'll tell them
when they get back.

If anyone from
the IRS is watching,

I forgot to file
my 1040 return.

I meant to do it today...

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

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

Follow me.

When we get ready
to land on the moon,

Fred Haise and I
will float through
this access tunnel

into the lunar module,
leaving...

EECOM, that stir's gonna be

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

...the spacecraft
will remain connected.

Well, folks,
as you can probably tell,

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

The skin of the LEM
in some places

is only as thick as
a couple of layers

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

We get away with this
because the LEM

is designed
only for flight
in outer space.

Fred Haise,
Renaissance man.

We'll head back up
the tunnel now
and back into the Odyssey.

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

Stand by one, Houston.

Gotcha!

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

He gets our hearts going
every time with that one.

We're about to close
out the Aquarius

and return to the Odyssey.

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

So, this is the crew
of the Apollo 13

wishing everyone
back on Earth

a pleasant evening.

All right.

Daddy was funny.

They might air
a few minutes on
the news tonight.

You'd think so.

Bye.

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

I'd say that was a pretty
successful broadcast.

That was an excellent show.

Thank you
very much, Houston.

We've got a couple of
housekeeping procedures.

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

Roger that.
Rolling right, 0-6-0.

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

Roger that.

We've got a problem here.

What did you do?

Nothing.
I stirred the tanks.

This is Houston.
Say again, please.

Houston, we have a problem.

We have a main
bus B undervolt.

We've got a lot of
thruster activity.

What's with the computer?

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

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

Maybe it's in quad C.
I'll reconfigure the RCS.

We've got a ping light.

We've got multiple
caution and warnings.

We've got to
reset and restart.

I'm going to SCS.

Flight, their heart rates
are skyrocketing.

EECOM, what's your
data telling you?

O2 tank two
not reading at all.

Tank one is at
725 psi and falling.

Fuel cells one
and three are...

What's going on?
Flight, let me
get back to you.

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

They keep going
close to gimbal lock.

I keep losing
radio signal.

Their antennae must
be flipped around.

They'll have to do it
manually, if at all.

One at a time, people.

Is this an instrumentation
problem or real power loss?

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

It's got to be
instrumentation.

Get the hatch plugged.
A meteor may
have hit the LEM.

The tunnel's
really torquing
with all this movement.

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

Shit, it's main bus A.

Main bus A undervolt?

Main bus A undervolt
down to...

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

We got
a wicked shimmy up here.

These guys are talking
about bangs and shimmies.

Doesn't sound like
instrumentation.

You are breaking up.

Can't get
this hatch to seal.

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

I'm gonna try to
get us out of this.

Houston, did you say
switch to omni bravo?

Roger that, 13.

The signal
strength went way down.

It's fighting me.
What's the story?

We keep flirting
with gimbal lock.

We need
a confirmation.
What systems are down?

SMRCS, Helium one...

A and C are barber pole.

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

Roger that, 13.

Okay, Houston,
fuel cell one,
fuel cell three.

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

What don't we have?
AC bus one, AC bus two.

Command module computer.
O2 flow high.

It may be a caution
and warning failure.

Houston, we are venting
something out into space.

I can see it
outside window one
right now.

It's definitely
a gas of some sort.

It's got to be
the oxygen.

Roger, Odyssey.
We copy your venting.

Give me an alignment.

Let's think about
things we can connect.

Let's start back
at the beginning.

Listen up.
Quiet down, people.

Quiet down !

Let's stay cool, people.

Procedures,
I need another computer
up in the RTCC.

I want everybody to
alert your support teams.

Wake up anybody you need
and get them in here.

Let's work the
problem, people.

Let's not make things
worse by guessing.

13, this is Houston.

We're going around the room.
We'll get you answers.

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

Take a look
at the O2 on number one.

200 pounds and falling.

O2 tank two still zero.

Tank one,
218 psi and falling.

Is that what
you're getting? Confirm.

We're seeing
the same, 13.

Can we review our status, Sy?

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

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

I'll get
back to you, Gene.

We're not gonna have
power much longer.

The ship's
bleeding to death.

Flight?

Yeah. Go, EECOM.

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

What the hell good
is that gonna do?

If the leak's there,
we can isolate it.

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

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

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

Gene, the Odyssey is dying.

From my chair here,
this is the last option.

Yeah. Okay, Sy.

Capcom, let's have them
close the reactant valves.

13, this is Houston.

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

Do you copy?

Are you saying
you want
the whole smash?

Closing down the react valves
for fuel cells shutdown?

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

Yeah, they heard me right.

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

Yeah, Jim,

we think that
closing the react valves
may stop the leak.

Did he copy that?

Do you copy, Jim?

Yes, Houston, we copy.

We just lost the moon.

Okay, Freddo,
shut those down.

Let's see what this does.

If this doesn't work,

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

Shit!

God damn it!

Houston, O2 on one
is still falling.

How long does it take
to power up the LEM?

Three hours
by the checklist.

We don't have
that much time.

Shit!

Jack, before
the batteries completely
die on us in here,

let's power down
everything

so we can save as much
as we can for re-entry.

Fifteen minutes
of oxygen, that's it.

The command module
will be dead.

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

We're moving
the astronauts
to the LEM.

We've got to get
oxygen up there.

TELMU, Control, I want
emergency power procedure.
Essential hardware only.

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

We've to transfer
the guidance system
to another computer.

I want those numbers
up and ready
when they're in position.

Transfer all data
over the LEM computer

before the
command module dies.

The lunar module
just became a lifeboat.

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

Power up the LEM
at the same time,
so get somebody over there.

We already have
Freddo in the LEM.

We've got
serious time pressure.

Get the guidance
program transferred

before you're out of power
in the command module,

or you're not gonna
be able to navigate.

How much time?
Can you give me a number?

We're looking at less
than 15 minutes of
life support in the Odyssey.

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

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

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

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

That's a bad way
to fly.

I'll be in 210
if you need me.

Houston, this is 13.
Are you back with me now?

Aquarius, this is Houston.

You now have about
12 minutes to power up.

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

Houston, I have completed
the steps on Page 15.

I'm ready to
power down the computer.

I'm gonna need
your gimbal angles, Jack,

before you shut down
the computer!

Okay, Jim.

I need this back
before they power down.

All right, I got it.
Hold on.

Houston, our computer
is up.

Roger. Stand by.

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

You're down to about
eight minutes remaining.

Fuel cell pump's off.
O2 fans, tank two off.

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

but I need a double check
of the arithmetic.

Yeah, you can go, Jim.

The roll CAL angle
is minus two.

Lunar module roll
is 355.57.

Pitch, 1678, correction.

Pitch, 167.78.

Yaw is 351.87.

Stand by.
We're checking it.

We've got
negative visibility
in our star field,

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

Looks good, Flight.

It's all right.

Good here.

He's good, Andy.

We'll go on those numbers.

You're good.
Log them in, Freddo.

- Turn off the I MU.
- Switch to SCS.

Stand by. Over.

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

I like the ingenious
girl watchers who wear
Con Edison helmets

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

But speaking
of girl watching,

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

Is it Swigert?
Yeah, first bachelor.

They say he's the kind who
has a girl in every port.
He has that reputation.

He's sort of
foolishly optimistic,

taking nylons
and Hershey bars
to the moon.

Did you read that
three million...

What do you say?
Less viewers
or fewer viewers?

Three million fewer viewers

watched the space shot
than did the last one.

Here is ABC science
editor Jules Bergman.

The Apollo 13 spacecraft
has lost all electrical power,

astronauts Jim Lovell,
Fred Haise and Jack Swigert

are making their way
to the lunar module

using it as a lifeboat
so they'll have
electrical power

for their radios
on the command module.

Apollo 13 is apparently also
losing breathing oxygen...

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

The emergency
has ruled out any chance
of a lunar landing

and could endanger the
lives of the astronauts

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

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

What do you mean,
"no immediate danger"?

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

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

and getting them
safely back to Earth.

Recapping what has happened.

The Apollo 13 astronauts
may be in grave danger.

No, don't give me
that NASA bullshit!

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

We want
to switch control
to the Aquarius now.

Roger that.
Houston, wait!

You're down
to about five minutes now.

Be aware our RCS
isn't up here yet.

We have no attitude control
on Aquarius.

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

Control, what the
hell happened?

I don't know.
We need more time.

We're out of whack.

I'm trying to pitch down
but we're yawing to the left.

Why can't I null this out?

She wasn't designed
to fly attached like this.

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

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

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

Inform them I'm well aware
of the goddamn gimbals!

Roger that.

I don't need
to hear the obvious.

I can see the
frapping eight-ball!

Andy, we're on VOX.

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

You want us
to go to VOX?

You have a hot mike.
We are reading
everything you say.

Sorry, Jim.

It's only by
a very narrow margin

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

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

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

This has been
a very close call.

We're not out
of the woods yet.

Why are so many people here?

Your dad's
flying his mission.

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

Right.

Something broke on
your daddy's spaceship,

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

Was it the door?

13, we still
show that venting
pushing you around.

How you doing?

Houston, Aquarius.

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

Roger that,
Aquarius.

Have him
close it out.

Jack, we can close out
your procedure now.

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

It's gonna get
awfully cold in here.

Copy that, Jack.
We'll just have to
deal with that later.

Computer off.

We're clear.

We're going to the LEM.

We confirm shutdown, Jack.

Lunar module now in control.

Roger that, Houston.
This is Odyssey signing off.

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

It's just a matter
of when.

Did they shut us
all down in there?

Yeah.

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

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

Okay, people, listen up!

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

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

Sorry about that.
We'll get somebody
to look at that.

How do we get
our people home?

They are here.

Do we turn them around,
direct abort?

Yes!

No, sir! We get them on
a free-return trajectory.

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

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

No, the LEM will not
support three guys
for that amount of time.

I think we've got to
do a direct abort.

We do an about-face,
bring the guys right home.

Get them back soon.
Absolutely.

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

If there's been
serious damage
to the craft...

They blow up
and they die!

That is not the argument!
We're talking about time!

Not whether these guys...

I'm not gonna
sugarcoat this for you !

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

The only engine
we've got with enough power
for a direct abort

is the SPS on
the service module.

It could have been damaged
in an explosion,

so let's consider
that engine dead.

We light it up,
could blow
the whole works.

Just too risky.
We're not gonna
take that chance.

The only thing
the command module's
good for is re-entry.

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

Once we get the guys
around the moon,

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

pick up some speed,
and get them home
as quick as we can.

Gene, I'm wondering
what the Grumman guys
think about this.

We can't make
any guarantees.

We designed the LEM
to land on the moon,

not fire the engine
for course corrections.

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

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

I care about
what it can do.

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

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

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

Run it by the FAO.

I've run it by the FAO.

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

He wanted a quote
from a flight director.

Who wanted a quote?

The President.
The President?

Nixon.
He wants our odds.

We are not
losing the crew.

Gene,
I gotta give him odds.

Five to one against?
Three to one?

I don't think
they're that good.

We are not
losing those men.

How long
are they gonna have to
burn the engine PC + 2?

Look, tell him
three to one.

Expect loss of signal
in less than one minute.

When we pick you back
up we will have
your PC + 2 burn data.

Okay.
Roger that, Houston.

We'll hear from you again
at acquisition of signal.

You wanna look?

Oh, look at that.

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

Mare Tranquillitatis.

Neil and Buzz's
old neighborhood.

Coming up on Mount Marilyn.

Jim, you gotta
take a look at this.

I've seen it.

Aquarius,
this is Houston.

We expect loss of signal
in approximately ten seconds.

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

When you go into
the shadow of the moon

and the moon
is between you
and the sun,

you see stars that
are more brilliant

than anything
you've ever seen

on the clearest nights
here on Earth.

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

It must be
an awe-inspiring sight.

I can't wait to
see it myself.

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

but it is the rate of
consumption of water

which is vitally needed
for the cooling operations

to maintain the
electronic systems...

Look, it's Fra Mauro.

I can see
our landing site.

Look at the
Tsiolkovsky Crater.

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

It's like snow.
It's beautiful.

That's Mare Imbrium
to the north.

13, this is Houston.

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

Good to see you,
too, Houston.

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

at a distance from the moon
of 56 nautical miles.

Stand by for
your PC + 2 burn data.

Got to tell you,
I had an itch
to take this baby down,

do some prospecting.

Damn, we were close.

Gentlemen, what
are your intentions?

I'd like to go home.

We got a burn coming up.

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

Let's get an idea
where we stand
on the consumables.

Jack, get into the Odyssey

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

Let's go home.

Aquarius,
we got some PC + 2
burn data for you fellas.

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

That brings them
to about there.

Gentlemen,
that's not acceptable.

Gene,
we've got to
talk about power.

Guys! Power
is everything !

Power is everything.

What do you mean?

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

they don't turn
the heat shield around.

We gotta turn
everything off. Now.

They're not gonna
make it to re-entry.

What do you mean,
"everything"?

If everything's on,
the LEM draws 60 amps.

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

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

- Twelve amps?
- How many?

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

We gotta turn off
the radars, cabin heater,

instrument displays,
guidance computer,
everything.

Guidance computer?
What if they need
to do another burn?

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

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

I've looked at data
for the past hour.

That's the deal?

That's the deal.

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

All right.

Now, in the meantime,

we're gonna have
a frozen command module
up there.

Soon, we'll have
to power it up

using nothing but
the re-entry batteries.

That's never
been tried before.

We've never even
simulated it before.

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

I want people
in our simulators
working re-entry scenarios.

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

transistor
and light bulb
up there.

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

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

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

We never lost an
American in space.

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

Failure is not an option.

What?

Good, you're not dead.

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

Jesus, what're
you doing here?

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

What?

There's been
an explosion.

Oxygen tanks are gone,
two fuel cells gone,
command module's shut down.

What about the crew?

Crew's fine so far.

Trying to keep them
alive in the LEM.

We'll have to
shut that down
pretty soon, too.

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

Nobody's too sure
how much power
we'll have for re-entry.

The command module
will be frozen up
pretty good by then.

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

If it spikes,
that's sayonara for
the guidance computer.

Our guys can't
re-enter, okay?

How much
power do we have
to play with?

Barely enough
to run this coffee pot
for nine hours. Go.

Ken Mattingly
just got here.

Copy. He's here.

They've
been losing heat
since the accident.

They'll start getting
water condensation
on the control panels.

Glad you're here.
You know
what's going on?

John's brought
me up to speed.

What's left
in the batteries?

We don't know.

We gotta get started
on some shortcuts
for power-up.

You know
how short?

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

turn things on in
the right order, maybe...

I agree.

You started
on a procedure?

Engineers have tried,
but it's your ship.

We gotta
get you in there.

Okay.

Frank, I need
the sim
cold and dark.

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

I need status of
every instrument.

You got it.
I need a flashlight.

That's not what
they have up there.

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

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

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

Copy that.

We'll use the forward
omni when
the Earth's in the window,

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

We copy that, 13.

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

The venting may
push you off course.

Oh, Christ.

What's up?

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

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

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

which I'm shutting down now.

And that's it.

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

Is it a. m. or p. m.?

A. m. Very, very a. m.

Haise is running
a temperature,
and no one has slept.

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

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

Gene, we have
a situation brewing
with the carbon dioxide.

We got a CO2 filter problem
on the lunar module.

Five filters on the LEM.

Meant for two guys
for a day and a half.
I told the doc...

We're up to
eight on the gauges.

Anything over 15
and you get impaired
judgment, blackouts,

the beginnings
of brain asphyxia.

What about scrubbers
in the command module?

They take
square cartridges.

The ones on the
LEM are round.

Tell me this isn't
a government operation.

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

Those CO2 levels
will be getting toxic.

I suggest you
gentlemen invent a way

to put a square peg
in a round hole. Rapidly.

Okay, people,
listen up!

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

We gotta find
a way to make this

fit into the hole
for this

using nothing
but that.

Let's get it organized.

Okay,
let's build a filter.

Better get some
coffee going, too.

The Haise family lives
in El Lago, Texas.

His wife, Mary,
is from Biloxi, Mississippi.

When Fred Haise was
growing up in Biloxi,

he may have looked
ahead to a fine family,

but he never dreamt
of flying.

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

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

Good morning.

Henry. Don't you
ever sleep?

I have a request
from the news people.

Uh-huh.

They're out front here
and they want to put
a transmitter up on the lawn.

Transmitter?

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

I thought
they didn't care
about the mission.

They didn't even
run Jim's show.

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

If landing on the moon
wasn't dramatic enough,

why should not
landing on it be?

Look, I realize
how hard
this is, Marilyn,

but the whole world
is caught up in it.

It's the biggest
story since...

No, Henry.

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

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

He'll be home on Friday.

Hey, Fred.

It's too cold in there.

That's a nice one
of Mary.

You don't look
too good, Freddo.

I'll survive.

There's aspirin
in the medical kit.

I took some.
Jim, I'm all right.

It was an accident,
Mary getting pregnant.

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

Well, that has
a tendency to happen.

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

You're gonna find out
soon enough.

Sure.

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

Come up here
on a real mission.

Most of the guys
I graduated
high school with

never even left home,
and here I am.

Oh, yeah.

Here you are.

It hurts when I urinate.

Well, you're not
getting enough water.

I'm drinking my ration
the same as you.

I think old Swigert
gave me the clap.

He's been pissing
in my relief tube.

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

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

Listen, I've been
going over some stuff,

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

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

It could cost us
amp hours
on the back end?

That's a possibility.

I've been going
over the numbers again.

Have they called up
with a re-entry plan yet?
We're coming in too shallow...

We're working on it.

I can't remember
the ratio
to temperature.

We got no references
on board.

Let's see if Houston can
pull up the mil specs...

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

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

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

I can add.

Many PhDs are
working on this.

Houston says
we're on the money.

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

You think
they'd tell us?

There's no reason
to tell us!

What do you mean?
That's bullshit!

There's 1,000 things that
have to happen in order.

We are on number eight.

You're talking
about number 692.

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

I think they know it,
and that's why we don't
have a re-entry plan.

That's duly noted.
Thank you, Jack.

God damn
this piece of shit!

This piece of shit's
gonna get you home.

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

What are you saying, Fred?

I think you know
what I'm saying.

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

What was the gauge reading
before you hit the switch?

Don't tell me
how to fly the CM !

They brought me
in to do a job!

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

Stop kicking
yourself in the ass.

This is not my fault!

No one is saying
it is.

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

Well, tell him that.

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

Look, we're not
doing this, gentlemen.

We're not
bouncing off the walls
for 10 minutes

because we'll just end up
with the same problems!

Try to figure out
how to stay alive!

Aquarius,
this is Houston.

Are we on VOX?

No, we're not on VOX.

Yeah, Houston,
this is Aquarius.
Go ahead.

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

We were just
looking at that.

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

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

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

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

Jim, we're working
on a procedure
down here for you.

Do you copy?
Oh, Christ.

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

Christ, I know why
my numbers are wrong.

I only figured it
for two people.

Maybe I should
just hold my breath.

The deadly CO2 gas
is literally poisoning

the astronauts
with every breath in and out.

Heads up.

Go.

Heads up, people.
Look out now.

What's this?

That's what
they gotta make.

I hope you got
the procedures for me.

Right here.

That's it?

All right,
Aquarius, this is Houston.

Do you have
a flight plan up there?

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

Okay, we have
an unusual procedure
for you here.

We need you to
rip the cover off.

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

With pleasure.

The other
materials you'll need

are a lithium
hydroxide canister...

Two lithium hydroxide
canisters, I'm sorry,

a roll of gray tape.

Duct tape.

Duct tape.
You need an LCG bag...
Two LCG bags,

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

What about their level
of carbon dioxide?

It's climbing.

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

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

You want
to cut the duct tape
three feet long.

Tell him to
use his arm.

Just use your arm.

It's an arm's length.

Okay, I see what
you're getting at.

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

All right?
Hold on, Houston.

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

one thing
they have too much of
is carbon dioxide.

With each breath,
the three men expel

more of the poisonous gas
into the lunar module cockpit,

and the scrubbers
intended to keep
the atmosphere breathable

are quickly
becoming saturated.

Oh, shit, I tore it.

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

They just tore the bag.

Oh, no.

Stand by. What should
I tell them to do?

They should have
one more bag left.

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

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

The problem is,
if anything more
goes wrong,

they're in real trouble.

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

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

Any rescue system
the space agency
calculated...

One sock.

Once you have
the sock in place,
we're gonna want you...

Work it in.

...to bungee the entire
filter assembly
to the bulkhead,

right above
the LEM canister.

We're getting
close to 15.

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

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

we've ever encountered
in manned space flight.

Houston,
filter's in place.

Cabin gas
return to egress.

Suit circuit
relief to close.

CO2 canister
select to secondary.

All right.

Here goes.

I can hear air moving.

Just breathe normal, fellas.

Aquarius,
please advise
on CO2 status.

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

We're still holding
close to 15, Houston.

Roger that.
Standing by.

Houston, the CO2 level
has dropped to nine

and it is still falling.

That is good to
hear, Aquarius.

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

Okay, spacecraft
control to computer.

Damn !

We overloaded.

We used way too much power.

There must be a sneak circuit
someplace between
step seven and 10.

All right,
which one has the leak?

I don't know
that yet, John.

The sequence was wrong.
We just have to go back

and try them
one at a time.

You need a break, Ken?

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

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

My son's supposed to be on.

I know,
Mrs. Lovell.

Hi, Blanch.

They can't fix
a damn thing
in this place.

Blanch,
it's Marilyn.

Hi, Grandma.

I was gonna see Jimmy.

I know.

We came to
tell you something.

There's been an accident.
Jimmy's okay,
he's all right.

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

Well, they said he was.

I know.

That was before.

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

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

try to figure out
a way to get them home.

And it's a little bit
dangerous.

Oh, sweetie.

Are you scared?

Well, don't you
worry, honey.

If they could get
a washing machine to fly,

my Jimmy could land it.

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

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

since you are
most decidedly
out of the country.

Roger that, Houston.

That's wonderful news.

Tell them
they have to sleep.

Haise is running
a fever of 104.

13, we've got
another request from
the flight surgeon

that you fellas
get some more sleep.

He doesn't like
his readings down here.

Let's see how
he feels about this.

I am sick and tired of
the entire western world

knowing how my kidneys
are functioning !

Flight, I just lost Lovell.

13, this is Houston.

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

I'm not wearing
my bio-med sensors,
Houston.

Okay, Jim. Copy that.

Now I'm losing
all three of them !

It's just a little
medical mutiny, Doc.

I'm sure the guys
are still with us.

Let's cut them
some slack, okay?

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

Maybe they're still
venting something

and that's
throwing off
the trajectory,

but we are definitely
shallowing again.

We are up to a 5.9.

Damn it.

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

We need another burn
to get them back.

Another burn.

Fire the engines,
get them on course.

Copy that.

Aquarius,
this is Houston.

Houston, Aquarius.

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

What's up?

Something about
another course correction.

We copy, Houston.

Be advised, it's gonna
take Freddo and I

a while to
power up the computer

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

Negative on that,
Jim. We can't spare
power for the computer.

We gotta do this blind?

Houston, without
the computer, what do
we use for orientation?

Come on, we gotta be able
to give these guys something.

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

Not power.
I'm talking about
reference.

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

Houston, what's the story
with this burn?

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

Stand by.

Look, Houston, all we need
to hold attitude is
one fixed point in space.

Is that not correct?

Yeah.
Roger that, Jim.

Well, Houston,
we've got one.

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

the crosshairs
right on its terminator,

all I have to know is,
how long do we need
to burn the engine?

The shorter,
the better.

Roger that, Jim.

Can they fly it
manually and still
shut it down on time

without the computer?

I guess
that's the best
we can do.

We're out of time.

In order to enter
the atmosphere safely,

the crew must aim
for a corridor

just two-and-a-half
degrees wide.

If they're too steep,
they'll incinerate

in the steadily
thickening air.

If they're too shallow,
they'll ricochet
off the atmosphere

like a rock
skipping off a pond.

The re-entry corridor
is, in fact, so narrow

that if this
basketball
were the Earth

and this
softball were the moon,

and the two
were placed
14 feet apart,

the crew would
have to hit a target

no thicker than
this piece of paper.

On your toes.
We're doing this
one blind.

Gene, understand
that we've never
tried this before,

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

Look, it will ignite,
will it not?

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

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

I know what
you're trying to do.
I guarantee

I won't hold you
personally responsible.

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

Okay.

They'll burn
the engine
and steer manually,

attempting to keep
the Earth in the window.

Okay, this is gonna
take all three of us.

Freddo, you handle
the pitch.

Put on
the translation controllers,
all backwards,

so if the Earth
starts drifting down,

you need to thrust aft,
not forward.

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

We're going to
burn at 10% thrust

for 39 seconds.
Jack, you time us.

Got it.

Give us a count
of the last 10 seconds
up to 39.

Let's not miss this.

You up to this, Freddo?

I'm with you.

Standing by for
corridor control burn.

Okay, Jim,
you can fire when ready.

You are go
for the manual burn.

Okay, X-plus button
at 10 seconds. Mark.

Come on, baby.
One more burn.

Nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three...

Ullage is go.

...two, one,
ignition!

She's burning !

Master arm off.

Okay, here we go.

Helium regulator on.

RCS is go,
10% thrust.

Bring her around, Freddo.

I'm trying
but it's dragging.

Ten seconds.

Drop it down, Freddo.

- We're drifting!
- No, hold what you got.

I'll roll it.
Back off.

Can't get it stable.

She's dancing
all over the place!

Come to
the right a little bit.

Fifteen seconds.

She's drifting.
I'm losing attitude.

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

Shit!
I'm losing it!

Bring the Earth up.

Thrust forward, Fred.
Come on.

Shit, I lost it!
Where is it?

7:00.
Helium regulator's closed.

Bring it down, Freddo.
Just nose it down.

Okay, I got it!
Thirty seconds.

Little farther.
Ease your touch!

Damn it, that's mine.
That's me. Around.

A little more.
Come on, baby.

That's it. Hold it.

Back! That's it!
Hold it! Steady.

...eight, nine!

Shutdown !

Houston, we have shutdown.

- That's close enough, Jim.
- Good work.

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

Guess you can
keep your job.

You betcha.

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

Let's hope we don't
have to do that again.

Gentlemen, you've given
our guys enough
to survive till re-entry.

Well done.

Now we gotta get them in,
so tell me about
the power-up procedures.

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

I want to power up guidance,
ECS, communications,

warm up the pyros
for the parachutes

and the command
module thrusters.

The thrusters
will put you
over budget on amps.

They've been
sitting at 200 below
for four days.

They gotta be heated.

Fine. Then trade off
the parachutes.

If the chutes don't open,
what's the point?

You're telling me
what you need.

I'm telling you what
we have to work with.
I'm not making this stuff up.

They're going to need
all these systems.

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

I'll reorganize
the sequencing again
and find more power.

Let's start from scratch.
Clear the board.

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

Apollo 13
commander Jim Lovell
has more time in space,

almost 24 days already,
than any other man,

and I asked him recently
if he ever was scared.

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

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

things of that nature,

but they seem
to work out.

Is there an instance
in an airplane emergency

when you can recall fear?

Well, I remember
this one time

in a Banshee at night
in combat conditions,
so the carrier has no lights.

It was the Shangri-la.
We were in the Sea of Japan.

My radar had jammed,
and my homing signal
was gone

because somebody in Japan
was using
the same frequency,

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

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

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

All my instruments
and lights are gone,

I can't even tell
what my altitude is.

I know
I'm running out of fuel,

so I'm thinking about
ditching in the ocean.

I look down there,
and then in the darkness

there's this green trail.

It's like a long carpet
that's just laid out
beneath me.

It was the algae!

It was that
phosphorescent stuff

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

It was just leading me home.

And if my cockpit lights
hadn't shorted out,

there's no way
I'd have ever been
able to see that.

So, you never know

what events
are going to transpire
to get you home.

Spacecraft
commander Jim Lovell,

no stranger
to emergency is he.

How's it going, Fred?

I'm okay.

What the hell was that?

Let's hope it was
just the burst disk.

Can you confirm
a burst helium disk?

We confirm that.

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

Negative.
Your entry angle
is holding at 6.24, Aquarius.

Houston,

we sure could
use the re-entry
procedure up here.

When can we expect that?

That's coming
real soon, Aquarius.

Houston, we...

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

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

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

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

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

The world's
getting awfully big
in the window.

Jim, this is Deke.

It's Deke.

They don't know
how to do it.

Maybe Jack's right.

Hello, Deke.
What's the story?

We're gonna get
that procedure to you
as soon as we possibly can.

Ken Mattingly's in
the simulator right now.

Ken's working on it?

Look, I know this
sequence works, John.

It looks good.
We're just over budget
on the amperage.

By how much?

Three or four amps.

God damn it, John !
Is it three or four?

Four.
Four!

Four more amps.

They have some power left
in the LEM batteries, right?

Yeah.

We have an umbilical
that provides power

from the command module
to the LEM.

It's backup
for the LEM
power supply.

I'm listening.

So reverse it.
Reverse the flow

and see if we can
draw these four amps

from the LEM
before we cut it loose.
Why can't we do that?

We don't have
a procedure for that?

You'll lose a lot
in the transfer.

Yeah. But all
we're talking about here
is four amps.

I want whatever you guys got
on these power procedures.

Gene, they're already...

Not all, just part.

We've got to
give them something.

They're working on it.

I'll get an estimate.

God damn it!

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

IMU is up.

How am I reading?

Fine, so far.

Say again.

You're under the limit.
Keep going.

Okay. Floodlights to fixed.

Okay,
I'm bringing up
the guidance.

Here we go.

CMC Attitude IMU.

CMC source.

CMC mode, auto,
and we're on the computer.

Go ahead.

Is your computer on now?

Up and running.

How do we look?

I think
we got it, buddy.

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

Excuse me,
gentlemen.

I was getting
a little blurry there.

Here's Ken.
Here's John.

It's good to
see you, Ken.

This is the sequence.

Was it tried
on the hardware yet?

We didn't have time.

Aquarius, Houston.
Do you read?

Yeah, we read you, Ken.

Are the flowers
blooming in Houston?

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

Jim, is Jack
in there with you?

Yeah, stand by one.
We gotta get him on comm.

Put those
on the table.

Damn it.
Thanks, Jackie.

I think it would
really help
if you could

just distract her
when the heavy predictions
come in.

We'll give it a shot.

Thanks.

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

This is Neil Armstrong,
and this is Buzz.

Nice to meet you.

Hi.

Are you boys in
the space program, too?

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

Stand by, Ken.

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

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

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

Find the main bus
breakers on panel 11.

Yeah, main bus breakers.
Got it.

Close main bus B.

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

What's the word
on these things
shorting out?

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

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

Main bus B is closed.

13, we're coming up
on entry interface.

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

It's almost like
they're underweight.

Now how could
they be underweight?

We didn't land
on the moon.

Rocks?
That's affirm.

One more thing, Jim.
While Jack's working
on the power-up,

we want you and Freddo

to transfer some ballast
over to the command module.

Say again, Houston.
Ballast?

That's affirm.
We got to get
the weight right.

We were expecting
you to be toting

a couple hundred
pounds of moon rocks.

Right, Houston.

Now, Jack.

Yeah, go ahead, Ken.

Okay, now,
panel five.

Circuit breaker caution
and warning main B closed.

Main B closed.

Master alarm off.

Okay, Jack, on panel seven,
b-mag number two,
power to warm-up.

B-mag number two,
power to warm-up. Done.

Sequential logic
one and two on.

Sequential logic,
two on.

CMRCS pressure, on.

CMRCS pressurization.

As her husband
prepares to jettison
his lunar module lifeboat,

Marilyn Lovell
waits with her children,
her neighbors,

and, we are told,
Apollo 11 astronauts

Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin.

Only the Lovells'
eldest son,
Jay, is absent

as he holds vigil
with his classmates

at the St. John's
Military Academy
in Wisconsin.

ABC News science
editor Jules Bergman.

With a crippled
command module,

and surviving by using
the LEM's systems,

there can be
no easy maneuver.

Their LEM
lifeboat is doing things
and working longer

than it was
ever intended to.

It's a race against time
until splashdown...

We're ready to see
if the computer will accept

uplink of
the re-entry data now.

Okay, the IMU is up.

We got
our eight-balls back.

Copy that.

Okay, Ken, uplink telemetry,
command module
to accept, right?

That's affirm.
Go ahead and try it.

Uplink completed.

That's more like it.

Okay, let's go.

Take a look
at your amps.
How we doing?

We got her back up, Ken.

Boy, I wish
you were here
to see it.

I'll bet you do.

Way to go, Jack.

Flight, this is RETRO.

Go, RETRO.

Flight, we have
a typhoon warning

on the edge of
the prime recovery zone.

Say again, RETRO.

We're looking at
a typhoon warning

on the edge of
the prime recovery area.

This is just a warning.
It could miss them.

Only if their luck
changes.

Jim, we're ready
for SM jettison !

All right, Jack,
on three!

One, two...

Upward thrust.

We're loose!

Reverse thrust!

We have service
module jettison.

Okay, Houston,
service module is free.

We'll take a look
at what we have here.

Copy that.

There it is.
I see it!

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

One whole side of
the spacecraft is missing.

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

right up to our heat shield.

Copy that, Aquarius.

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

Oh, man,
that's incredible.

The heat shield.

The heat
will build up to as much

as 3,000 or 4,000
degrees Fahrenheit.

On a lunar re-entry flight,
the heat...

So, Blanch?

Did Jim make
Eagle Scout or not?

Yes, he did.
He did.

If the heat shield
is even slightly cracked

the extreme cold
could've split it wide open.

Worst of all,
if the pyrotechnics
that control the parachutes

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

causing the spacecraft
to hit the water

not at a gentle
20 miles per hour,

but at a suicidal 300.

Perhaps never
in human history

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

In New York City,
thousands of
people have gathered

to watch updates
of the mission
in Times Square.

Many countries offered help
and the State Department said

it would ask for it
if it were needed.

The House and Senate
passed resolutions
calling on the people

to pray tonight
for the astronauts.

In Rome,
Pope Paul led

50,000 people in prayers
for the safe return
of the astronauts.

In Jerusalem, prayers
at the Wailing Wall...

It's about time to
bail out of this ship.

You okay?

I'm freezing.

Can you hold out
just a little longer?

Long as I have to.

Come on.

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

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

Open up
that hatch.

It's 80 degrees
out there.

80 degrees.

You are a mess.

Yeah.

Odyssey, Houston.
How we doing, guys?

We're closing in on
lunar module jettison.

As you know,
that is time critical.

You should be moving
into the command module.

Let's get that
hatch buttoned up,

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

Roger that.

Let me give you
a hand there, Freddo.

We're coming up
on LEM jettison.

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

Copy that, Flight.
13, Houston.

We're coming up
on LEM jettison.

Stand by.

Have you got
everybody in the Odyssey?

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

The pyro batts look good.
I don't think we have
to tie the other batteries.

Sorry, Jack,
this is an old habit.

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

Odyssey,
I want to double check
some re-entry procedures

right after
we jettison the LEM,

which is coming up
in 30 seconds.

What is that?

I was getting
a little punchy

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

That's good thinking.

Stand by, Houston.

We have lunar
module jettison.

She sure was
a good ship.

Farewell, Aquarius,
and we thank you.

It's almost time, honey.

Flight 966406.

Let me put it
this way.

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

Their guidance system
might be malfunctioning.

Their heat shield
could be cracked.

And their parachutes
might be
three blocks of ice.

Clearly, we have
some obstacles
to overcome.

But now I'm asking you,
when will we know?

Blackout lasts
for three minutes.

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

Velocity now reading
34,802 feet per second.

Range to go
2,625 nautical miles.

Copy that.

Okay, Ken, we are
aligned for re-entry.

Jim, we need that
computer re-entry program.

Fred, how are
the batteries looking?

Okay.

Batt A looks good.

Re-entry
interface in one minute

and 30 seconds.

Batt B, no volts,
the amps are okay.

Batt C...

No volts,
only two amps.

It may die before
the main chutes open.

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

They're still
shallowing a bit up there.
Do you want to tell them?

Is there anything
we can do about it?

Not now, Flight.

Then they don't
need to know, do they?

Copy that.

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

We got the
parachute situation,

heat shield,
angle of trajectory,
and a typhoon.

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

I know what
the problems are.

This could be
the worst disaster
NASA has experienced.

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

Expect entry
interface in 45 seconds.

And on my mark,
your velocity

will be 35,245 feet
per second.

Mark 35 seconds
to entry interface.

Gentlemen,

it's been a privilege
flying with you.

Flight, we have
loss of radio contact.

Roger that.

Expect to regain signal
in three minutes.

It all depends
on the heat shield.

Back to the Iwo Jima
and our live cameras there.

The Navy recovery
and rescue helicopters
already airborne,

circling, waiting for
first radar contact.

Three minutes until time
of drogue deployment.

Standing by
for any reports
of acquisition.

One minute and 30 seconds
to end of blackout.

No re-entering ship
has ever taken longer

than three minutes to
emerge from blackout.

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

Will the command module
survive the intense heat
of re-entry?

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

Mommy, you're
squishing me.

Sorry, sweetie.

It's okay.

Okay, Flight,
that's three minutes.

We are standing by
for acquisition.

Copy that.

Odyssey, Houston.
Do you read me?

Expected time
of reacquisition,

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

has come and gone.

About all any of us
can do now
is just listen and hope.

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

which was damaged
by the explosion
three days ago,

has withstood
the inferno of re-entry.

Odyssey,
this is Houston.
Do you read me?

Three minutes,
30 seconds. Standing by.

Odyssey, Houston.
Do you read?

Odyssey,
this is Houston.
Do you read me?

That's four minutes.
Standing by.

Odyssey, Houston.
Do you read?

Hello, Houston,
this is Odyssey.

It's good to see you again.

Odyssey, Houston.
Welcome home.

We're glad to see you.

Good job, Ken.

Thank you.

They made it!

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

This is Apollo 13
signing off.

Good job.

Our mission was called
a successful failure

in that we returned safely,
but never made
it to the moon.

In the following months
it was determined

that a damaged coil
built inside the oxygen tank

sparked during
our cryo stir and caused

the explosion that
crippled the Odyssey.

It was a minor defect
that occurred two years

before I was even named
the flight's commander.

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

but his mission
was cancelled
due to budget cuts.

He never flew
in space again.

Nor did Jack Swigert,
who left the Astronaut Corps

and was elected to Congress
from the state of Colorado.

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

Ken Mattingly
orbited the moon

as command module pilot
of Apollo 16,

and flew the Space Shuttle,
having never
gotten the measles.

Gene Kranz retired
as Director
of Flight Operations

just not long ago.

Many members of
Mission Control have gone
on to other things,

but some are still there.

And as for me,

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

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

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

I sometimes catch myself
looking up at the moon,

remembering
the changes of fortune
in our long voyage,

thinking of
the thousands of people

who worked to bring
the three of us home.

I look up at the moon
and wonder

when will we be going back

and who will that be?