Apollo 13: "Houston, We've Got A Problem" (1970)

1970 · Short film · 28 min

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Synopsis

This video contains historical footage of the flight of Apollo-13, the fifth Lunar Mission and the third spacecraft that was to land on the Moon. Apollo-13’s launch date was April 11, 1970. On the 13th of April, after docking with the Lunar Module, the astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swiggert, discovered that their oxygen tanks had ruptured and ended up entering and returning to Earth in the Lunar Module instead of the Command Module. There is footage of inside module and Mission Control shots, personal commentary by the astronauts concerning the problems as they developed, national news footage and commentary, and a post-flight Presidential Address by President Richard Nixon. Film footage of the approach to the Moon and departing from Earth, and air-to-ground communication with Mission Control is included.

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Details

Running time

28 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

Internet Archive item

apollo13_houston_weve_got_a_problem

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• NASA
• APOLLO 13 FLIGHT
• COMMAND MODULES
• GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS
• HISTORIES
• LUNAR EXPLORATION
• LUNAR FLIGHT
• LUNAR MODULE
• MISSION PLANNING
• SPACE MISSIONS

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