To The Moon! Well...Almost.

The Story of NASA and the Apollo 13 Mission to the Moon. 

Episode Transcript

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Two hundred and thirty nine thousand milesfrom home, and there's a problem we'll
discuss says we take a bite outof history with Engles markets. It was
the seventh crude mission in the Apollospace program and would have been the third
trek to the Moon. Three astronautsblasted off from Cape Canaverl on April eleventh,
nineteen seventy to This sort of thingwas becoming routine, but with the
flip of a switch, it wouldbecome anything but routine. Jim Level,

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Fred Hayes, and Jack Swigger wereinstantly thrust into a fight for their lives
after an exposed wire sparked near anoxygen tank, causing an explosion. The
men were forced from the space capsuleand had to use the lunar module as
a life rat With less battery powerthan they needed, an environment quickly filling
up with carbon dioxide and a brokenspacecraft, the three astronauts, with the
assist of many scientists and engineers inNASA, were able to limp the spacecraft

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back to Earth. Apollo thirteen wasa successful splashdown on April seventeenth, nineteen
seven, made famous by Hollywood JimLovell played by Tom Hanks, never said
Houston, we have a problem.Jack Swigger played by Kevin Bacon, said
Houston, We've had a problem here. And this has been a bite out
of history with Engles markets