Apollo 13 (1995) - Just Breathe Normal Scene (9/11) | Movieclips

[@RogueShadows]

If someone from NASA calls you a “steely-eyed missile man”, you *know* you’ve impressed them. It’s a compliment with history behind it and it’s not given out easily.

[@LucasAlmeida-dz5xh]

Who the hell is Rich Purnell?

[@Seabee203]

@@LucasAlmeida-dz5xh Lmao I was thinking of The Martian as well

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Grandmother shadow won't work as the polyfiller issue but we have aerial if everyone wants to blame him, he's already in hell so it won't really matter to him

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

​@@LucasAlmeida-dz5xhchip slide? 😂

[@giles852002]

Apollo 13 is arguably one of the greatest moments in the history of mankind. They faced impossible odds & brought them home alive. The C02 filter is a prime example of an impossible task to save them.

[@456t123g]

Don't forget that the whole world was praying for them... probably the last time we used our collective intelligence to overcome a problem.

[@toAdmiller]

"One of the greatest moments in the history of mankind."...absolutely! "Impossible odds/Impossible task"...? No. The mere fact that they survived proves BY DEFINITION that neither was impossible. Miserable odds? Sure. Improbable? Arguably. Impossible? No...they already did it.

[@the1evil2dead3]

@@456t123g prayers were worthless as usual, pal

[@456t123g]

@@the1evil2dead3 When I use the word prayer I refer to the power of collective positive thinking.

[@Luis-be9mi]

And also Apollo 13 taught NASA a very important lesson about having interchangeable parts.

[@Ultrigo2]

I remember seeing a note while this was playing on Amc(or some other channel). It said that the procedure they improvised for the Apollo 13 crew was so well made that they made sure to include in future missions in case of emergency.

[@Ken.-]

Couldn't they just have redesigned the modules so they would be compatible.

[@nicegy0197]

+Ken That was my first thought. While I don't know why, I have a couple guesses: 1) Additional cost due to the redesign, whether that'd be time and/or money. Or 2) Separate manufacturers are involved and each wants everyone else to adapt to their own designs.

[@POKEMANZZ3]

Ken its probably more so the odds of such a event happening in the first place are soooo low it just makes more sense to keep the procedure for the rare chance it should happen

[@SuperChuckRaney]

@@POKEMANZZ3 Nahh. You can bet the filters received a redesign. They practiced the procedures to test the astronauts ability to function under stress.

[@JAVIXcr]

and people still thinking they have never gone

[@CdrChaos]

Amazing what a few violins can do to build tension.

[@SteveL4]

CdrChaos higher note higher note higher higher higher hold.............. lol

[@rocketcello5354]

And some brass

[@pinkmoon8062]

Exactly as you say.

[@talavb9301]

Don't forget the woodwinds

[@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106]

You are a steely eyed missile man was considered a high form of praise or compliment from an astronaut in those days.

[@groundup001]

Still is

[@LorenHelgeson]

I'll take it as a compliment nowadays.

[@darrylgonzalez5251]

In reality, that line was said to this gentleman during Apollo 12, not 13. During launch, lightning hit the spacecraft and caused the electronics to malfunction. That engineer said, "Flight, try switching to Aux." They had the astronauts do that, and everything came back online. He saved them.from having to abort the mission.

[@dubyah8824]

I’m assuming that this is where the author got that phrase from and incorporated it into The Martian.

[@kizikucalegon8673]

@@dubyah8824 "Houston, be advised: Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man."

[@davidb1412]

When I saw the historical film of this. They had replicated the new scrubber perfectly, on a two way radio, on a delay, with no video, from space. It blew my mind. To say NASA was the best, would be an understatement.

[@RabbiHerschel]

It's crazy that we can't reach anywhere near the same level of competence today. Our society is degrading because of decay, corruption, invasion, and perversion. If we don't rebel against it, our grandsons will be the Barbarians gazing in wonder and confusion at the Roman aquaducts.

[@Agarwaen]

1 second of delay isn't going to affect it. And the procedure is fairly logical once you get the idea.

[@destructionman1]

In real life it is still a great achievement of course but they did already know the procedure. They already had it designed.

[@crazyspace6792]

@@RabbiHerschel Sure buddy, because you know so much about science. Oh wait, you're a Rabbi.

[@RabbiHerschel]

@@crazyspace6792 Do you think "Bergblattstein" is a real Jewish name?

[@paulpierce1366]

Criminally underrated film saw this in 2nd grade, one of the first movies I saw in school and it was instantly one of my favorite movies the actors and writers did an incredible job

[@taylorh.3484]

I saw this movie when I was 10. I went with my family. When we were leaving the movie theatre, my dad had with us a news paper which reported that a space shuttle was scheduled to launch. We saw The movie during the space shuttle’s mission duration. We then looked up into the night sky from the parking lot and saw the shuttle passing overhead. Awesome experience from a awesome movie.

[@michaelsong5555]

"Underrated"? What are you talking about? This film is very well know and loved.

[@jhboob]

Underrated? This movie was nominated for an Oscar.

[@robertdees2442]

The hard work put in by those people to save the crew of Apollo 13 was incredible.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Serie A Leader National Service

[@hblanche]

As desperate a situation as the movie makes this out to be; the actual mission was even worse. Amazing.

[@SteveL4]

How so?

[@teodorad1235]

What was the actual mission?

[@teodorad1235]

Billy West oh no, I meant to ask what were other problems... don’t worry I knew that they wanted to land on the moon😂

[@Grivian]

@@teodorad1235 To introduce the moon to rock n roll

[@mndctrlwpn]

This quote always stood out to me. The implication behind it is terrifying: "Just breathe normal. We've done our part; either we die or we don't."

[@LCdrDerrick]

This guy is so unlucky! First the German Uboats, then the Somali pirates, after that bird strike with his airliner and now even his spacecraft malfunctions. What would Wilson or Mama say about?

[@thomasdaniels6824]

Technically this came before the bird strike and somali pirates lol.

[@nickrodriguez1366]

Not to mention Normandy

[@drrandom429]

@@nickrodriguez1366 And watching his best friend die in Vietnam...

[@simonriley1981]

@@drrandom429 and his wife die when they just got married.

[@moosejuice1721]

“Life is like a box of chocolates”

[@76NightProwler]

"...and you sir are a steely-eyed missle man!"

[@Broccoli_32]

Night-Prowler too bad they called the wrong guy that

[@darrenthetuber743]

Night-Prowler I love that line

[@danielallenbutler1782]

And at that moment, the balding geek's nickname at NASA officially became "My Balls Clank and Yours Don't -- Any Questions?"

[@EightThreeEight]

Ohhh.... So THAT'S what that line from The Martian was referring to.

[@musicmanfelipe]

@@EightThreeEight In NASA tradition, being referred to as a "steely eyed missile man" is like getting the Medal of Honor.

[@vjm3]

This entire thing inspired me to become an engineer. In school, they teach you to look past what barriers exist, and just see everything as its most basic components. From there, redesigns like this is a simple matter of putting the Legos back together.

[@Highway-Hobo]

My father is a self made contractor that never spend a day in college. The most dreaded insult I've ever heard him is say is "you don't have an imagination".

[@SuperChuckRaney]

@@Highway-Hobo My Dad would have said, "You are not very mechanically inclined", hahahah

Under any other circumstance, when so many things go so terribly wrong, you are absolutely dead, no matter what. No chance. That they managed to survice that is one of the greatest achievements. The immense knowledge and skill that was required to prevent a catastrophic outcome is increadible.

[@helpmaboabb]

As a UK expat just moved to Texas, I remember going to Houston where you could see the real apollo 13 spacesuit that was ACTUALLY WORN by Tom Hanks ...

[@dwaynejacobs9558]

Why did you choose the U.S. ? Just curious.

[@Tank50us]

@@dwaynejacobs9558 I mean.... Have you seen the state of the UK recently?

[@girl1213]

Lovell: *sees Haise and Swigert holding back their breaths* Just breathe normal fellas. Haise and Swigert: *breathe*

[@littlejogger95]

Oh, so THIS is where “Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man” comes from!

[@colejohnson4941]

The term originated much earlier than Apollo 13 but otherwise you're exactly right. It's a very high informal honor for people in mission control, I believe less than a dozen people have been called that throughout NASA's history.

[@Tom_The_Cat]

"Who the hell is Rich Purnell?"

[@u-an6821]

@@Tom_The_Cat boss man from The Martian

[@PhoenixT70]

@@u-an6821 He's quoting a line.

[@mijreed]

I saw this in the theater. I swear everyone was holding their breaths too.

[@rpryce2140]

I'm old enough to remember the actual event, and *I* was holding my breath! Great job on this flick.

[@faaraoful]

Just Breathe Normal... It's only a movie, guys. Relax!

[@brucewayneisdeadpool830]

Do you consider many people in NASA knew that the lunar landing was fake or just a small inner circle?

[@brucewayneisdeadpool830]

I know, I'm with you don't worry. What I wanted to find out is how looney is this guy that clames it s a movie. Thousands of people researched and tested parts of the apollo missions. I want to know if this guy believes all of them where on the trick or only a selected few...

[@navjotbhullar6556]

Bruce Wayne is Deadpool I don’t think what Mies jolla on mielipide kaikesta meant to say

[@kittycatgamer46]

It’s not just a movie *kerbels dies*

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

Yeah I don't understand what they're so nervous about

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

"Just breathe normal" Me with panic disorder:

[@ChefofWar33]

You: Not an astronaut, who was top of your class in both engineering school and the air force.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

@@ChefofWar33 Yeah that's why I would handle this situation differently and why it's funny, what's your point?

[@MichaelTheRead]

I--I was breathing normal. Were you holding your breath? I was--I wasn't holding my breath.

[@joemckim1183]

It's pretty cool that Lovell was able to order the other guys to breathe.

[@cameronninawale9610]

I remember watching this scene of the movie when I was in junior High School and thinking, damn those guys are good at science.

[@echo-verse]

Yeah, when you (me) suck at science

[@steve88luv]

I just realized that they used steely eyed missile man in The Martian.

[@Aethgeir]

This truly is a movie about the triumph of nerds! The guy who probably sweated bullets when they did wrestling in high school PE, earns the title of stealy-eyed missile man!

[@ianwilcox3145]

I use this scene to cut the tension in my own head. I am a COVID nurse and have been since this thing started. The heavier mask and gear that we wear for prolonged periods of time can feel suffocating...”Just breath normal fellas” has helped me get through a shift lol

[@andrewsstation6436]

Thank you so much for all your hard work. May the Lord be with you.

[@5Ci0N]

Sheep

[@chiling4102]

The fact you have to state "I'm a COVID nurse" Just proves you want attention, please shut up and just do you job you don't deserve any medals

[@ianwilcox3145]

@@chiling4102 not looking for any medals at all nor do I want any. Merely stating that I thought about this scene a ton and especially early on in the pandemic it helped me cope with the pretty extreme change to my practice.

[@chiling4102]

@@ianwilcox3145 ok whatever attention seaker

[@jebbroham1776]

This was the closest humanity's come to losing an entire crew to the infinite void of space.

[@batchestheeverskink293]

@@adamschaeffer4057 There have been exactly three deaths from vacuum exposure in the entire history of spaceflight. True, it was a Russian crew, Soyuz 11, but hardly dozens of fatalities.

[@dsdy1205]

@@adamschaeffer4057 In the same way the Soviets would have ratted on the US if they tried to cover up a fake moon landing, the US would have jumped at the opportunity to demonstrate Soviet/Chinese inferiority if such an incident had happened. Spacecraft are pretty easy to spot if they're headed out of the Earth's gravity, especially if they're large enough to be manned. Hell, amateur skywatchers with just a DSLR and a long lens can determine the classified, non-broadcast orbits of US spysats just days after launch.

[@dsdy1205]

@@adamschaeffer4057 then all those fancy ICBM radars that the US and the Soviets poured billions into were basically for nothing then, and that's just one example of how they could observe these things.

[@5000mahmud]

​@@adamschaeffer4057 ICBM warheads after launch spend most of their time in space.

[@5000mahmud]

​@@adamschaeffer4057 Point is those radars that could detect ICBMs would have no trouble detecting a capsule. Also, it wouldn't drift into deep space, gravity is still acting on everything up there, they are just going sideways fast enough to keep missing the Earth.

[@phoenixlal7428]

0:28 after watching this scene a millionth time, I realised that they were holding their breath.

[@iambiggus]

I like how in the quiet parts of the movie you can hear the Vomit Comet's engines going in the background.

[@raymondho8497]

team work is so important

[@SFisher1993]

0:59 I’ll be feeling this moment once these summer temps start going down! 😂🥵

[@setasan]

Team work at its finest.

[@colonelfares3857]

The soundtrack is awesome!

[@howlbigbadwolf]

They seem to give the one guy all the credit, when I thought this was a team effort.

[@MatthewCobalt]

Howlbigbadwolf He was the leader.

[@DexterH96]

The movie made it a group project to build the filter adapter, in real life it was a single guy coming up with it.

[@hyperboria]

He was responsible for making the filter adapter, if it was a success, he was responsible, if it was a failure, he would be responsible.

[@walover165]

In real life it was just one guy! The team was an invention for the movie!

[@rybaneightsix5085]

One man is capable of solving the problem. You dump a whole team of people onto it when you're pressed for time. Contingency.

[@beckyleonardis6331]

I didn't get to see this in theatres at the time. Because I was too young. If they release it in theatres for the 30th anniversary, next year. I'm going to go see it!

[@geomodelrailroader]

The Mailbox Air Scrubber worked

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Imagine having to come up with a DIY oxygen/CO2 filter in mere hours and successfully MacGyver'ing it to the point you can perfectly instruct astronauts in a sort of death spiral in low gravity to do the same thing in a matter of minutes over the extreme wireless connection gap between the ground and halfway to the MOON. This movie knew how to celebrate the engineers who saved their lives.

[@chriswalford9228]

Hats off to all engineers

[@danielplainview926]

Don't forget the grey duct tape lol!

[@chriswalford9228]

@@danielplainview926 As Wernher von Braun said "it is rocket science"

[@danielplainview926]

@@chriswalford9228 lol yup! From what I've read? one of the engineers figured out the filter problem while he was driving to work. Crazy! Love those engineers and I have a new appreciation for duct tape!

[@dripminic]

I thought john aaron was the steely eyed missile man?

[@jbreezy101]

He was. But kudos to all

[@danclassic7065]

Simply too good of a line to not use. And Apollo 12, aside from one incident which prompted the compliment, was uneventful (for a Moon landing).

[@222cubing8]

i once met bill paxton's character in real life, he gave me a chocolate cookie

[@edmondhung6097]

It is a good movie if you feel the tension even you know the result

[@Ahkshabaz]

You could say the CO2 is falling....with style

[@AndyCutright]

It seems like every Tom Hanks movie involves him in the middle of nowhere & a bunch of ships.

[@Fireeater-rl4ep]

As a kid, all I knew was that 15 was bad.

[@Wolfsky9]

No way I could have ever been an astronaut. Too claustrophobic ! --------------------------WolfSky9

[@Surfer041]

Jim got his strength and leadership from his mother.

[@alexreg78]

its a minystry готовимся перейти в модуль Водолей OUTCUST

[@tomscott4438]

There were heroes on the ground as well.

[@Pilot231]

Note to self, make sure Duct Tape is on hand if going into Space. No ifs, ands, or butts.

[@Weebs82589]

Just breathe normal fellas

[@lucromel]

It's stuff like this that make going to Mars difficult. It's not just going further. The communication between the ship and earth is twenty minutes each way. If there's a problem, the crew is on it's own. They aren't going to be able to have conversations with a team of hundreds back on earth to problem solve. A similar issue during Apollo 11. As they were landing they got a 1202 alarm, which none of the crew knew what it was. Someone on earth was able to tell them it's okay, just ignore it. When landing on Mars they won't be able to wait the forty minutes round trip for the message to get there and back. They'll have either crashed or aborted long before they get a response.

[@eschlerc]

Ok, the thing that annoys me about this scene is how they made it seem like the second the needle hits 15 mmHg, they're toast. There's no sharp cutoff for CO2 toxicity, it just gradually becomes worse as the levels get higher. Even levels as low as 3-4 mmHg can cause noticeable impairment. For reference, the current CO2 partial pressure in our atmosphere is 0.3 mmHg.

[@danielplainview926]

Another excellent example of how grey duct tape has saved the day, yet again!

[@Galactis1]

During Apollo 13 IRL this wasn't actually that dramatic because, of the training. But, the seriousness was there. Jim Lovell was amazing. Do you know how awesome NASA actually is. You guys should really delve into it. Stop praise SpaceX for their minor feats that NASA did in the 50's and 60's.

[@n.s.3410]

Houston: not sure what else to advise here.. anyone else got any ideas? Rey: Just bypass the compressor

[@crewcutter2030]

Tape.., never leave earth without it.

[@rjwalker4153]

Yep, they might not have got home without duct tape. Doesn't surprise me. I use it all the time.

[@crimsonknight7011]

They woulda been fine anyway, this is a movie and they are the main characters.

[@Revbone450]

There's no crying in space!!!

[@charles7443]

I once repaired a 1250 PSI superheated steam engine with duct tape and plumbers putty. The internal combustion engine? Bah! Duct tape is the greatest invention of the 20th century...

[@destructionman1]

The only film where the engineers/nerds are the heroes.

[@FishKepr]

Don’t forget The Martian.

[@HarpoTheVillain]

Tom Hanks moments before corona virus

[@rafshsjs4119]

Lol doesn't matter how old a video is on KZbin or whatever video i play, a coronavirus comment will be there 😅

[@switchthechannel6317]

You are now breathing manually.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

This is why they made certain people donate oxygen in covid times

[@bryanhickernell7189]

What most people don’t know is that everything that happened had a contingency and the astronauts were a lot calmer then what the movie portrays. This scene is a perfect example of something they did earlier in another flight that helped them here. The power on procedure was another they practiced it over and over just in case. NASA had them practicing contingencies for contingencies for just this type of situation.

[@Woozler554]

Bryan Hickernell - Not quite. That makeshift air filter was hardly a planned "contingency". And what "earlier flight" had a situation even remotely like this? WTF are you even talking about???

[@Pilot231]

were the CO2 levels really that close to 15 when they got the adapter on?

[@FishKepr]

Yes, I did some searching and it actually reached 14.9, just like in the movie. However, it took over an hour for the levels to drop after they turned it on, which makes sense given the volume of air the filter needed to purify.

[@robertw5391]

You know your a genius when you make a filter with duck tape. 😂

[@Agarwaen]

They didn't.. the tape just held together the parts used to get the air to flow through the CO2 canisters from the service module.

[@bigbob1699]

The US has the best nerds in the business .

[@tysonjean2503]

Good thing we snuck them out of Germany after WWII before the Soviets did

[@yerboogieman1097]

Loved the line in The Right Stuff "our Germans are better than their Germans"

[@robertdees2442]

What would be interesting is if N.A.S.A simulated the Apollo 13 emergency today and had average people try to get it right. With no modern assistance only using technology from that time period. I would love to volunteer for that.

[@deildegast]

"average people try to get it right" Yeah, nice, but y'know, every one of the people inside that command room had an engineers degree.

[@DrunkDoglol]

Reminder: NASA has officially said we have lost the technology to go back to the moon. 🤣

[@Spacegoat92]

I really hope the steely eyed missile man got a fat pay rise for this!!

[@imofage3947]

"Steely-eyed missile man" Didn't they repeat that in The Martian?

[@beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3]

does anyone saw soemthing odd at the title name of the video?

[@zuhn06]

i see that NY referance

[@spenner3529]

Happy Days melodrama in space.

[@leafyutube]

Houston, we can't breath.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

15 to 9 in 20 seconds. that's a hell of a filter

[@999rockyp]

I guess the steely eyed middle man didn't get a raise

[@tungstenkid2271]

Incidentally how cold were they when the power went, below freezing?

[@whysrumgone]

If I remember correctly, the crew spent most of their return around 38°F (3.3°C)

[@dominickjustave3558]

In real it was one guy that came up with the idea and he was AL born and raised he said he always remembered his dad fixing things with odd objects and duck tape 😀😀😀

[@preacherjohn]

ABDT: Always Bring Duct Tape ;)

[@AgentExeider]

and Wd-40, seriously, there like an engineers right and left-hand men.

[@GaryPotocki82]

If they can get a washing machine to fly then Jimmy Loville can Land it

[@bigbob1699]

Nerds of the world unite and rule the world !!!!!

[@richiemendelsohn9701]

i wanna be a steely eyed missile man

[@phamtuanbinh9655]

Would love to see this with Interstellar Soundtrack

[@NiVi192]

Why, only because it's Interstellar? I too love that movie, not to mention Hans Zimmer in general, but if there's anything even greater about this movie than the story itself, it's the score - goosebump rush. Legendary James Horner's Oscar-nominated music for this movie was simply divine!

[@Sarge92]

i dont get the fake tension with tearing the bag... they could always have just taped it

[@siphillis]

Every minor deviation from the expected result felt like a huge setback giving the situation they were in.

[@nay2d2]

How did they make the co2 filter?

[@JnEricsonx]

They basically jury-rigged a seal between the two as I understand it.

[@littletimmythefifth29]

Here at 1,093,667 views.

[@sagargolliwar]

Duct-tape engineer

[@rodzalez5165]

THE APOLLO 13 MISSION WAS NOT A TEST OF OUR INTELLIGENCE TO GET TO THE MOON BUT A TES OF OUR INTELLIGENCE TO PUT OUR BRAINS TOGETHER TO HELP ASTRONAUTS COME BACK SAFELY FROM SPACE WITH EXTREMELY LOW RECORCES AND DUCT TAPE

[@tungstenkid2271]

Ironically although the Apollo program cost millions, the boffins apparently forgot to include survival blankets or similar costing just a few bucks more to keep the crew warm in emergency situations like this.

[@TheFar95]

blankets? That's like an extra 15 kgs in the spacecraft that could be used for more duct tape and cylinders

[@coldcuts1631]

DucT tape a top100 invenTion of aLL time.

[@AgentExeider]

Duct tape and WD-40. If it moves but shouldn't, Duct Tape. If it doesn't move but should, WD-40

[@Dalnutt]

Kind like wearing a mask

[@letsgobrandon4601]

🇺🇸!!!

[@andrewgamboa6618]

Fact: same place this Apollo Mission was filmed was the same place the Original was filmed.

[@InsaneTreefrog]

It's cool to see they stole the quote "steely eyed missile man" from another great space movie "The Martian"

[@michaelhupertz6703]

In reality, is this about a birth perhaps??

[@tommytimp]

2001 is.

[@cheyennesteyer3744]

You can’t breeth in space

[@AlphaGametauri]

*facepalm*

[@danielallenbutler1782]

And you can't spell wherever you are....

[@Azzarii]

Hello, sealed capsules??

[@sparrowlt]

@@Azzarii spacecraft... sealed spacecrafts

[@voicevitality7197]

Is that supposed to be funny? I'm gonna pretend that was an attempt to be funny that just fell flat.

[@Portal2Fan111]

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[@plummet3860]

back when men where men and not some nancy boy bullshit

[@richardgal1197]

The untidy soy terminally pause because knight revealingly invite towards a nine desire. wistful, grubby gruesome cell

[@highwayxj9397]

“Just breath normal fellas” This is what I want to say to everyone wearing masks