Apollo 13 re-entry and splashdown as seen live on tv

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[@MattApple_]

It is so refreshing to see talking heads on TV remain quiet when there is nothing useful they can say.

[@Anarchist86ed]

Back before the news was faked for ratings and propaganda.

[@jacksdjfam]

If this was on sky news now there would be inane talk throughout

[@mortalclown3812]

If I wasn't there to see it, I'm not sure I'd believe it this day. ☺️

[@Anarchist86ed]

@@mortalclown3812 I wouldn't. CNN would just say it was white supremacy.

[@elchupulooo8970]

Fake ass Bullshit you cannot land on the moon it's nothing but a hoax to steal the ignorant indoctrinated sheeple what a joke lol wow

[@TillyOrifice]

53 years later, this is still among the most thrilling events of my lifetime.

[@TrishaDishing]

😂

[@12345Yeah]

​@@TrishaDishingget back in the kitchen

[@cg6594]

I was a toddler but I’m sure my parents were thrilled watching this! ❤

[@democritusmaximus7077]

Too right mate! Incredible lesson how a multitude of dedicated people can “ snatch victory from the jaws of defeat “

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

Even when you know how it turns out.

[@FPIU_Garand44]

Met Fred Haise a few years back. I work at a Honda dealership and he brought his vehicle in for an oil change. Wouldn't you know, he drives an Odyssey?! Was so cool to meet him.

[@billolsen4360]

Classic, man!

[@jshepard152]

He still lives in Mississippi, right?

[@nipunbanerjee6385]

r/thatHappened

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

That would be amazing,,

[@russellwilliams4064]

Thx for posting this moment in history. Those announcers didn't breathe for who knows how long and then the total ecstasy

[@Padoinky]

Love the patience and respect demonstrated by the British TV hosts on this clip - “Just b/c you can say/do something doesn’t mean you should/have to….”

[@pathofprophecy]

The story never fails to fascinate me. I learned from recently watching a video with Jim Lovell who said that once the problem of the blown oxygen tank was reported to Houston, to the time they initiated the plan to send them on the course to swing around the moon was a span of 15 minutes. Which means the engineers did an extraordinary job of making the calculations. To be exact, Lovell said they came up with five calculations. Doing five complex math problems with the lives of the three astronauts on the line within the span of 15 minutes is nothing short of mind-blowing math.

[@glenchapman3899]

Thats why people like them get chosen over mere mortals such as myself for such adventures

[@darrylgonzalez5251]

And they did it with slide rules and pencil and paper. Amazing! VERY limited computing power (the mainframe in use at NASA was an IBM 360 with 1 MB core storage, so there wasn't a whole lot of space for anything but calculations).

[@MaryJane-zw5pv]

😂🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@johnp139]

It’s basic orbital dynamics. Not that complicated.

[@904jagzsuck5]

​@@johnp139 Sure Einstein, why aren't you working for Elon Musk ?

[@munseepine3593]

And as I recall, all over the world people were bawling with relief when those 3 chutes were suddenly visible ... oh wow, this was intense at the time. Thanks for the memory.

[@trixter2009]

Wow. Must have been incredible being alive for this, you witnessed one of the biggest events in recent history

[@GlimmerOfLight]

Munse Pine, that's correct: I was a kid, watching this on a black and white TV from another country. The school sent us home early to pray for the astronauts and hopefully witness a happy ending. As the chutes deflated, when the capsule hit the water, a growing sound came through the windows in my house. I opened a window and finally realized what it was: the sound of hundreds of church bells in a city of nearly 2 million people. It felt as if the entire city was "singing", expressing the gratitude that was in our hearts. To this day I don't know if it was planned or a spontaneous action, but I know what it felt like: that moment is seared in my memory.

[@vittoriahawksworth8117]

I remember it too... I was 6, nearly 7 at the time.

[@dodgeman4360]

@@vittoriahawksworth8117 I was 9 coming on 10 and I didn't realize what was going on till years later I saw this movie and realized "Hey I saw that on TV when I was a kid".

[@alexandreallegro6438]

Which city are you talking about, now I'm really curious. :)

[@yediveren771]

The 3 astronauts who were able to return to earth with Apollo 13 were incredibly good at their jobs. It is quite amazing to me that they never went back to the moon for a mission to land there after having been very close to it in this mission. 12 people walked on the moon and the 3 astronauts of Apollo 13 are not among them. What they did was incredible, especially with the technology that was available in 1970.

[@joevignolor4u949]

Fred Haise was scheduled to go back but his mission was cancelled.

[@kawikajones9436]

There were three more planned missions but politics got in the way.

[@tiadaid]

Not only did they not go to the moon, none of them ever flew in space again.

[@altonbunnjr]

Lovell made two trips out having gone on Apollo 8 too.

[@bruhboi4692]

@@altonbunnjr He was the only Apollo astronaut to go to the moon twice but never land there

[@raphaelweb9677]

British news broadcasters showing emotion. Another first in history. A fine video.

[@billolsen4360]

Wonder if they were thinking, "If we'd ONLY give the Americans representation in Parliament, that might have been a Union Jack they planted on the moon in '69."

[@AH-be6bu]

Bill Olsen I doubt it.

[@Princess-xq8ks]

@@billolsen4360 lol

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

​@@billolsen4360I doubt newsreaders were thinking about political issues that became moot over two centuries ago. Only weird nationalistic obsessives actively contemplate such things on a regular basis.

[@AngelDaReal]

@@zonesquestiloveunderworld”weird nationalist” lol 😂 Not that deep bud, but welcome to reality where competition drives the world. COMPETITION. It’s ok to be proud of the nation you’re from, this was a great American feat but this should be seen as a huge step for the future of mankind as a whole.

[@Thanatos9029]

The three men on this mission are without a doubt three of the smartest and bravest people who ever lived. To survive an all but hopeless situation 380,000km from civilization.

[@jshepard152]

Thanatos9029 They weren't ever really hopeless. They knew it would be dicey, but possible.

[@YDDES]

Thanatos9029 They weren’t really ”alone”. They had the whole NASA behind them. Still amazing!

[@AndyP959]

Yeah. The several million fighting a war in Vietnam at the exact time this was happening would question your assertion of bravery.

[@situated4]

Stop.

[@DevinPlaysitAll]

@@AndyP959 nobody can ever be brave but the troops, under any circumstances, life threatening or otherwise.

[@redshark9537]

I remember this well. NASA had to do some fast thinking to save those three men, but they did it!

[@geoaerorider4589]

😂 at the people that believe the movie scene by scene.

[@redshark9537]

@@geoaerorider4589 Ever read the credits at the end of a movie? It would take hundreds to create a moon landing movie. Over half a century has passed. I'm not aware that anyone has stepped forward and proved they were the cameraman, lighting expert, prop manager, etc.

[@superman04p]

@@redshark9537 I believe the reference here is the Tom Hanks Apollo 13 movie..... Not the insinuation of a hoax...

[@ezcargo]

@@superman04p still a great movie though

[@superman04p]

@@ezcargo Agreed !

[@SteveAubrey1762]

One of Americas finest moments. I remember this. The whole planet was holding it's breath.

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

So true. First not many cared about this mission, then everyone cared quite a lot.

[@SteveAubrey1762]

I was in kindergarden or 1st grade. The principle came on over the intercom and led the school in a prayer of safety for our astronauts. Today the principle would have been censured!

[@sydney05]

MusketeerinFlorida it was said it was A successful Failure

[@catbarr924]

Roger Clemons please leave.

[@theressagreene3371]

A shame your birth wasn't faked moron.

[@GilgaFrank]

I was almost four years old when this happened. My earliest memory is my mother picking me up and pointing to the Moon in the evening sky and telling me "there are men up there right now and they're trying to come home". I was entirely baffled by this but it stuck in my memory. It wasn't until my teenage years that I came to understand what she had meant.

[@swethareddy5594]

Loving memory.

[@laurie113]

Wonderful MEMORY!!!!

[@RRL110]

I was 7. Such a great time to be a kid. We were all so enthralled with this. I remember building model rockets, collecting mission patches.

[@franklinshriver8441]

I was 5, and still remember watching it!

[@CrazyMonkeyBoy7]

To be honest, what they did was more impressive then a moon landing

[@johnp139]

*than.

[@blargh7571]

I get what you mean. The Moon Landing was extraordinary but they were able to plan and test and train as much as possible. Here they were in a race against time and they had to improvise with limited equipment. It's extraordinary.

[@alangoodwin1966]

I was glued to the tv when I was 6 years old watching this live. What a great moment for mankind.

[@dennis9707]

Wolfbyte World - Yup and then I got a toy Apollo spacecraft and pretended the splashdown in the tub at bath time too.

[@X-Prime123]

Truly one of our finest.

[@MontagZoso]

@@dennis9707Haha, that’s awesome! 👍❤️

[@typograf62]

The spaceship exploded, power out, travel with computer out, coming in on minimum power and emergency (untried) procedure - and landing so close to the target. Quite good job.

[@starguy2718]

Yep.

[@Hasarengazfix]

Roger Clemons totally..

[@CptMikeTango1]

I'm sure the carrier could get anywhere they may splashdown at

[@Hasarengazfix]

Roger Clemons Where did you get that number from? :DDD

[@Hasarengazfix]

Roger Clemons I have better things to do than reading your stuff you read on the internet. :(

[@skyprop]

2:41 interesting to see our friends across the pond were just as concerned as we were!!!! Thank You UK for your support!!!

[@explorer806]

James Burke had his fingers crossed

[@infrasleep]

I remember it well , being just a kid I never doubted that they'd return , it's only in later years you learn how lucky they were. If they'd landed on the Moon, there would have been no LEM life raft ;it took genius thinking to solve the CO2 problem , The only thing NASA ever "covered up" about the Moon shots was how dangerous these missions really were. The Astronauts were superb. Everyone from my generation strongly remembers 3 Apollo's; 8 11 and 13

[@clairewilson6184]

skyprop love that response!!! 2 great countries and 2 great friends

[@therickestpicklerick]

I think it was a mankind concern..

[@chobochobus]

@@clairewilson6184 i wouldnt regard britain as a great country for all the stuff it did to its colonies

[@edfou5]

With the exception of the Sixties assassinations the last few hours of the Apollo 13 flight, especially waiting for signal acquisition, were the most stressful moments of my life that didn't physically involve me personally. It's impossible to describe the tension. It seemed as though no one in the world was breathing for those last few moments and I'll freely admit that as a fairly tough and jaded 20 year old guy I burst into tears when we finally saw those chutes.

[@Lucas-rg6my]

edfou5 how you felt about this is how I felt about 9/11 so I do have an understanding

[@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844]

Roger Clemons - you are lying. As for your lunar landing hoax conspiracy theory, you'd do well not to repeat it in front of Buzz Aldrin. One guy who dared him swear upon a Bible that he did walk on the Moon got a punch in the face, and it was recorded in video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYOynXlur6dssJI

[@gerardmoran9560]

You're a troubled soul (and you can't spell).

[@AndyP959]

Why weren't you fighting in Vietnam?

[@slcpunk2740]

@@AndyP959 it's clear you know nothing about it since less than 10% of those available to draft were actually drafted, 70% of the boots on the ground were volunteers and draft exclusions were always a thing 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@StonyRC]

Brings me to tears every time - whether its the movie or the live broadcast. It was an extraordinary mission and an incredible achievement by the crew of Apollo 13 and the Mission Control team. Heroes all.

[@sallygough5409]

Goodness me - I remember this happening live. It’s no less nail biting hearing it again when we know that they got home safe and sound. What a miracle that they all got home again, and thanks to everyone working so very hard and determinedly! Glad I found this recording - thank you!

[@stephenpochly7003]

I remember watching the Apollo flights on the BBC. James Burke was a fantastic presenter his knowledge and enthusiasm for the missions was brilliant. Him and Patrick Moore were an ace team.

[@adzisme]

This was a fascinating look…all three guys were silent during the final sequence; some great camera work as well.

[@spidersrcool2244]

I know how this mission turns out. I'm still shaking, have goosebumps, & praying for them. Wow, I wasn't even born, but this had to be agonizing for the families.

[@TrishaDishing]

😂

[@dougrigel1997]

It was for everybody!!!

[@dalemihocik4732]

The carrier , Iwo Jima , was the ship my brother -in -law was serving on at that time . How cool to be a part of history .

[@starguy2718]

Jim Lovell [ably assisted by Haise & Swigert], on manual control, and "eyeballing" it, coming in at 25,000 mph, got within 4 freaking miles, of the recovery ship. The Right Stuff, no doubt about it.

[@Gibbles432]

If they could get a washing machine to fly, Jim Lovell could land it on the numbers.

[@richardvernon317]

CM came in using computer control. The fully manual stuff was done in the LM.

[@Gibbles432]

Roger Clemons And 9/11 wasn't an inside job...right...

[@catbarr924]

Roger Clemons you're the coward and liar here.

[@Hasarengazfix]

Roger Clemons Never took a class in chemistry? We are not those, who are saying "they dropped them from 20k feet... You cant prove your shit, you just want to get attention by being a fucking hoax believer. I hope once you will get a chance to go in space, then you'll shut up. Maybe...

[@melaniehamilton6550]

I still find myself holding my breath just as I did when I watched the live coverage of the splashdown. So intense! I'll never forget the worldwide collective sigh of relief.

[@Lucas-rg6my]

Melanie Hamilton my mom remembers when schools stopped to watch the rentry and the reaction from the classroom

[@bujin1977]

Just because you're too stupid to understand how it all worked, it doesn't mean that everyone else is.

[@glennhart4818]

Roger Clemons: You're an ass.

[@dallazthomas4091]

Melanie Hamilton u must be old af

[@kiersten101ify]

dallaz Thomas rude much?

[@21caddo]

At the time when there was concern that the heat shield could be damaged, NASA also feared that the parachutes bundle compartment whose heating system was turned off, would be frozen blocks that wouldn't unfurl.

[@theshermantanker7043]

good god, it would've become a death capsule plummeting to the ground at hundreds of miles an hour

[@7770robi]

@@theshermantanker7043 in the movie upon reentry the whole capsule was engolfed by a wide fire which melted anything frozen.

[@Mikevdog]

The astronauts weren't concerned about the heat shield.

[@libertyprime619]

@@theshermantanker7043 it wouldve been apollo 1 all over again

[@howardpower]

It was almost like the earth came into a complete standstill at that moment in time. One of the best moments in human history, although the mission was a failure, it was a rough comeback. Good stuff.

[@MateusViccari]

5:21 Thanks I would never have spotted it on my own

[@JeanRodo]

Did useless circles back then as well

[@dhanyasrees4152]

😂😂

[@linostoe]

bruh I actuaalty LOLLL'D

[@EdWeibe]

Before John Madden, .

[@warrenhaig7714]

So people actually think all of this was faked. Get real.

[@EeekiE]

Warren Haig Ironic that they’re extremely gullible people that believe whatever sounds cool or interesting, and in this case it’s the feeling of having one over on everyone else. Half-wits.

[@EeekiE]

Albert Spooner Man did so in 1969, 1970 & 1971. Man has no active hardware nor any political will to do so in 2019.

[@nbk4dv9]

Warren Haig that might be the most ironic comment in you tube history. "Get Real"

[@davidlafleche1142]

...yet the same crowd believes that Area 51 has a wrecked "UFO."

[@graurtudor]

@Albert Spooner why a man would go to the moon in 2019, if they were there before, there its just dust and rocks, nothing new, and also that cost lots of money

[@rmns987]

No more than 5 seconds late. And perfectly safe. What a scientific achievement? No other thrill can match space exploration.

[@thepsychologist8159]

"No other thrill can match space exploration" - Especially when it doesn't actually happen.

[@brianarbenz7206]

The BBC's James Burke, the lead reporter on this video, was the finest journalist covering the U.S. moon program. He understood the technical details, but also how the moon landings benefited the American people, an angle oddly underreported by U.S. television journalists.

[@wafflesnfalafel1]

loved his "connections" series as well -

[@5roundsrapid263]

James Burke is an absolute genius. When someone that dignified was biting his nails, you knew it was a scary situation!

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@5roundsrapid263 I recall it so vividly.

[@johnrowlinson6327]

I shed a tear on watching the film ending, brought back forgotten memories

[@Giggiyygoo]

This whole mission was like an episode of Macguyver. Complete with duct tape. What an achievement.

[@charleswilson7371]

That never interviewed the console engineers, designers, wrote books nor ever discussed Apollo missions in any school I've been too...WHY?

[@PlayshotKalo]

@@charleswilson7371 we learned all about Apollo in school and many different people involved in the mission authored books about it FYM

[@PlayshotKalo]

@@charleswilson7371 you must not be American because our school textbooks contain information about the Apollo 13 mission, as early as 3rd grade and into high school, in both science and history classes. All our school textbooks from K-12 come from one publishing company in Texas and they all contain the same content in schools across the country

[@rickhammond2473]

@@charleswilson7371 All fake just bs.

[@thepsychologist8159]

"This whole mission was like an episode of Macguyver" - Or like the movie Capricorn One!

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

The newer generations need to know this. The whole world stopped.

[@Trek001]

Not only did the entire world stopped, but the Soviets said that if it looked as if a splashdown near Russia was the safest option for the crew, they would go and rescue them free of charge

[@TheSpiritof1969]

I remember this at the time. Suddenly the world media were interested again. Every tv channel and newspaper were interviewing anyone remotely connected with the project.

[@tigerbait134]

Maybe one of the most important achievements of mankind. The ability to bring people home in the face of utter catastrophe.

[@jscottupton]

Still, after all these years, brings tears to my eyes.

[@MrDarkmarius]

A grand time of news reporting

[@robertpsotka3525]

I absolutely get choked up still watching any Apollo coverage. Must be love of country

[@joes.949]

One of the greatest days in the 20th century.

[@-C.S.R]

Hello, Houston? This is OdySea. It’s good to see you again!

[@dawnwelch6579]

Wow, this was intense - discovered this vid by accident while looking up other things. To witness and hear pure, raw emotional nervousness and excitement...just indescribable!!! I clapped and cheered along with them!

[@hazelanderson1479]

I was almost seven years old, and remember watching this at the time and wondering if they’d make it back home. James Burke there, with his fingers crossed, and Cliff Michelmore and Patrick Moore looking tense. The relief at seeing the red and white ‘chutes was too much for my Dad, who burst into tears. Great job to all involved, and very cool graphics for the time.

[@bradcrosier1332]

I had the privilege of flying Commander Lovell a number of years ago on his book tour a few times. What an amazing, humble gentleman. I was doing my job at the time, in retrospect, I wish I’d had more time to just sit and listen to him. Some time later I also had the good fortune to hear Captain Gene Cernan speak as a keynote speaker at a conference I attended and to briefly meet him. Again, another truly amazing gentleman. I hope we have not seen the last of their likes, true American heroes of the highest order. Their stories deserve to be more widely known among modern generations.

[@WDRowlett]

If anything went right on Apollo 13, the splashdown did.

[@1USAUSA]

I agree with you 1000%. :)

[@almostfm]

Actually, one other thing went right--the timing of the explosion. Had it happened much earlier, the battery power wouldn't have held out in the LM. If it had happened much later, the "free-return" burn would have been impossible with the LM engine.

[@almostfm]

***** If I understand the situation, the batteries and other consumables in the ascent stage of the LM wouldn't have lasted long enough for them to get home had they discarded the descent stage. It also would have made the PC+2 burn more complicated. The ascent stage engine was only about 1/3 as powerful as the descent stage engine, so it would have had to burn a long time, and probably (although I haven't done that math) didn't have enough propellant on board. Discarding the SM would have helped by lowering the mass involved, but they were reluctant to do it for a couple of reasons-one is that even though they were working on the assumption that the engine wasn't useable, there may have been some contingency situation where the SM engine might have been a "last chance" to get the crew home safely. Plus, the SM itself provided some insulation for the heat shield against the deep cold of cislunar space. My guess is that they never tested the heat shield under those conditions, and weren't sure if the extreme cold could have caused cracks that would have allowed the CM to burn up on reentry.

[@JMG717]

IKR, even the launch had a problem with the 2nd stage inboard engine cutting out early. Apollo 12 had the lightning strike, and Apollo 14 had the Abort button problem that they had to fix (a 1 in register 1 in the computer.) 11, 15, 16, and 17 went just as planned

[@JMG717]

Actually, I need to correct myself... 11 had the 1201 and 1202 Program alarms

[@TrackpadProductions]

Note to self, never read the comment section of any video about the space program. Some fucking people.

[@thomaschristopher8593]

nah, i just ignore the idiot refuteniks.

[@blindlemon9]

TrackpadProductions, Hahahahaha! Yep, I have learned this lesson the hard way several times. I guess that I'm a slow learner. It boggles the mind to realize (1) how credulous so many people are regarding some of the most bizarre, convoluted notions ever conjured by a human mind, and (2) how badly our school systems have failed at least a couple of generations of students in teaching science, history, and, above all, rational and critical thinking skills. It's pretty damned tragic, but the deniers' posts always make me laugh so hard that I can hardly breathe. So I guess it is sort of a bad news/good news situation.😁

[@robertgaudet7407]

I hold out hope that we are getting smarter, the apparent increase in stupidity is just because everyone (even the illiterate) has the internet now.

[@miguelgordillo3257]

but but but.... earth flat! moon... moon fake! me... stupid!

[@1creeperbomb]

You know if we had the budget, I would make a petition to send all the conspiracists to space XD.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Thank you! This was a thrill and and long overdue one! I was in the 6th grade, age 11. Our class had followed the mission eagerly and nervously, but we did not get to see the splashdown on TV. This was my first viewing of any coverage. Wonderful job the broadcasters did.

[@Hasarengazfix]

Roger Clemons Other hoax believers are good at fooling people as well... I'll say that again... Prove your fucking shit.

[@habsfan7944]

@Roger Clemons You are a loser!!!

[@melbinjoseph7241]

@Roger Clemons is Clemons is ur father u asshole..did u believe that idiot

[@diederikvanvleuten8341]

I was born in 1961. I remember very well how my father read a Dutch newspaper with the headline World prays for Apollo 13 astronauts. Still emotional to see this footage again. Monumental.

[@mikeray3453]

How they spotted the landing was a miracle of the 20th century

[@fast03vette4me]

In these tense moments humanity united as one.

[@ryans756]

Imagine it today. Half the country would be calling it a hoax.

[@kellyford5903]

Ya know…STILL REMAINS an Aaaaaaah Praise God time for me!! Every single person is EXACTLY where they NEEDED TO BE! Any ONE not in “that place”…and we WOULD NOT have had this ending!! God IS GREAT, ain’t He??!!! 🇺🇸❣️🇺🇸

[@theradgegadgie6352]

Damn, I wasn't even born when this happened, but when someone in the background shouted "There they are!", I started tearing up. Real life does drama way better than Hollywood can even dream of doing.

[@marcsonnenberg623]

This was Must See TV back in 1971. I was glued to the TV.

[@NomadRT]

The public (nor the media) had any idea just how grave this situation was at the time, and how much of a miracle it was to get these men back. It always gives me goose bumps.

[@jogman262]

They were given only a 10% chance of making it back alive. This flight was improvised from the moment of the oxygen tank explosion until splashdown. Extraordinary minds were at work.

[@GabrielKlute]

The relief in the voices of everybody. So wonderful they made it home safe!

[@garyowen9044]

This is why I went into engineering.

[@davidwilkinson8136]

For those of you to young to remember this moment i myself was in my last year at school, it was a very dramatic moment in history. Everybody thought they were to be lost in space forever a very memorable day indeed.

[@jonsmith4669]

I remember mum dad and I watching this and all the other splashdowns, absolutely enthralled, not only of the event but that fact we could see this happening LIVE in the UK...thanks for sharing.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Well of course you could, you invented satellite communication and gifted it to the whole world!

[@jonsmith4669]

@@AlanCanon2222 You are welcome, that was a hard days night....we gave the Fab 4 too Yeah yeah yeah..... yeah,,..

[@WBCRO]

I was seven years old when I sat with my family watching this live broadcast. My father was especially riveted to the excitement and drama of the moment. It was an amazing time.

[@onlyme12334]

Now what's your age buddy

[@deafmusician2]

The most accurate landing in the Apollo program

[@MrPremku]

I was one of them in the crowd to watch it live, it was truly a remarkable moment

[@SteverRob]

I've talked to Fred Haise about this mission. One thing he was adamant about was that the movie was way more dramatic than it really was, and understandably so, as it was a Hollywood movie. These guys were astronauts and pilots, trained for years as pilots and months before this mission. Even though the events of A-13 were never worked out in a simulator, they stayed cool under pressure, kept their heads and did what they needed to do to work around the problems and get back home.

[@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301]

SteverRob: I suspect that Fred Haise may have been underplaying the dangers with hindsight. Following the oxygen tank blow-out, Mission Control struggled for the next six hours to contain the situation. The Flight Director's Loop audio tapes are still in existence and available to listen to on KZbin - all six astonishing hours of it: 'Apollo 13 Accident: Flight Director Loop'.

[@tubedude54]

What I find amazing is that they were able, with ground controls help, to make 'makeshift' Co2 scrubbers with materials on board the spacecraft! Without them they probably would have all died. We used to be great... now we are trying to get some of that greatness back!

[@cjeam9199]

tubedude54 they weren’t making scrubbers from scratch though were they? They were just trying to fit incompatible scrubbers into the CO2 scrubbing system. Each scrubbing system was designed to be used for only part of the mission and had the appropriate number of cartridges for that use, but they ended up having to use one for basically the whole time, so had to make the cartridges from the other fit into that one.

[@dennis9707]

They figured out how to fit a square peg into a round hole or a round hole into square peg. I forget.

[@5roundsrapid263]

@@dennis9707 Mission engineers figured how to adapt the scrubbers a couple years before. They never thought their contingency plans would be used!

[@terryrussel3369]

I remember this day of great relief and pride as all Americans did. We saw this coverage on our family's new color TV. How far we have come since is (by nefarious design) a mystery to my grandchildren. For instance, our television was a collection of something called 'transistors' behind a huge 'vacuum tube' where 'cathode rays' lived and worked to make the moving pictures we saw.

[@ATMAtim]

This day is another event I won't forget. Our entire JSC area was on edge the whole way and rejoiced in many ways. Splashdown parties were epic!

[@SteveHolsten]

I watched this live with my whole 4th grade class in Senath, MO. I wonder why 67 disliked this video

[@koolmckool7039]

Because they think it was all fake.

[@pommiebears]

Russians lol. Still a bit butt hurt you got there before them....even though this is Apollo 13!

[@SteveHolsten]

@@pommiebears Where were the Russians mentioned here?

[@mplum4796]

OMG I know what happened, of course, and I know the crew made it safely home, but STILL, my heart was in my throat and I started to cry as I waited for splash-down, imagining how the family members of these men felt, and wondering how NASA folk felt about what happened and how it was for THEM, waiting for the men to arrive safely home. WHEW...what an experience!

[@maryhodges1673]

I remember watching this on tv!! I cried when they landed🙏 Amazing on all involved getting them home

[@charlotteryner6583]

I lived through it, I've seen the movie numerous times and I still get teary watching this.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I was 13 at the time. I grew up with Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. I loved how it seemed the entire planet was pulling for those men to come home safely.

[@passerby1011]

History right there !

[@kevinschmid238]

Amazing how a giant rocket goes up and only a tiny capsule comes back lol

[@WardyLion]

It takes most of that giant rocket to get the Apollo Spacecraft (CSM) into orbit around the Earth, such are the forces that have to be overcome.

[@Morphling92]

Gravity's a real drag.

[@denniss9620]

Thats called diminishing returns

[@nathanparry8315]

Most of that giant rocket is fuel tank.

[@jshepard152]

That's the problem SpaceX is trying to solve.

[@user-ot2qg8np8y]

This sent a shiver right down my spine. Amazing, truly amazing!

[@lindseysummers5351]

This was a little before my time, but I've learned a thing or two about it, beginning with the documentary Moonshot. Things were pretty dire, with the power situation, the buildup of CO2, the damage to the craft, you name it. But those guys never gave up. They never quit. They showed what we as people can do if they persevere and work the problem. No matter how bad things might be, if you keep going, work as a team, and show a little ingenuity, good things can happen.

[@dennissmithjr.5370]

This took me back, thanks.

[@robertoneill1979]

I'm just too young to remember this for real, but I have to admit to holding my breath during re-entry every time I watch the rather well made Ron Howard movie🚀

[@robertbilling6266]

I was watching this live as a school kid. Fantastic!

[@sirstiffpilchard]

I remember watching this on TV was as exciting as the other moon landings, so relieved they got back safely

[@99fruitbat94]

I saw this actually happening when I was a kiddie . Rewatching it is quite terrifying . I didn't really understand back then the danger .

[@georgeemil3618]

Quite different from what's portrayed in the movie. They had contact with Swigert before visual confirmation. But in the movie, Mission Control kept calling for six minutes before Lovell said "It's good to see ya" at the same time the parachutes were visible.

[@DPBGMODELRAILROAD]

Movie just had to make it more dramatic just like changing the line “Houston we had a problem “ to “Houston we have a problem “.

[@Ozefan2580]

Awesome!! Thanks so much for posting!

[@sandyhanson6082]

Beautiful! Just beautiful! 👍

[@bedminstereric]

I think previous generations were better than we are today.

[@wesbervig1272]

I was four years old when this happened, so I am too young to remember this; on the other hand, I remember watching the Iranian hostages come home in 1981 when I was fifteen which I am sure is EQUAL in its pain, anxiety and suffering.

[@tehangrybird345]

This just shows what we can do as humans when we aren’t caught up in wars

[@davidanderson4091]

I'm 67. I remember listening to this live on the Voice of America on my old Stewart-Warner R136 Shortwave Radio. This video made me dig out my old DX Shortwave Radio Log Book. The entry says... Station: The Voice of America Transmitter: Monrovia, Liberia Interval Signal: Yankee Doodle Date: Saturday April 18 NZST Time: broadcast begins 06:00 NZST Frequency: 15625 Kilocycles Comments: - The Breakfast Show with Pat Gates - Live return of Apollo 13 For music fans, the next entry... Station: The Voice of America Transmitter: Monrovia, Liberia Interval Signal: Yankee Doodle Date: Saturday April 18 NZST Time: broadcast begins 07:00 NZST Frequency: 15625 Kilocycles Comments: - Jazz Hour with Willis Conover Thank you to the uploader for the prompted stroll down memory lane!!

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

I remember this so clearly. It was the one time in my life that I can remember the world being united, waiting for news each day.

[@tedhunter6983]

Still after all these years with the technology of the time and everything that happened the entire mission it is still absolutely amazing that they were able to almost park the capsule on the deck of the carrier and practically on time. AMERICA AT ITS FINEST!!!!!

[@chanjane240]

Amazing! They came home safe! Great achievement!

[@jogman262]

Before any sighting of the chutes Mission Control had heard Jack Swigert call out "Go ahead Joe" to astronaut Joe Kerwin who was CapCom at the time so they knew the heat shield held up. But to actually see the capsule dangling under the three main chutes made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. I was in fourth grade when this happened and remember it vividly.

[@onetrueslave]

No words to describe watching the last moments of this incredibly successful failure.

[@splinesmith]

This must be BBC coverage. The main person giving narration is James Burke, who later went on the do the "Connections" series (great series, btw).

[@JBJones66]

John Atkinson no that was Jack Callahan he was the host of the network one broadcast from 1968-1973.

[@snipper1ie]

No, James Burke. Along with Cliff Michelmore and Patrick Moore

[@christopherwv1977]

I find it very interesting to see another countries coverage of this event.

[@jshepard152]

That was a great series.

[@GulshuPulshu]

Thanks, I was actually scrolling to find a comment that mentions his name, I remember that documentry hosted by James Burke that precisely shot the rocket flying

[@dwmzmm]

I remember this like yesterday; even stayed home from school that day (was in 7th grade; middle school) to watch the return and splashdown of the Apollo - 13. The school gladly accepted my excuse for absence as watching history in the making...

[@Dave-gg8gm]

A young James Burke....great broadcast and nice bit of history.

[@RajeshGupta-gb6en]

Amazing

[@mikeray3453]

How they made it back to Earth was a miracle of the 20th century

[@cyclenut]

I was a young kid back then. It was amazing. With the first mission it was REALLY BIG. Everywhere, at school this was BIG in all grades, even 1st grade. People who did not have a TV would be at a friend's or at a store in front of TV displays. Newspaper full front page story. It was talked about EVERYWHERE. At the store, food packages, comic books, signs is windows. There has been NOTHING like this since. By Apollo 13 things were returning to normal, but it still was a big deal.

[@v380riMz]

that's crazy wow

[@darrellcook8253]

I watched that when it was happening, talk about stress. I can't imagine the stress the crew and Nasa control felt. We cheered when we first saw the parachutes. Tears flowed. And for a short time the world was united in their caring about 3 human beings doing the impossible.

[@Robertonnz]

Historic moment. The Lunar Module's engine was never designed to propel Apollo back to Earth - amazing

[@rowanaforrest9792]

Everyone involved had to do a lot of "thinking outside the box" and using equipment in ways it wasn't designed to be used.

[@johntapp1411]

The narrator on this was “Connections” narrator James Burke.

[@meredrums1]

Nice compilation of various sources.

[@crystalinabacteria3430]

After seeing the film with Tom Hanks I actually heard these moments on a radio programme. Listening to the real footage made me cry knowing how intense this was & how the crew had everything go against them. Amazing footage Thank you❤

[@josephcostello695]

Remember this everyone on my street watched . As soon as they splashed down and were a-ok we went out and played stickball and talked about it.