As it Happened - Apollo 13 "Houston We've Had A Problem"

[@MyBrookes1]

how on earth did swaggert, lovell and hayes stay so calm, they were loosing power and oxygen in deep space, shows how professional they are

[@aidanhodgetalks6055]

+MyBrookes1 Well, one thing that helped was that the crew didn't actually know they were leaking oxygen until control had already identified and found a solution to the problem an hour later. The assumption was that they were just leaking fuel which was okay because they had the lunar module to get them home. Below I put together the events and exchanges that went on at houston (you can hear them better if you lower the crew's audio channel which i think is right speaker). You can definitely hear the tensions in the room. As it progresses flight control starts getting progressively annoyed at everyone around him and starts making sarcastic quips. Aside from this though, even if he dismisses someone he still takes their suggestions under advisement. This proved to be good because otherwise Ecom wouldn't have discovered the oxygen leak at all or how to fix it as he had to beg the flight controlman to repower the oxygen sensor. the Ecom guy is the real hero here, but the Flight control directer is the professional because eventhough he was annoyed and made jabs at those around him, he his professionalism helped keep these people alive. It is hilarious hearing him lose his shit on GNC at the end though right after they solved the oxygen problem. at 17:10 they first find out something is venting, and control tries to figure out what it is. at 18:30 Flight control lets control room know that the lunar module still has fuel so don't worry too much. This is followed by a broadcasting that there is only a fuel problem. at 29:00 Ecom and Flight control start arguing because Ecom is worried he can't see oxygen sensors and want them to waste some power so he could see oxygen levels because he suspects they have lost cells. Flight com decides this is a waste of resources. Crew mentions that the venting is causing them to pitch and roll. Ecom asks for power again, but gets shot down again until someone else supports him. at 35:00 they see that the pilot is using thrusters to try to combat the pitch and roll. Control tries to have backroom use a model to see where the random thrust is coming from in the hopes of identifying what tank is venting so they know what it is. at 39:00 Backroom determines where the thrust is coming from and asks to test this by direct RCS control but a discussion of power overtakes the conversation and they order the vessel powered down before resuming and ordering the pilot to do the thruster test. at 44:20 Ecom tries to convince flight control to isolate oxygen tanks. Flight control is baffled by this idea, but the Ecom convinces him its a good idea for re-entry to isolate it (re-entry is not for days a way at this point, so its understandable for flight control to not be seeing that far out). at 49:40 Ecom discovers that heating oxygen tank 1 produced no pressure change (meaning its venting), tries to convince Flight control to waste more power turning on fans to the tank to confirm this. at 50:30 Backroom has determined the thrust caused by the venting had disappeared. at 51:00 Ecom confirms oxygen tank 1 is has practically no pressure left, suggests crew evacuate to lunar module. Argument erupts as flight control is annoyed they are losing focus of the initial problem, but has back room determine the survivability of living in the Lunar module. at 54:00 crew confirms what backroom determined 4 minutes ago about the venting being stopped. at 59:00. The crew starts reading off gauges to see if there is an instrument problem while flight control is still primarily worried about having enough fuel and power remaining for the mission. Interesting sarcastic exchange between control and backroom about it. then sarcastic exchange between flight control and capcom. (turn off right sound balance to turn off the guage readings, so you can hear houston better) at 1:01:00 While the crew is giving gauge readings, Ecom finally figures out and convinces flight control that they are losing oxygen.  at 1:04:00 Ecom determines that the oxygen is leaking through fuel cell 3. at 1:05:20 Capcom informs the crew that they have an oxygen leak and to shut off fuel cell 3. At which point the crew pieces it together and confirms that that is what control is trying to tell them. Flight control loses his shit with GNC for bringing up useless information.

[@evanfinch4987]

+MyBrookes1 They had more right stuff than average humans. #simpleanswer

[@timothysandvik6865]

MyBrookes1 There was an interview with Ken Mattingly where he has a couple of key quotes. The first was when Glynn Lunney's team came on board just after the accident. Mattingly says that he had witnessed " The most magnificent display of personal leadership he's ever witnessed" by Lunney, the flight director taking over for Kranz. Even the movie script writer lamented not featuring Lunney more, but for the time constraint. The other quote is in regards to Mattingly being taken off 13. He's said that it was the best thing that could've happened due to the conditions in the LEM. He said he would've shut down, where as Swiggert performed brilliantly. Fred Haise has said he had never been more miserable. So it was a case of the right guys that were sent up.

[@maraflore]

you said it. they were professionals and had to be. they knew they were in trouble but with their extensive training in simulators which they do several times they knew that no emotion would help in getting them home. just cool calmness got them through it.

[@bujin1977]

I guess they were aware that "bouncing off the walls" and shouting at each other wouldn't have solved the problem - it would have made it a lot worse. Not that that makes it any less impressive.

[@supervideopros]

3:37 the classic line that went down in history.

[@gazzaboo8461]

If only they'd known it was coming, they wouldn't have talked over it, spoiling the moment.

[@Gabriel-he6ih]

3:41 But I still can't decipher what they said here

[@heythere135]

@@Gabriel-he6ih Lovell said "we got a Main Bus B undervolt" while at the same time mission control said "we see a hardware restart"

[@gx2music]

11:24 the best bit. “Affirmative we’re trying to come up with some good ideas for you”. The spacecraft has literally exploded. Man I just love these engineers trying to work a problem. No panic. Just solve the problem.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

19:25 “Let’s solve the problem, but let’s not make it any worse by guessin’.” - Gene Kranz

[@adzisme]

Christopher U.S. Smith Gene Kranz is a wise man; that advice can be used on any problem one may need to solve

[@garyfearon3018]

I guess that means he wants his team to rely on the data they have before them.

[@-SANDMAN-]

well it speaks of experience, immense experience, situations that have been exacerbated by ‘wishing to do well’ or ‘good intentions’ but little insight, patience or wisdom

[@HooyahPeacock]

My Gf told me this when I found bumps on my...nvm

[@EdWeibe]

and "what have we got on the spacecraft thats good?'

[@lunarmodule5]

100,000 + people have watched this so far....couldnt have imagined that when I first thought about doing the video. Thanks to all who have watched and supported this video - LM5

[@LS__World]

these guys were very brave calm communications my God if it was me up there i bet i have a panic attack and out of control thanks for this video upload

[@LS__World]

***** yeah i guess if i went up there i will packed up a nice cyanide pill just in case hahahaha you never know what could happen up there

[@aspenrebel]

***** should be 100 million watching/listening to this!!

[@aspenrebel]

***** well if you ran out of oxygen, then that would do you in.

[@visonanceintelligence1899]

+lunarmodule5 Thank you for doing this. I think there is alot of room for other 4 box, w/ audio on other nasa missions. I need to know how accurate your showing of the DSKY, onboard video/ news video/ is all specifically ON TIME LINE> That is what will make any further production worth while and valid. If I can help, advise. Thanks.

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

It's amazing when you hear the calm in their voices compared to the presentation in the movie Apollo 13.

[@desertfoxx1823]

typical hollywood

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

There is a problem with portraying these kinds of things is that you're not watching a documentary; you're watching a fiction based on history.

[@Zoomer30]

add to that that the movie took some "artistic license". It was still better than SpaceCamp (yeeeeesh)

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

It took a lot of artistic license. The argument in the LM about throwing the switch never happened and never would have happened. Swaggert was an expert on the CM. Haise would never have questioned him.

[@robertsnyder2252]

Let's not forget that we got an slightly edited version the crew and Houston; no coverup; nothing wrong; just standard military air ops;

[@TheNaomeister]

5:32 The 1970s equivalent of "Did you try turning off and then turning it on again?"

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

TheNaomeister Resets can work wonders, provided the equipment being monitored didn't fail.

[@johncrowerdoe5527]

@@ChristopherUSSmith Which is why the NGC was built to restart itself on any problem. Very quick reboot too, so quick Apollo 11 could land while the computer rebooted multiple times.

[@AureliusR]

@@johncrowerdoe5527 Well, calling it "rebooting" is a bit of a misnomer. But yes, it could very quickly resume tasks after a watchdog timer reset.

[@EorsAstroVids]

So the biggest question is this : How did they ever achieve escape velocity with the weight of the crew's massive balls on board?

[@jayxtreme6]

did you even read the specs of the Saturn V?

[@MattZab]

@@jayxtreme6 You didn't get the joke?

[@deanrichardson4712]

they made them go home and mty them bethore im sure there withes would ov abliged sorry about spelling i Englishman but no good with that shit never lisned at school thats why a aint no astronaught lol

[@dlabor1965]

They balanced it with the weight of mission control's balls.

[@williamjimenez9715]

I got the joke,this is a period when men though on their feet and didn't reply on computers for everything.

[@michaelbyrd4389]

The split screen with audio overlay is great. I'll be watching this more than once. I love hearing the problem solving.

[@lunarmodule5]

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[@Zoomer30]

The story of Apollo 13 defines how usually these accidents are caused from a series of small, seemingly unrelated events that add up to an accident. 1. A few years before Apollo 13, the tank involved was dropped slightly at the factory being removed from the Service Module rack. 2. Everything seemed fine so it was reinstalled. 3. During development of the cyro fan/thank heater system, it was discovered that the system was only rated for spacecraft voltage, which is much lower than ground support voltage. So the specs were raised for everything.... Except the thermostat. 4. The thermostat would not have been an issue until a tanking test for Apollo 13 at the pad. Now the slight jolt the tank took was discovered to have caused damage to the drain pipe. A part that would only be used on the ground. The O2 would not come out. 5. The fix was to fire up the heaters and the fans and force the gas out. Now the thermostat comes into play. Not rated for pad power, it instantly fuses shut. The heater stays on and drives the temp of the tank well over safe levels. A gauge on the pad was pegged at the max allowed temp, so it could not show an issue. 6. Now the tank is full of O2 on the flight and also a bunch of bare wires. The rest is history.....

[@lunarmodule5]

Zoomer30 I believe that the company that made the thermostat were informed to change the specs of the thermostat but it never got changed....if memory serves correctly...Also that tank was scheduled for Apollo 10 originally

[@DDashTrait]

#LittleThings

[@SpenserRoger]

Thanks for the explainer but I'm still confused.

[@Zoomer30]

@@SpenserRoger In a nutshell, the "drop" the tank took unknowingly knocked the drain pipe lose. So they had to use the heater after the test (about 2 years after the drop) Which had a bad thermostat. If the drop had not happened, even with a bad thermostat, the tanking test would have been fine and the heater would not have been used on the ground. If the heater was used in space, again, no issue since it would be on much lower spacecraft power. Add to that the gauge that was pegged at the the max temperature allowed, had that been able to show higher temps the ground crew would have been able to see the tank was getting to hot and stopped it. At that point, Apollo 13 would be have been postponed until they could have replaced the entire tank, which is what they should have done. Lovell had that option when the tanking issue started during the test, but Apollo crews knew every flight was at risk of being cut. He felt it was safe (naturally no one knew about the thermostat issue)

[@keithcostello1388]

Bro you are a detective or what? Thanks for the info.

[@theproplady]

In the movie, when Lovell mentioned seeing the spacecraft venting gas, everyone seemed to know it was oxygen and it was a dramatic moment, but here they didn't seem to figure it out right away. Gene Krantz has such a calm voice. I'd navigate a spacecraft through hell if he were guiding me...

[@MyBrookes1]

+theproplady I think because so many problems happened at the same time including the fuel cells, the Co2 vents, the oxygen tanks that they couldn't think which gas and fuel was leaking, so they didn't want to risk doing anything with burns and engines incase it was the fuel, so think they needed to be 100% before they did anything

[@rm1133]

Gene never spoke to the astronauts but I agree he was a smooth operator

[@stephencourton3328]

Seemed even at end of video they just speculated a O2 line ruptured going into fuel cell three. No one so far on messages has speculated the tank actually exploded.

[@stephencourton3328]

A lot of gasses in service module. Fuel, oxygen, nitrogen, helium. Last two for pressure. While knowing something leaking they don’t know what. Seems power loss also affected instruments in tanks.

[@gpdude22]

The opening explains that this isn't in real time. Did you bother reading it or just skip ahead looking for cool special effects?

[@RobPanico]

44:25 is the greatest moment of high-pressure teamwork ever. Hats off to Kranz and Liebergot for this beautiful, professional exchange in such dire circumstances!

[@pashuku]

The O2 surge tank was part of the CM (not SM) that would be needed for re-entry (after disconnecting from SM) , that's why Gene got confused.

[@rbnn]

Most leaders these days never admit error no matter what

[@reeceemmitt2369]

Amazing how quickly Kranz - the leader - goes from questioning Liebergot’s view to being fully behind it. Mark of great leader. 44:40 ‘I don’t understand that Sy...’ 45:15 ‘What we’re really doing is securing our entry systems right now’

[@AureliusR]

True, but they did tease him afterward and even presented him with a cake decorated with the words "I don't understand that, Sy" at the party after the crew got home. Being flight director, he probably should have known the surge tank was in the CM :P But yes, Kranz was a phenomenal flight director.

[@meangreen8873]

Krantz is a hell of a flight director. Leader I'd follow any day.

[@AflacMan13]

The epic level of CALM in this situation, on both ground and the crew side... now THAT is professionalism, and real bravery.

[@mrkeogh]

"I want you to figure out minimum power in the LM to sustain life." Christ!

[@speedball1919]

53:05 I want you to get some guys to figure out minimum power in the LM to sustain life. -Gene Krantz 1970 AD

[@ddbrock9675]

Thanks for posting this up. Really conveys just how good this team and the crew really were. Their hard work and diligence saved this mission, and the lives of the crew. Gene Kranz has long been an idol of mine, this is one reason why.

[@lunarmodule5]

DD Brock you are most welcome DD

[@johndecker3120]

Tough and Competent.

[@zanpsimer7685]

LM5 recommends using headphones to get the clear distinction between CapCom and Flight Control to get an accurate feel for the event. However, when I put this on my TV it’s even more pronounced and I recommend listening this way for optimum effect. Thank you so much LM5 for creating these excellent videos.

[@MegaFPVFlyer]

Just knowing this is the real thing, I think this is more intense than the movie. I.e. when you can start to hear shuffling in the background of the Flight Directors Loop and you know those people are aware something has gone very wrong. 10:30 lol

[@bullwinklejmoos]

I'm a kid playing with my model of the command module and lunar module while the tv is showing Jules Bergman talking about the grave situation Apollo 13 is in. It was so long ago but this video makes it seem like it was yesterday. Thank you for posting.

[@lunarmodule5]

Welcome!

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

We always got our space coverage from Wally and Wally on CBS. ;)

[@jasonvogue4487]

the idiots that think this is fake are insane.. Rodge that!! it's totally disrespectful to all the men and women that worked so hard.. and Gene Kranz you are an amazing person

[@EdWeibe]

dont even entertain the thought.

[@MrJm323]

I don't think it's insanity or stupidity, I think it's actually malice. They want to undercut the achievement for some reason.

[@williamlinington9166]

People of this ilk have a hard time facing reality in their own lives.

[@redoberon]

I dont think they are worthy of attention, dont ever bother with that people.

[@adaptivelogic1354]

@@williamlinington9166 I would have said "People of this ilk have a hard time facing reality in their own BORING and INSIGNIFICANT lives."

[@lyricalmajesty2821]

3:20 Houston we've had a problem

[@johndecker3120]

Yes.

[@jonneexplorer]

M Zach yes swigert says it first, then Lovell repeats it when CAPCOM asks. It’s the same in the movie :)

[@jonneexplorer]

Well it’s changed to present tense but other than that

[@julianjamison995]

M Zach no it was Jim Lovell

[@jonneexplorer]

Julian Jamison no it’s Swigert, Lovell repeats it...

[@PJShu]

Even though this was a failed mission, in my opinion this was NASA’s finest hour.

[@andrewzhang1290]

It’s amazing. You might say that they were trained to be calm, but just imagine yourself in their position. You are in 0-g in space, and there is a leak on your spacecraft that might snap in half, with limited air. You could die that very hour if you didn’t do things correctly. Just imagine for a second and really immerse yourself.

[@AureliusR]

They would have been a lot more panicked if they didn't have the LM attached and in good shape. As has been pointed out so many times, if this had happened at ANY point after PDI they would have been more or less screwed. They would certainly have died without the LM.

[@LasVegas68]

Just found this Video you posted about the Apollo 13 accident. I remembered being glued to the tv when this happened. I have seen Apollo 13, and to hear the actual Transmissions between Houston and the Crew is totally awesome! Thanks for sharing this!

[@lunarmodule5]

Donald Thomas hi Donald - am glad you liked the presentation - the entire Apollo 13 mission is available on the channel also. regards Lm5

[@whorayful]

Wow, still sends shivers done the spine, those guys calmly working through a life and death situation. There is a comment made late in the clip it's quite in the background but clearly audible, it says something like 'we need to reconfigure the module for maximum life support capability', dang that's serious shit. Excellent video, thankyou for putting in the effort to upload it.

[@lunarmodule5]

whorayful Thanks whorayful - It was a labour of love putting this one together.

[@aspenrebel]

whorayful Well, they knew they had "zero" and dropping readings, they knew that the mission was scrubbed. So they immediately evaluated the amount of oxygen, electric power, fuel, and water remaining. The lunar module is one tough little ship.

[@nutsackmania]

They've all almost died in jets a bunch of times probably, so that does help.

[@EdWeibe]

36:20 "control: ok 13 we've got lots and lots of people working on this. When we find out some [dope] aka info , you'll be the first to know" "Lovell: oh thank you". The man was polite when staring into the face of death

[@davidrobinson4118]

Only just started watching your vids. Thanks for the great work, they are so, so interesting. I was hooked on the Apollo flights when I was at school and it started a lifelong interest in astronomy and space flight. These vids just bring it so much to life. Hearing those guys deal with that situation in such a professional and calm manner is humbling. Best wishes from the U.K.

[@JJR53]

Thank you Aquarius You will alway be on our minds and in our hearts.

[@paulwalters3446]

This is so very interesting. I was only 13 years old when this took place and had no idea what mission control was doing. This is absolutely fascinating. Thank you. Provides a full window into the workings of MC.

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks for your comments Paul - I am glad the video has been interesting.

[@aSStronaut111]

You were 13 years old and it was Apollo 13.

[@buddy5129]

coincidence? I think not! great job, Danny! (peladophobian reference, look him up on youtube)

[@nutsackmania]

@@aSStronaut111 I know right?!

[@LuciusZedaker]

Still amazing the calm handling of the situation by everybody involved. Thanks LM5!

[@lunarmodule5]

Lucius Zedaker U R Welcome Lucius - thanks for the comment

[@gk10002000]

yeah. this is what some proper military training, real pilots that had been in combat or stress situations, not just desk jockeys. One has to experience adrenalin, momentary fright, then recover and just keep on thinking and processing things. Oh and being prepared, practice, rehearsal, know and understand the system you are using. Don't Panic. Bouncing around the walls and yelling won't accomplish anything. You will just be right back where you started but with more time elapsed

[@gregpartridge1142]

Thank you so much for uploading this, it is greatly appreciated. From a command and control perspective, its textbook. Flight never stubbled or portrayed any sign of concern to 13 - kept everyone focussed. Its interesting that Flight wanted to be 100% sure that escape into Aquarius was absolutely essential, before requesting 13 to do so. That takes guts to stay that cool, rather than passing on a command that could be later regretted. I'll listen to the remaining audio in your other parts ASAP. Well done.

[@pepemencaoi4171]

Great video LM5, it's amazing how calm and professional both the crew and the flight controllers are.

[@lunarmodule5]

You are most welcome Pepe - Cool MOCR and astros? Did you expect anything else! ;-)

[@gx2music]

18:50 is where the famous quote happens. “Let’s not solve it by guessing”. Engineering to the max.

[@universalchiro]

Whenever my wife tells me to stir anything, from O2 fuels cells to noodles, I know not to do it.

[@StressfulGengar]

Under rated comment.

[@normanpeters7544]

🤣🤣🤣

[@richardkirk5098]

universalchiro 🤣

[@stevedalbor1001]

I do alright with stirring food, but then our microwave keeps showing a Main Bus B undervolt. That really sucks...@@richardkirk5098

[@timn4481]

this is brilliant. Gene Kranz didnt do a thing without it being of high probability of being true. not a single decision was uninformed.

[@joemacneil2]

Thank you for preparing this video, I had heard the air-to-ground loop on its own before but having the flight director's as well adds a lot.

[@lunarmodule5]

+joemacneil2 Welcome Joe !

[@jackwall1734]

One of the greatest lessons in leadership of all time! The time you spent on this project will last for generations. No one can thank you enough. The courage, strength of character, trust, determination and professionalism of these experts should be something we all emulate. Thanks to you for making an incredible contribution to history!

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks Jack

[@mpersad]

An extraordinary record of Apollo 13 and NASA's extraordinary achievement in dealing with the initial hour of the disaster. Really humbling to hear those men discussing such a disaster in such cool and measured terms, no flapping, and as Gene Krantz memorably said "working the problem". Outstanding team!

[@pnw_dev7934]

"What do we have in the spacecraft that's good?"

[@johnroby6524]

Tim Woods "These guys talkin' about bangs and shimmies doesn't sound like instrumentation to me."

[@leematthews7755]

10:30

[@dazzaboy04]

"You close the valves you can't open them again you can't land on the moon with only one healthy fuel cell!" "Gene, the Odysee is dying. From my chair here, this is the last option"

[@jonneexplorer]

Its amazing how much of the movie consists of actual quotes... Ironically Kranz’s most famous line “failure is not an option” was never stated during the mission. However Gene liked it and the delivery so much that he made it the title of his autobiography. He is as much a legend as any astronaut...

[@2199SPUDMAN]

When you know everything is FUBAR.

[@tsd_ju7084]

50th Anniversary of this amazing story of human ingenuity, engineering and above all calmness. It truly is *the* moment of glory in all of human history.

[@Cristian-vm1bg]

It's amazing that for the movie the actual version, explosion on a spacecraft in space, wasnt dramatic enough. Had to make the guys seem more panicked and scared. The Apollo program was just loaded with unbelievable badasses in space and on the ground. Best of the best indeed.

[@Crowbars2]

Yeah, it's so weird coming from the film to this. Tom Hanks sounded professional, scared, but trying to inhibit the fear to get the information to mission control. The real Captain Lovell just sounded annoyed. Like he was thinking "Goddamn, why'd it have to be our mission that fails?" No fear in his voice whatsoever.

[@MH-Tesla]

​@@Crowbars2Yeah, actors make it WAY more exciting for sure. 😂 This was a YAWNER. 😵‍💫

[@er1073]

My 17th birthday was 16 July 1969 the day Apollo took off for the moon. Thank you for uploading this video simulation.

[@lunarmodule5]

welcome!

[@gx2music]

I’d have an entire room at a massive rave just playing this. Not joking. This saved my life. Thank you so much for the upload.

[@gx2music]

Been sick with the new Corona. Or whatever they are spraying. Your uploads are so soothing. You can switch off and just listen. Thank you friend.

[@jteague238]

Wow, I am so impressed with how clam and collected they all are. These people are just amazing!

[@lunarmodule5]

It was impressive. As Jim Lovell once said - there was nowhere to go, if you did get upset and starte bouncing around you would find yourself back where you started, so it was a better choice to try and work throught the issues.

[@jteague238]

Of course he was absolutely right. Thank you for uploading all of these wonderful videos. Hopefully it will inspire the next generation to become steely eyed missile men once more!

[@lunarmodule5]

Theres always that to hope for!

[@ZombieGuy2401]

It was a very real possibility these men would be the first to die in space, and yet the fact they sound so calm. Truly astonishing people.

[@fedupwithfedforever4151]

Whomever mixed the sound on this did a heck of a job.....the sound is incredible.....so lively....great sound mix!...Try this with some decent headphones...Sounds AMAZING!

[@Lepidopray]

Funny: In the Ron Howard movie Clint Howard has to walk up to Krantz to show him what's wrong. At around 1:01:40 ECOM says he's sending Clint up to Krantz to show him what's wrong.

[@iconicfury]

I'm amazed that the Saturn V had enough thrust to carry the massive sets of balls of these men. Jesus, to be in Deep Space, venting oxygen, loosing power after suffering a partial RUD... And then just to go to work, down the checklist, calmly and pull off the probably the greatest McGyver'd plan even attempted in space. Fucking. Legends.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

That's pretty much all astronauts do, check lists! Go watch space shuttle cockpit landings and you can see checklists plastered all over the front window. Anything happens , there's a checklist . However, one has to salute the creative thinking in finding away to fit the it filter using among other things duct tape, but that was done on earth

[@Ror0009]

@@jacobjorgenson9285 yeah very easy anyone can do it … hmm

[@MickeyMouse-zu2yk]

Update - "massive sets of TITANIUM balls of these men"

[@tyharris9994]

A thank you 9 years late to the person who posted this. Such an amazing thing that I have the sum of human knowledge on a little black rectangle I keep in my pocket.

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks for the comment - currently in the process of doing the entire Flight Director Loop

[@MattZab]

Please make one of these for other flights! A complete "As It Happened" for mission highlights on both loops- Launch, TLI, LOI, Undock, Descent, EVAs, Ascent, Rendezvous, TEI, Re-entry, for Apollo 8, 11, 15 please! (I recognize that not all of those objectives were present in all of the missions I listed, but you know what I'm asking) Thanks for this spectacular audio clipping!

[@lunarmodule5]

Hi Matt - the Apollo 11 series will be similar to this...in that the FD loop is included...regards LM5

[@Angus_Gibson]

You gonna leave Apollo 12 off that list like SCE to AUX didn't happen or the fact that it's 3 best friends on an interstellar road trip?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@timn4481]

they are literally re-wiring the ship in real time, guided by the control centre. they have triple redundant systems on board, and it seems that one way to control them is to physically switch from failed circuits, to working ones..at one point they were mapping systems to the working bus..simultaneously switching others off entirely.

[@TheWalterHWhite]

It's truly amazing that we got these guys home. The massive list of problems that they encountered, and the limited resources they had. You make a mistake and you're dead. Great minds.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

It's pretty telling to me that on these long-form videos that really get into the nitty gritty of these missions, you very rarely see comments from those that wanna call these missions fake. It's because videos like these would actually educate people on how things actually panned out. It's why none of those hoaxers really know anything about how these missions worked - because educational videos like this are just not watched by them. They watch conspiracy videos and hoax videos and fake videos, and their attention span is about 5 minutes. Seriously - go to any video that actually delves into any details of the Apollo program, and you will be hard-pressed to find someone calling the missions fake. That should tell you all you need to know about the education level of hoaxers.

[@baberoot1998]

Thanks for posting this. This is amazing stuff. Absolutely phenomenal, what mankind has accomplished in such a short period of time. If you think about it...in less than 100 years, 1869 to 1969...mankind went from horse and buggy...to being able to land on the moon. Phenomenal.

[@lunarmodule5]

Glad you liked it Babe

[@gx2music]

Can we not get it over with and just give every engineer involved in this a medal of honour. ?? My god these guys are unreal.

[@AureliusR]

Medal of Honour is for sacrifice in battle. I believe the entire MOCR was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Or something close to that. One of the higher civilian honours.

[@rogerscottcathey]

God, the breadth of knowledge Kranz has to have as chief. So impressive.

[@benprewitt4600]

Like alot of folks, I saw Apollo 13 the film when I was a kid. And I fell in love with it. I was already into the space program: I remember stopping at Huntsville on the way to Disney in Florida having my picture taken in a park with a Redstone. My wife and I had a Gemini capsule on our wedding cake. For me, the line from the film that always stuck in my head was when Ed Harris as Gene Kranz says: "Let's look at this from a standpoint of status...what do we have on the spacecraft that's good?" Like they're so far down the list of stuff that's failed, they have to start over and just make a list of what they've got. And it kind of rattles him. And hearing Gene Kranz actually SAY THOSE WORDS sent a chill up my spine. I rewound it and listened to it a few times because it was like a dream or something. Lunarmodule5, thank you so much for doing this stuff. I hope you know how much those of us out here in the æther appreciate the work you do!

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks for your comments Ben...and am glad you have enjoyed the videos... regards LM5

[@gx2music]

This should be played to every pilot school on the planet. Half of their spacecraft has blown up - and there’s Lovell reporting on “main bus B under volt” calm as hell. It takes a special kind of person to be THAT calm under pressure. We call them “astronauts”

[@swami1]

The calmness of everyone's voice is amazing.

[@davemiles9290]

You can hear the calm leadership from Gene Kranz coming over in this, interesting to hear Capcom and Flight control communicating at the same time.

[@timmundorff2354]

As a project manager Gene is my greatest inspiration.

[@456swagger]

Na, There toward the end Kranz was losing it. When Capcom requested more instrumentation Kranz brought in an Alto sax and a snare drum.

[@jonneexplorer]

Only flight control hears it all. The rest only hear capcom, and their own communications with flight.

[@stephencourton3328]

Amazing how calm and professional everyone is. You know most of them and the astronauts knew problem was serious but no panic.

[@steverodgers8425]

Test pilots!

[@mpa1931]

These guys were test pilots, the most mentally tough guys on the planet. No wonder they were so calm through it all.

[@bobbiema6671]

If you listen to the fill playback of the mission, I think the only time I heard Captain Lovell's voice change pitch was out of amazement, not fear. It was when he first saw the hole in the CSM. No fear when the explosion happened nor when they were attempting retrajectories or nearing re-entery. Now, I wonder if astronaut's kids ever could "push their buttons" and what did the scolding sound like??!! 😊

[@TactileCoder]

You know, the incident isn't as glamorous as media makes it out to be. By 9:25 they were still unsure the cause of the undervolt was instrumentation issue vs an actual failure (or in this case an explosion) and were still trying a couple of different things to restore things. Just goes to show at the end of the day they were human beings in a confusing situation. Doesn't make it any less heroic of an action, but a lot more imaginable.

[@colinmontgomery5492]

Wow. This is less than a year out from the first landing, and already they are on the third lunar landing mission. This was a breathtaking pace. One that is sorely missed today.

[@daveshaw9344]

And people were already bored of it....tv stations wwerent even covering it anymore Seems nuts to me as well

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

I've panicked more on a toilet on earth than these three are 320,000kms in space post explosion.

[@stevengrandey7998]

It was the o2 fuel cell that failed, not the breathing air. /it was a series of event that caused it to fail. the tank was dropped just before final assembly and not reinspected, and NASA changed the operating voltage for the fans and didnt inform the contractor the built the tank or whom was installing it so they could check that it met the voltages requirments.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

Steven Grandey Not to mention using an unapproved shortcut turning on the tank heaters to boil off the O2 from the fueling test prior to launch. Because the thermostat was fused by the higher voltage, the temperature went much much higher and burned the wiring insulation. When enough O2 was converted from cryogenic slush to gas, and the tanks were stirred, *BOOM* . The tanks were stirred several times more than normal because the O2 tank 2 pressure read "off scale high" several times before the explosion.

[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

The oxygen tank that failed was multipurpose. It was fuel cells and breathing air, as well as propulsion.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

@@104thDIVTimberwolf And water for drinking and cooling the components.

[@georgevranas498]

Sy Liebergot at 29:55 to Krantz is crucial. “It’s not an instrumentation problem”.

[@LukelearMissile]

This is bloody fascinating

[@richardmourdock2719]

"we are venting something...." Turn out the lights, the party is over (although the crew knew by then the landing was scratched. The ground folks hadn't quite figured it out by then but would very, very shortly. A shame that Lovell and Haise never got to land but still a remarkable technological achievement to bring them home. I was a college freshman, a science geek and don't think I slept for four days).

[@3chel3]

Was everybody at NASA always so cool and calm?? They are so calm and professional it just amazing. "We're venting" which basically meant, at that point, they were in deep trouble and probably about to die. "roger we copy your venting" so cool and calm in the face of a real horror show. The only give away was the pause before responding, like in the movie, I'd image as at mission control they all looked at each other thinking "oh shit".

[@KFieLdGaming]

I know the video in the bottom right isn't synced up obviously, but man there training must of been absolutely amazing. They sound so calm and collected even though they obviously have to know by early on that it's not just an instrumentation caution/warning, since they heard and felt a shutter/impact in the craft. The movie added a lot of added drama, but it still amazes me how calm both houston, and the crew sound during this ordeal.

[@gk10002000]

Fred Haise later piloted the Enterprise during its first approach and landing tests. You can see some videos showing him and wearing the apollo 13 mission patch

[@Vizardm72]

If you have any more of these videos Please post them up. I totally agree with the statements by everyone else saying how amazingly calm they all were. Imagine how you would feel if you were on a diving trip and you were so deep you needed 2 tanks but the main tank stop working when you were at depth. All you could do was rely one the one tank to get you home. How much of a panic would you be in? Its kind of a similar position they were in. There is nowhere that you can get extra O² from. Its shows the genius of man to work out major problems on the fly and to do everything possible to save/rescue a person/s in dire situations. They are ALL (including the ground people) heroes. God bless them all (especially my own favourite Gene Krantz)

[@twocyclediesel1280]

I’ve seen the moon landing deniers berating the Apollo 11 crew, as they weren’t “sufficiently jubilant” at the press conference after they returned. My response is 1) they weren’t chosen for their bubbly personalities. They were fighter / test pilots. And 2) that’s how men behaved in mainstream America in the 60’s. Things are very different now. And 3) I can’t imagine how it would feel to do all that, walk on the moon, and a few days later be in a press conference. All these guys are a model of how to act and communicate under pressure, as well as how to handle a press conference. If you watch the full conference, they actually do laugh and joke around some. Your comment just reminded me of all that :) And yes, they are all heroes

[@1989Goodspeed]

19:20 Gene Kranz... chills

[@BlunderMunchkin]

Damn. If you didn't know what was going on and weren't paying close attention, you wouldn't think anything had gone wrong. These guys were cool AF.

[@evanfinch4987]

It's especially remarkable for someone my age who had the film as the first point of reference for the event. It's really nothing like the dramatics depicted in the movie.

[@eberlined]

Funny listening to this and realizing how much the movie dramatized this.

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

Doug Eberline yeah

[@ferrari2k]

Well, it's a movie... what do you expect? ;)

[@cottagechskitty]

And they didn't dramatize it as much as some filmmakers would have. Ron Howard didn't take as much artistic license as many would have.

[@GrooveYouVerse]

I wonder what this would be if Apollo 13 was directed by Michael Bay

[@bujin1977]

I think the explosion would have been nuclear-sized. Imagine the lens flares if JJ Abrams got involved...

[@peaveyst7]

i am still amazed how calm everybody was.

[@villejaaskela1038]

Well yea they were trained for that

[@suesmith3744]

I wanted to scream " Don't stir the tanks ❗️❗️"

[@jonneexplorer]

Sue Smith while funny, I would like to point out that this wasn’t an option either... If you don’t stir the tanks the oxygen will coagulate on the tank, stopping flow... They would have to be stirred... There was really no way to prevent this once the ship went up with a faulty component...

[@pajasa62]

I agree Sue! After the explosion you wonder if the crew thought much of the fact that they stirred the tank as the cause because almost 2 minutes passed between flipping the switch and the explosion.

[@gorillaau]

Tanks should be shaken, not stirred.

[@jessemedina4482]

@@jonneexplorer Stir the tanks by hand!!!!!

[@johnmccnj]

Another 20/20 hindsight scream - for a different catastrophe - would be "Don't try to miss that iceberg!!"

[@rchurch79]

Always amazes me how these men survived.. the men in mission control say failture is not an option and they showed it here.

[@johnscreekmark]

It’s amazing how calm they are in identifying and working through the issues. I would want to yell out “Oh Shit!”.

[@Zoomer30]

Gene Kranz could easily win a staring contest against Chuck Norris, and make him have an accident.....

[@lanceanz]

Fascinating. Listened for about 10 minutes to speakers, then switched to headphones (as recommended). It was much easier to follow with headphones on. Interesting to hear life-critical decisions being made. In most of our working-worlds I imagine it's extremely rare to find highly knowledgeable teams that function so well in a crisis. Individuals yes, but teams - not so much.

[@lunarmodule5]

Glad you got the headphones on! It definitely makes a difference! Thanks for your comment

[@russellloomis4376]

So excited I can't wait to see how it ends. Let's watch and find out.

[@DrefootyOrg]

17:16 "we are venting something! We are venting something out into space"

[@Xxwicksy2217xX]

That would be terrifying to see

[@RealEmerald]

3:21 This has to be the second most recognizable quote in spaceflight history.

[@robertsnyder2252]

I had the unique opportunity to have met General Collins. (Apollo 11); I was stationed at George AF, and the General was flying in for gas and lunch. I (along with the usual greeting team) met the Jet and we escorted him to flight ops, then, to lunch. He didn't buy... lol... lifelong experience.

[@lunarmodule5]

Robert Snyder Great memory Robert - thanks for sharing - LM5

[@SuperODST1]

It's like he's saying "Houston, don't mean to bother you, no rush, no rush, just when you get around to it... we just had an explosion, we're losing oxygen, and the CSM's about to die. Sorry to bother you, just FYI! When you get around to it!"

[@matwatson7947]

I panic more when I burn the chicken.

[@bradwilmot5066]

I get the feeling that Sy really wanted to say "Flight, EECOM, it looks like we're fucked..."

[@billracer92]

To all of you that are comparing this to the movie, do you realize that they had to compress a 6 day mission into a 3 hour movie? This one hour video represents about 3 minutes in the movie. They get poetic license because they need it... unless you want to watch a 6 day long movie.

[@smartalex2578]

Bill Browne Actually, if I were to sit through a 6 day movie, this would be it! I’ m sure there was never a dull moment!

[@XalphYT]

44:26 When the instruction comes down to isolate the surge tank, then we know with certainty that the moon was lost. Mission control was already planning for the return to earth.

[@elhijodelchupacabra]

17:20 Everybody realises the problem is real and not an "instrumentatio malfunction"

[@olentangy74]

I was a 15 year old 8th grader at the time, and I had gone to bed unaware of what had happened. My science teacher told me as soon as I got to school.

[@Brandon-jv4wp]

An Amazing part of American history. Showing pure determination to bring those boys home. That never quit never give up attitude!!! Is what started America. Jim Lovell, Jack Swaggart, Fred Haise Jr... American heros and the men on the ground who brought them home. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Ron Howard made Swiggert, Kraft, and Slayton look like dunskies. Swiggert literally wrote the book on command module emergency procedures. Literally.

[@LuciusZedaker]

You even got the words right: "We've HAD a problem."

[@lunarmodule5]

Lucius Zedaker accuracy is my muddle name ;-) lol

[@binkyschiller78]

17:23 "houston, we are venting something out into space." 19:24 "let's work the problem people, let's not make things worse by guessing."

[@Roger-hp1yg]

Apollo 13 inspired me to.watch this. That's one of my favorite movies.