Apollo 13: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem – April 17, 1970 [VIDEO]

On this date in 1970 the ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns safely to Earth. Let's go back to April 13 when we heard, "Houston, We've Got a Problem."

This video contains historical footage of the flight of Apollo-13, the fifth Lunar Mission and the third spacecraft that was to land on the Moon.

From April 17th 1970, CBS News Covers the Spashdown in the Pacific Ocean of Apollo 13.
Reporting: Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra.

Here we have more exciting stuff from the beginning!

Apollo-13's launch date was April 11, 1970. On the 13th of April, after docking with the Lunar Module, the astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert, discovered that their oxygen tanks had ruptured and ended up entering and returning to Earth in the Lunar Module instead of the Command Module.

There is footage of inside module and Mission Control shots, personal commentary by the astronauts concerning the problems as they developed, national news footage and commentary, and a post-flight Presidential Address by President Richard Nixon. Film footage of the approach to the Moon and departing from Earth, and air-to-ground communication with Mission Control is included.

Clip From The Movie

Houston, We Have a Problem - Apollo 13 (4/11) Movie CLIP (1995) HD

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