Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

9.5 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Nasa mission control scrambles to diagnose the Apollo 13 disaster. Aboard the spacecraft, warning lights flash and oxygen leaks into space, plunging Commander Jim Lovell and his crew into chaos. In Houston, his wife Marilyn receives a call, unaware the astronauts are losing far more than the Moon landing. With power failing in the Odyssey spacecraft and time running out, the crew face desperate action to survive.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Archive: Nasa Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Starring: Jim Lovell Jack Lousma Gene Kranz, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Sy Liebergot Bob Heselmeyer, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Fred Haise John Aaron Marilyn Lovell

Written by Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker

Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music. Produced by the BBC Radio Science Unit for the BBC World Service.

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0:33.6	The explosion aboard Apollo 13 reverberates through the spacecraft.
0:38.4	In the cabin, the master alarm sounds.
0:41.0	Scores of warning lights flash up.
0:43.7	The crew is in trouble.
0:46.6	Commander Jim Lovell fears something catastrophic, but he doesn't know what.
0:51.5	We first thought that maybe a meteorite had hit the spacecraft.
0:55.3	Still, something is seriously wrong.
0:58.5	But nearly 200,000 miles away for the team in mission control,
1:02.6	realization has yet to dawn.
1:05.5	Neat rows of flight controllers sit in front of their consoles,
1:08.9	immaculately turned out in white shirts and thin ties,
1:12.8	casually monitoring the readouts on their screens.
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