Apollo 13 | Tiger Team | 3

Against The Odds

Wondery

Cassie De Pecol, History, Society & Culture, Dolby, Mike Corey, Dolby Atmos, Atmos

4.7 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft have retreated into the cramped lunar

module, the only part of the spacecraft that’s still fully functioning. Back on Earth, NASA’s Mission Control sets up an elite team of engineers—the Tiger Team—to figure out how to stretch the spacecraft’s dwindling water, heat, and power over the perilous, days-long journey back to Earth.

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0:00.0	After not Jim Lovell uses the sleeve of his flight suit to wipe condensation of a tiny window inside Apollo 13.
0:15.0	He's hoping to get a clear view into space to track their location.
0:19.0	It's just after midnight Houston time on April 14, 1970,
0:25.0	three hours after an explosion crippled his spacecraft.
0:30.0	Most of the ship's electronics are shut down to conserve power.
0:34.0	It's gotten so cold here inside Apollo 13's lunar module that the astronauts' breath is condensing on every surface.
0:43.0	Lovell presses his face up to the window and pierce out, then turns towards his crewmates.
0:50.0	Freddo? Jack?
0:53.0	Come here. Take a look at the window.
0:56.0	Tell me what stars you see.
0:59.0	The lunar module is so cramped that Fred Hayes and Jack Swiggart have to put their heads together to pierce out the window.
1:07.0	Hayes points.
1:08.0	I see Vega over there.
1:10.0	Swiggart points outboard to a different direction.
1:13.0	No, that's Vega.
1:15.0	What are you talking about? It's definitely that one.
1:18.0	Look at how bright it is.
1:20.0	Lovell interrupts their arguing.
1:22.0	Hey, fellas, you're both wrong. Those aren't stars.
1:26.0	That's ice, which is going to be hell on our guidance checks.
1:31.0	After the explosion, Lovell reported an alarming observation to Houston.
1:36.0	The spacecraft was spewing some kind of gas, which was turning into ice crystals in the cold vacuum of space.
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