"Houston We’ve Had a Problem” (feat. Captain Jim Lovell)

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

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April 14, 1970. Apollo 13 is a quarter million miles from Earth, speeding towards the Moon, when a sudden explosion rocks the ship. Against all odds, the astronauts pull off one of the most remarkable survival missions in NASA history. 55 years after this harrowing flight, Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell explains exactly what it took to save his spaceship. Special thanks to Captain Jim Lovell, John Uri, Steven Barber and Vanilla Fire Productions. **This episode originally aired April 13, 2020. To stay updated: historythisweekpodcast.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	History this week.
0:04.5	April 14th, 1970.
0:09.4	I'm Sally Helm.
0:14.4	Okay, you know, we've had a problem here.
0:17.3	A quarter of a million miles away from Earth, there's been an explosion.
0:23.6	Three astronauts are floating around in the cabin of their spacecraft, trying desperately
0:29.6	to figure out what just happened.
0:31.6	Why are we losing oxygen so fast?
0:35.6	Can we fix this?
0:51.3	The ship is Apollo 13, and its crew ends up pulling off the narrowest escape in the history of space travel.
0:54.4	There's even a famous movie about it.
0:58.9	Everything went wrong, and they still made it back alive.
1:08.5	So how exactly did Captain Jim Lovell and his crew fly a broken, half-functioning craft back to Earth?
1:12.6	We found the perfect person to ask. Well, my name, of course, is Captain Jim Lovell.
1:15.6	I was on Apollo 13.
1:18.6	Today, we asked Jim Lovell to relive the 143 hours he spent dealing with the crisis
1:24.6	and how he and his crew stayed alive when everything around
1:28.8	them seemed to be falling apart. What is the science of saving a spaceship?
1:36.7	I lost you for a sackry there.
1:38.7	Hello?
1:39.3	Hi, I'm there. Can you hear me?
1:41.1	Go ahead.
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