Space Rocket History #284 – Apollo 13 – Mid-course Correction

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Swigert counted down five, four, three, two, one.” Lovell pressed the big red engine button set in the bulkhead and once again felt the vibration below his feet. “Ignition,” Lovell said to his crew-mates.

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0:00.0	We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,
0:08.0	but because they are hard.
0:10.0	Godspeed, John Glenn.
0:12.0	Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.
0:15.0	Okay, I'm out.
0:17.0	How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder?
0:21.6	At last, huh?
0:22.6	In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it.
0:26.6	Lift-off.
0:27.6	We have a lift-off.
0:28.6	32 minutes past the hour.
0:30.6	Lift-off in Apollo 11.
0:32.6	Listing, uh, tranquility base here.
0:35.6	The Eagle has landed.
0:40.4	That's one small step for man.
0:44.5	One giant leap for manned.
0:51.8	Hello and welcome.
0:58.1	This is Michael Annas, and you're listening to Episode 284 of the Space Rocket History Podcast.
1:02.9	And now, Apollo 13, mid-course correction.
1:08.9	Recall from previous episodes, Apollo 13 is returning to Earth, but the current trajectory will take the spacecraft out of its
1:13.1	re-entry corridor. A mid-course correction burn will be required to put Apollo 13 on the correct
1:20.6	course. Wednesday night, April 15th. Jim Lovell reached for his push-to-talk switch to call Capcom, Vance Brand, and
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