“We were in deep, deep trouble.” This is Mission Control like you’ve never heard it before. After the explosion, denial and disbelief turn to dread. #13MinutestotheMoon Watch our videos: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes Presented by Kevin Fong. Archive: Nasa 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 BBC Radio Science Unit for the BBC World Service
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The explosion aboard Apollo 13 reverberates through the spacecraft.
In the cabin, the master alarm sounds.
Scores of warning lights flash up.
The crew is in trouble.
Commander Jim Lovell fears something catastrophic, but he doesn't know what.
We first thought that maybe a meteorite had hit the spacecraft.
Still, something is seriously wrong.
But nearly 200,000 miles away, for the team in mission control, realization has yet to dawn.
Neat rows of flight controllers sit in front of their consoles, immaculately turned out in white shirts and thin ties, casually monitoring the readouts on their screens.
The room is relaxed.