Jump on board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story, told by the people who flew it and saved it. Lift off is on 9 March. #13MinutestotheMoon Presenter: Kevin Fong Written by Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music
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I still have nightmares about this.
An explosion in a spacecraft on its way to the moon.
Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here.
It rocked everything.
Sweicher's eyes were as wide as saucers.
Three astronauts aboard a ship with failing systems 200,000 miles from home.
Houston, we've had a problem.
We got more than a problem.
We lost o two tank two pressure.
Nothing made sense in those first few seconds.
No one knew what exactly had happened.
We are venting something out into space.
It's a gas of some sort.
It's going down.