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00:00The launch sequence has started, and Apollo 13 continues to be go.
00:06Are the astronauts safe?
00:11Well, uh, they're...
00:15The main mission objective of Apollo 13 is a continuing one.
00:19We hope to find out a lot about the origin of the Moon,
00:22and from that, the origin of the Earth.
00:24This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control. We're at T-minus 25 minutes in counting.
00:28We were so curious, so excited,
00:32that we were like three school kids looking into a candy store window.
00:35The clock is running.
00:36We have commit, and we have liftoff.
00:40Hey Houston, we've had a problem here.
00:42This is Houston, say again, please.
00:44Uh, Houston, we've had a problem.
00:45Uh, all up to and with two attacks, we've reached zero to kick it back.
00:49I think it is the most critical situation we've faced so far
00:52in the manned spaceflight program, uh, in flight.
00:55The Apollo 13 spacecraft is off course.
00:58If the astronauts cannot make the correction in their flight path,
01:01the three Americans will die in space.
01:03Ten, nine, eight.
01:06Houston, we've just had loss of signal with Apollo 13.
01:09Six, five, four.
01:11Apollo 13 should be out of blackout at this time.
01:14We'll be hearing something.
01:16Three, two, one.
01:18Will you please answer us?
01:20Zero.