50 years ago a Saturn rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center. On April 13, an oxygen tank exploded and the Apollo 13 crew was soon in a fight for their lives. Mission commander James Lovell recalls that moment turned what had become a routine trip into a life or death mission.
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Scott Manley made a video on the oxygen tanks for anyone wondering.
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
Hes annoying and I blew him up on EVE
@Altered Beast Must we wait until alterations are complete?
I saw it, wonderful video!
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The first time I heard about Apollo and saw the movie was when I decided to study science and Engineering. Thank you Mr Lovell and all the crew at NASA for letting us dream again with rising up to the moon and beyond.
How cool!! Good for you.
that’s what going to the moon was for…guys like you!
This man has always been one of my heroes and by far my favorite astronaut from any mission. For so many reasons. So very underrated. To be so very close to your incredible dream, and loose it, yet stay so humble and kind is a lesson I learned from him. I’ve used that lesson repeatedly my whole life.
He did so much in space during Gemini7 and 12, and twice with Apollo. In fact, I believe Apollo 8 was the riskiest mission of all. He’d never say it, but there was only one other Apollo astronaut who was capable of bringing these guys home, that being Neil Armstrong. That’s why Mr. Lovell was his backup. To think he could’ve manipulated his way into a mission back but loved his wife more than his dream, well there is another reason to add to the long list of why he is my hero. Godspeed Captain Jim Lovell.
Free MAsonic oath to make these claims. These people are disgusting. No one has been to the moon, and the thumbs down, regardless of how Y9outube changes these numbers is at least SOME voice to the BS this guy and the rest of the FREE MASONS want you to think. POS people who think there is a greater good by trampling on others.
Bobbi…..so perfectly true .
@Phil Indeblanc you need to take some meds or either get an education don’t know which
Amen, Brother! “Shaky” is not only a national treasure, he exemplifies the best of humanity. He and the late Gene Cernan have always been my favourites because they have a way of describing what it was like to do what they did that made you feel you were there with them.
@Bog Wraith you are so right, they both explain their experiences so very well. I always have found it fascinating how almost every astronaut who saw earth from space, up to today’s astronauts, has been changed by it, usually in profound ways. Hey, was “Shaky” Captain Lovell’s nickname? And why is that because he wasn’t…….shaky, that is.
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The more I listen to Captain Jim Lovell, the more I am impressed by him. What an absolutely AMAZING and humble human being he is! At 92 years old, he is sharp, very articulate, and full of life. I would love to sit down for a few beers with this incredible hero!
@Stephen Turner Why did they flap their arms?
@colin Paterson I get a kick out of hearing mission control playback conversation of Apollo 13 mentioning slide rules and duct tape and pads of scrap paper, even to Odyssey/Aquarius itself.
😀 You are so right. I often wonder how or if they’d have made it home today. Its 50/50 for me….
@Bobbie Ma The guy above me misses it altogether, obviously a millennial.
Keep him away from Antarctica then .
You can call it delusional, as none of this was actualized.
It’s good to see Captain Lovell still very sharp at 92! , he is my favourite astronaut
He has to see his maker and explain his lies to him.
You’d think he was 62 the way he remembers every detail. I’ll take some of that Space Air, then, please!
I have a hard time with my income tax.
@Ari Rämö as well as you will for your moronic delusions
Jim Lovell is my favorite Astronaut. Every time I’ve heard one of his interviews, I become glued to my tv or computer. Everything about him is awesome. Thank you for your incredible service Mr. Lovell
@Bobbie Ma well said!
Mine too, Apollo 8…..
You had me at “favorite astronaut” to confirm you are an idiot.
@Tony Wilson
The last man on the moon depends on how you look at it, since Cernan was the last one up the ladder on 17 that makes him the last man on the moon if you look at it that way.
But Schmitt was the last man to set foot on the moon since he was the second one out of the LEM on 17, so it all depends on how you look at it.
@Phil Indeblanc so says the idiot
7.5 million pounds of thrust. 7 mil. for the rocket and .5 mil for the BALLS.
Jim Lovell is one of only three men to have flown to the Moon twice. John Young, and Gene Cernan are the other two. Lovell is also one of the first three to have gone to the moon, on Apollo 8.
It always amazed me that Gene Cernan got SOOOO close to the Moon’s surface piloting the LM. But couldn’t land, boy I just think it took so much discipline to not accidentally crash it while looking more out the window at the moon than at your instruments. At that point, he had no idea he’d be back.
@Olly Barrett why? They are both the same kind of ignorance and many times held by believers of the bible.
J Shepard how did they get through the van allen belt? Oops.
Joe Horn yet you believe nothing created everything. This guys a fool but not nearly the fool you moon walkers are. I imagine he laughed at you people for decades. You believe everything you see on teLIEvision don’t you?
@youreconfused Simple. They went through the thinnest portion and spent very little time in the Van Allen belt. Any other questions?
My favorite astronaut. Steely eyed missile man for sure.
Very interesting to hear Lovell’s take on the Armstrong-Aldrin issue, as well as this mission. I never had heard the details of the failure modes. A very well spoken man and a gentleman. Who the heck would down vote this, a flat earther?
@Bobbie Ma 👍👍👍👍 ALL in good fun
@Tony Wilson 👍👍👍😉
@Ari Rämö 🤣🤣🤣🤦♂️
No, probably one of those “we never went to the moon” morons.
Everyone knows that Stanley Kubrick was hired to film the astronauts on the moon at a secret facility in New Mexico, but he didn’t like the way they looked so he made the second unit reshoot all the scenes on the lunar surface.
Jim Lovell was my hero as a kid and at 60. he still is!
I am 29 and Neil Amstrong Jim Lovell and Frank Boman is my 3 heros those guys inspires me so much
@Marvelous_LXVII Yup
@small man its great to have people we can get strength from for our own lives. Frank Norman, as commander, went around the moon with Captain Lovell on Apollo 8, so you must’ve liked that mission as I always have. And you are 29! That’s cool because I watched it live, yet you learned about it and it moved you. 👏👍
At least he used his real name.
Idiot.
No matter how many times Capt Lovell tells the story of Apollo 13, he always seems to enjoy telling it and never seems to lose his enthusiasm and almost childlike wonder at the events of his life. May he go on telling the tale for many years to come.
Yes. He’s just always so proud. In a humble child-like way. Its so refreshing.
Yes I almost know the story and background by heart, yet it’s still fascinating to hear him tell it again!
You dont have much of a choice when you are dealing with science fiction.
@Phil Indeblanc it’s all science fact just cuz you’re too stupid to wrap your head around it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
Sharp as a tack even at his age. He’s probably forgotten more knowledge than most people know. I was 11 at the time when this happened and I can still remember then tension while we were glued to the TV. I also remember the collective sigh of relief when they got back. God Speed Jim Lovell.
Yep only a scant few of the original Apollo Astronauts made it to see the 50th Anniversary of their flights.
Yes, a palpable sense of holding your breath. Dad was watching and he said an audible prayer right then
Wow! You hit it . Lovell still looks great. What an amazing story.
Georg Spence my dad was I think 7 at this time in England.
I was 5 at the time and I can remember everyone holding their breath until they were back.
My family was particularly glued to the TV during all of the Apollo missions, my uncle worked for Boeing at the Cape, he was there through Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, the Shuttle missions and into the ISS.
We just lost him 3 years ago and family of mine in Florida sent me his jewelry box that contains cuff links and tie clasps from Apollo, Shuttle and various satellite missions he was involved in including Magellan.
He was 100% rock star to me when I was a kid throughout the 70’s and I guess pretty much all my life, I’ll keep that jewelry box until the day I die, you’ll never see anything from it on Ebay, no matter how bad the economy gets crashed over this coronavirus BS.
In a time like this…. you don’t think of the odds… you only think of how to improve the odds. Jim Lovell 4/13/2020
Isn’t that the best quote???
I’m telling you…….😊
Words to live by.
When those people wrote all that fake news saying none of this was real it made my blood boil. The Apollo program was one of the greatest things in history .
@ROY CHRISTOPHER All you have is speculation built on zero evidence that the landings, All 6 of them were faked.
have you got any proof? , Solid evidence that can’t be taken apart in 60 seconds.
Don’t worry, it used to boil mine too. It doesn’t bother me anymore since I did my own research and now agree with them. Nothing about it makes sense.
@chubby royston For a WHOLE lotta good reasons Chubby. Here are two: 1) You expect people who took enormous pride (deservedly) in their work to have loons of your ilk denigrate all that they did, over an extended period, for largely selfless reasons to the valueless pile that would make their work and everything about their entire lives a sham.
2) Because in the experience of cogent, rational people to go to the effort of presenting a fact based argument (as opposed to rehashing some tired, psychosis based conspiracy theory) only to have the conspiracy theorist dogmatically revert to finding some obscure so called reason that the conspiracy is somehow more real than the reality without even pausing to consider any and ALL evidence would get on the nerves of anybody who bases opinions on logic. Please note that in fact, you have shown SIGNIFICANT animosity. You have outright called Jim Lovell, Gene Krantz, Buzz Aldrin and about 300 000 others liars, when it turns out that Bill Kays’ book has been totally and utterly debunked. It can be safely and reliably concluded that you are clearly unable to evaluate a collection of facts, if you believe that the moon landings were faked. This leads us to say things like, “I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.” @chris r, I suggest that you leave chubby to his next high sugar meal, there in his Momma’s basement. FFS!
@Adrian Nel facts👍
What an incredible and luminous personality – you can see why he was a mission commander.
Calmly said “Houston we have a problem” and started to work towards a solution. He didn’t rush out to Costco to hoard toilet paper. 😀 so what we need for our time.
couldn’t exactly GO anywhere…
also they’re astronauts “calm under pressure” is how they do everything.
POS LYING Free Masonic LIARS weho never went to the moon. RESEAZRCH it and THEN tell me what you learned. I have and the footage is FAKE and sad we had to do this in our history., AT LEAST admit and MOVE ON!!!
@Chillingonasunday
My uncle worked at the Cape through Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, the Shuttle and the ISS.
About 17 years ago when he came back to our hometown in Pa to visit him and I went to the bar to have a beer, we were talking about those rockets and at one point he said “There’s no way you’d ever get me in one of those things”, then he looked at me and ask “How about you, would you get in one?”, at which point I quickly said “In a heartbeat”.
@hawkeye0927
Just being a test pilot wasn’t enough, they also had to have backgrounds in engineering, that’s why Yeager couldn’t get in on the program.
“Houston, we’ve had a problem” = twice.
The movie “Apollo 13” was made 25 years after the Apollo 13 mission. It’s been 25 years since the movie. Now do you feel old?
Roger Banks Well….now i feel…Thanks a lot!!!
@Beta That put a chuckle on my face 🤣. I was born in 88 so the Apollo program was long gone by then (last flight was in 75, when they docked with a Russian/Soviet Soyuz spacecraft).
Uh well I’m 19 right now lmao.
@Hey I was only giving orders you my man are a complete and utter moron
Utterly riveting. An outstanding mind and persona. Couldn’t put my phone down listening to this.
Jim Lovell is an American hero. This was one of NASA’s finest hours.