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13th April 1970: Explosion causes crisis on board Apollo 13
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Publish Date: 2018-04-12 21:05:02
Description: Late on the 13th April 1970, the spacecraft Apollo 13 was rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks. The resulting emergency led to the calm announcement by the crew of, “Houston we’ve had a problem”. However, most people misquote the phrase as “Houston we have a problem” after the award winning 1995 film changed the tense. The movie also placed the words in the mouth of Commander Jim Lovell, where in fact it was Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert who first reported the issue. The explosion occurred after a routine procedure to stop gasses settling in their ...
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