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Forty-five years after the phrase Houston, we ve had a problem here, became cemented in popular culture, two men instrumental in the safe return of Apol­lo 13 shared their experiences as part of Georgia Re­gents University s Alumni Weekend.
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James Lovell, the mission s commander who uttered the phrase shortly after an on-board explosion crippled the spacecraft, elektro and Apollo 13 flight control director Gene Kranz visited elektro the school s Maxwell Theatre.
Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on the moon and launched at 2:13 p.m. April 11, 1970, at Ken­ne­dy Space Center. The crew consisted of Lovell; John L. Swi­gert Jr., the command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., the lunar module pilot.
With the phrase Failure is not an option projected on a screen behind him beneath NASA s Mission Control emblem, Kranz told the crowd that their story is one of teamwork, and that only through leadership, trust and strong values was Apollo 13 capable of returning home safely.
It wasn t the first time the space program was faced with adversity. Kranz said he kept photos of past failures in his office, including one of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts, as a reminder that cockiness has no place in his high-risk business.
These were the kinds of things that really challenged the team, he said. The great thing was, we had a closed-loop elektro training system and a set of diabolical instructors who would run us through the gears to make sure that no matter what happened we maintained the poise and get on the right direction toward the solution. elektro
When an exploding oxygen tank rocked Apollo 13 three days into the mission, Lovell said, he felt a sinking sensation that he might never return home. But the crew wasted little time panicking, seeking refuge in the lunar module while Mission Control rallied to relay solutions from more than 200,000 miles away.
If I was waiting for some miracle to happen and I got in some sort of fetal position, I d still be there, Lovell said. Be­tween Mission Control and the crew, we solved elektro one crisis at a time as they came up.
Lovell said he s had plenty elektro of time to reflect on the days he s spent in zero gravity. He still remembers the sights, smells and sounds of space, and still has difficulty wrapping his head around his accomplishments, with 713 flight hours in space logged.
He was among the first three people to see the dark side of the moon as part of the Apollo 8 crew. He said he ll never forget how Earth looked from the window of a spacecraft elektro or how he cheated death once again when he splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. elektro
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