apollo 13 launched at 13:13 military time. it was set to enter in lunar orbit the 13th of april. but the crew were having nothing but good luck. 56 hours into the flight, the crew finished a broadcast showing how comfortably they lived and worked in weightlessness. the crew of 13 wishing everyone a nice evening. nine minutes later, oxygen tank number two blew up causing the number one tank to also fail. houston, we ve had a problem. houston, we had a problem, words that would be forever linked to commander jim lovell. when the explosion occurred, i thought to myself, why me? why now? and for a little while, i couldn t believe what was happening, and then, all of a sudden, i said, well, it is me, and it is now. so what s next? the command module s normal supply of electricity, light, water all lost. there was no heat source.
military time. it was set to enter in lunar orbit the 13th of april. but the crew were having nothing but good luck. 56 hours into the flight, the crew finished a broadcast showing how comfortably they lived and worked in weightlessness. the crew of 13 wishing everyone a nice evening. nine minutes later, oxygen tank number two blew up causing the number one tank to also fail. houston, we ve had a problem. houston, we had a problem, words that would be forever linked to commander jim lovell. when the explosion occurred, i thought to myself, why me? why now? and for a little while, i couldn t believe what was happening, and then, all of a sudden, i said, well, it is me, and it is now. so what s next? the command module s normal supply of electricity, light, water all lost. there was no heat source.
military time. it was set to enter in lunar orbit the 13th of april. but the crew were having nothing but good luck. 56 hours into the flight, the crew finished a broadcast showing how comfortably they lived and worked in weightlessness. the crew of 13 wishing everyone a nice evening. nine minutes later, oxygen tank number two blew up causing the number one tank to also fail. houston, we ve had a problem. houston, we had a problem, words that would be forever linked to commander jim lovell. when the explosion occurred, i thought to myself, why me? why now? and for a little while, i couldn t believe what was happening, and then, all of a sudden, i said, well, it is me, and it is now. so what s next? the command module s normal supply of electricity, light, water all lost. there was no heat source.
and able to seek infrared signals from the area. in terms of that infrared technology, i may be asking something too specific but i m curious how too deeply into the rubble how that might be able to detect a heat source. is this the sort of thing somebody would not be too deeply buried? we have ten feet of rubble. absolutely. the deepest part of those areas will have to be sifted through by hand. it boewon t be able to pick up heat signature. those that aren t as deep we would be able to detect those.
specific for you to be able to advise me right now. but i m curious as to how deeply into the rubble something like that infrared technology might be atot a heat source. once somebody would not to with we have about 10 feet of rubble. yeah, abstlutly. this won t pick up any kind of heat signature from the ground. we would be able to protect those, but it s just buried under smaller pieces of debris. thanks, general. i m sorry to have to get that level of nitty-gritty detail. but it is life and death at this point. thank you, sir, and good luck to you. please stay in touch with us. more reporting from the scene