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Powering that up after the long cold sleep was one of mission controls greatest achievements. light controllers generated the necessary procedures to do this in three days. something like that would normally take three months. >> we got smarter and smarter and smarter. then it became, lets dont make a mistake. >> reporter: people across the globe hoped for a miracle. they got one. the crew of apollo 13 splashed down safely in the south pacific ocean on april 17th. >> it was a failure in the init...

Instructing the crew to build a makeshift rig they called the mailbox, to purge the deadly gas from the craft and keep oxygen levels safe. this bought some time for the crew, who were barely breathing and running low on water. you lost 14 pounds? >> i didnt realize id lost 14 pounds. and i guess, you know, i was all charged up. >> they were sick, freezing, and tired, but safe for now. mission controls next task was to get the broken-down craft out of a lunar landing course and back on a free ret...

Instructing the crew to build a makeshift rig they called the mailbox, to purge the deadly gas from the craft and keep oxygen levels safe. this bought some time for the crew, who were barely breathing and running low on water. you lost 14 pounds? >> i didnt realize id lost 14 pounds. and i guess, you know, i was all charged up. >> they were sick, freezing, and tired, but safe for now. mission controls next task was to get the broken-down craft out of a lunar landing course and back on a free ret...

Instructing the crew to build a makeshift rig they called the mailbox, to purge the deadly gas from the craft and keep oxygen levels safe. this bought some time for the crew, who were barely breathing and running low on water. you lost 14 pounds? >> i didnt realize id lost 14 pounds. and i guess, you know, i was all charged up. >> they were sick, freezing, and tired, but safe for now. mission controls next task was to get the broken-down craft out of a lunar landing course and back on a free ret...