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Powering that up after the long cold sleep was one of mission control's 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, let's don't 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 initial mission. but in reality it was a triumph in the ability of people to overcome adversity. >> r...

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 didn't realize i'd lost 14 pounds. and i guess, you know, i was all charged up. >> they were sick, freezing, and tired, but safe for now. mission control's next task was to get the broken-down craft out of a lunar landing course and back on a free return to an earth trajectory. engineers in houston figured the crew could do this by executing two ...

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 didn't realize i'd lost 14 pounds. and i guess, you know, i was all charged up. >> they were sick, freezing, and tired, but safe for now. mission control's next task was to get the broken-down craft out of a lunar landing course and back on a free return to an earth trajectory. engineers in houston figured the crew could do this by executing two ...

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 didn't realize i'd lost 14 pounds. and i guess, you know, i was all charged up. >> they were sick, freezing, and tired, but safe for now. mission control's next task was to get the broken-down craft out of a lunar landing course and back on a free return to an earth trajectory. engineers in houston figured the crew could do this by executing two ...