Apollo 13′s best known quotes originated not in space or Mission Control, but in Hollywood. Their moon-bound spacecraft wrecked by an oxygen tank explosion on April 13 1970, the astronauts urgently radioed: “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” Screenwriters for the 1995 film Apollo 13 wanted to improve it.
Thus was born: “Houston, we have a problem.” Even more artistic license was taken with Nasa flight director Gene Kranz’s mobilising speech to his team in Houston.
Mr Kranz never declared: “Failure is not an option.” Asked what he actually told flight controllers, Mr Kranz rattled it off without a moment’s hesitation a half-century later. “I have never lost an American in space, sure as hell aren’t going to lose one now. “This crew is
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