Apollo 13 Re-entry (1970)

I Apollo 13 should have entered the Earth's atmosphere at this time moments ago we had a report uh from the Retro Fire officer that based on uh his data a predicted set of coordinates uh for SPL flash of 21° 39 minutes south 165° 22 minutes West the period of Blackout um for the spacecraft uh should have begun about 20 some odd seconds ago for Apollo control Houston um Apollo 13 should be coming up on Max G right now our last estimate uh for Max G was 5.2 jez we have about a minute and a half to go uh during this perade of blackout here in Mission Control the scene from The Recovery uh ship eima has been flashed up on one of our large screens for all of the flight controllers to watch we have about one minute to go now from time of in to blackout about 30 seconds to go uh for blackout lesson 10 seconds now we will attempt to contact Apollo 13 through one of the arah aircraft continuing to monitor this Apollo control Houston Apollo 13 should be uh out of blackout at this time uh we're standing by for any reports of arah acquisition arah AEL c135 type aircraft coming up now on 3 minutes until time of drug deployment standing by for any reports of acquisition we've had a report that a ria 4 aircraft has acquisition of signal Odyssey Houston standing by over okay we read you Jack that was Jim level responding with the okay Joe correction there that was command Modio pilot Jack Swagger we're looking at the weather on TV and it looks just as advertised real good less than two minutes now from time of drug deployment sh less than uh a minute away now from time of drog deployment less than 30 seconds away now from drug deployment uh the drog deployment these two shoots will provide um braking and stabilization prior to main shoot deployment standing by now for continue a monitor Odyssey Houston standing by for your n67 uh when you get it over Roger that a report of uh two good Rogues coming up now for main shoots standing by for confirmation of uh main [Applause] shoots Odyssey Houston we show you on the mains it really looks great [Applause] An Extremely Loud Applause here in Mission Control Extremely Loud Applause as Apollo 13 on Main shoots comes through loud and clear on the television display here [Music] recover a recovery helicopter has just put in a call to Apollo 13 uh we have a report uh from the EO gima that Apollo 13 at a distance of four miles from the ship the smoke you see is a vening of RCs propellants reaction control system [Applause] propellant [Applause] you heard the U conversation between the recovery helicopter and the crew of Apollo 13 the floor of the mission operations control room now crowded and there are visible Smiles on the faces of the flight controllers and astronauts in this room C Apollo 13 is desending through 2000 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] f a report from the EO gima that Apollo 13 is descending at a point four miles due south of the ship and Recovery passing through 1 [Applause] [Applause] F station [Applause] [Music] [Applause] another chair in the control room as we head splash down comforta the spacecraft splashed in stable one that's with the Apex cover up out of the water [Applause] FL [Applause] [Applause] mag a recovery one will be the uh will perform the pickup of the crew [Applause] [Applause] an modu REM OPP [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] module SW the east [Applause] [Applause] isim [Music] [Applause] [Applause] C com [Applause] and [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] I this isly unable to see the third main isling the second [Applause] Main [Music] of the Command Module is very at time [Applause] in [Applause] attemp conne second [Applause] [Applause] shoot [Applause] [Applause] un proed the Apex cover one this is recover you're clear to [Applause] [Applause] deploy [Applause] at time uh we copied the report and see it visually the uprighting bags inflated [Applause] I deed [Applause] sign the modu infation of theing bag estimated to be% [Music] [Music] [Music] 40 [Applause] sir we the display and Wasing toop we didn't your to the ship the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] ship see anchor attached to a pad ey on the side of the Apollo 13 Command Module this done to slow down the [Applause] drift hased smoke in the is attemp retay accessies infim % the swimmers are working the flation into the Command [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Module is being excted the uh flotation collar will be pulled around the Command Module with a bungee [Applause] card the the Ann the flo flotation collar will be hooked to a bungee line by a line with rings uh on the flotation collar and uh will be pulled around before it's inflated power has [Applause] commed it is [Applause] [Applause] approximately there is [Applause] at after the collar is secured two seven-man life rafts will be dropped with sea anchors attached to the bottom to this is done to keep the rafts from from turning over uh from helicopter [Applause] backwash [Applause] stand this is request you pass to Apollo turn off recovery be [Applause] [Music] [Applause] over [Applause] standing [Applause] [Applause] at [Applause] ver [Applause] isg [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] sec clear [Music] [Applause] toy [Applause] has commed maneuvering to deoy the [Applause] are standing at the the is [Applause] theim two sers have the RA in and sing The Command [Applause] Module is that the Command Module are open yeah the next step in our sequence is to open the [Applause] [Applause] hatch [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] sign [Applause] [Applause] good module at this time of theat on the Ed and [Applause] satis St at time two in the and standing [Applause] [Applause] the [Applause] modu is standing on the forward VI [Applause] windows ising approach to deoy the astronaut [Applause] equipment is Ming res [Applause] halfway [Applause] [Applause] back access appears to be getting ready to open the ACC VI [Applause] windows [Applause] [Applause] as [Applause] the three Apollo 13 crew members will be hoisted uh up in to the uh recovery one helicopter by the uh Billy Peet the device you see that uh looks much like a half bird cage uh for the first time uh there are stiffs in this net uh the Billy Pew net has been used on previous recoveries U these made out of aluminum to provide uh rigidity to the net the three Apollo crew members will exit the spacecraft into the egress raft the bil Peet by the way has a center of gravity which is forward of the center line toward the open end to assure [Applause] [Applause] that this forward center of gravity is designed to assure that uh an individual being picked up uh would not tumble out [Applause] [Music] [Applause] out [Applause] [Applause] second [Applause] [Applause] is is SEC sign theet [Applause] res is halfway down [Applause] [Applause] on the platform first [Applause] [Applause] ISC isely AB [Applause] the I have as hey AB his condition is excellent would a [Applause] copy second retal res [Applause] res is in the [Applause] [Applause] is is halfway up [Applause] [Applause] excellent I have astronaut on board reps [Applause] field maneuver the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is AB up ready for [Applause] [Applause] halfway [Applause] [Applause] cop clear for dentary [Applause] photography I'll a Wide Circle to all [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the for [Applause] for for hey up Bo hey I'd like to up we this isy we estimate we'll be ready to in [Applause] minutes e Tower we will have a ceremony on theck then they will [Applause] bees for of course is here he's been here all night Alan Shepard Commander for Apollo 14 Joe Engel is here Tom Stafford chief of the astronaut office Vance brand who served as a support crew member for Apollo [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 13 have you baby [Applause] Jean [Music] cernon backup Commander for Apollo 14 is here Tony England who served as the uh scientist for the Apollo 13 crew is uh in the room at this time as is John Young [Applause] give you a hearty well done for position engaging [Applause] AT3 the Applause you just heard in the mission control center uh came from a message delivered by administrator Thomas Payne over the flight director's Loop congratulating from the president of the United States congratulating the team of Apollo 13 [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] nothing for y I must command you on your navigation welc welcome on board Aima I would like to ask the chap to say a real brief prayer thanks let us pray oh Lord we joyfully welcome back to Earth astronauts LEL Haze and swager who by your grace their skill and the skill of many men survived the dangers encountered in their mission and return to us safe and whole we offer our humble Thanksgiving for this successful recovery amen now for some additional picture taking by not only the professional photographers of but also yeah

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Keywords: aviation, South Pacific Ocean, Flight Director, Odyssey, takeoff, NASA, Space, Apollo Program (Space Program), AOPA, USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), Aquarius, NTSB, landing, splashdown, airboyd, aeroplane, planes, yt:quality=high, Apollo, astronauts, Gene Krantz, atmospheric reentry, flying, recovery ship, chemtrails, Apollo 13, Moon, plane, airbus, airplane, pilot, Command Module, cockpit, FAA, boeing, airport, mission, Earth, Houston we've had a problem

Id: wX8-Vmys-Fk

Length: 60min 59sec (3659 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 25 2012