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Apollo 13: To The Edge And Back

05/05/1994

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Program

Apollo 13: To The Edge And Back

Program Description

This program follows the gripping story of Apollo 13's sudden, devastating emergency - which happened when an oxygen tank ruptured en route to the moon on April 13, 1970, cutting off most of the crew's consumables of air, electricity and water - and the desperate efforts to get the astronauts home alive. The film tells the inside stories of the major participants in this real-life drama: the astronauts in space, James Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert (who is deceased); flight directors Glynn Lunney and Gene Kranz; mission operations chief Christopher Kraft; and, the controllers on the ground who dealt with a bewildering series of emergencies across 200,000 miles. This program marks the 25th anniversary of the historic moon landing in July, 1969. Narrated by Will Lyman.

Duration

01:26:58

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

History

Science

Citation

Chicago: “Apollo 13: To The Edge And Back,” 05/05/1994, GBH Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_55F60B1ED6914AA3BE187C6577B2D1CB.

MLA: “Apollo 13: To The Edge And Back.” 05/05/1994. GBH Archives. Web. December 23, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_55F60B1ED6914AA3BE187C6577B2D1CB>.

APA: Apollo 13: To The Edge And Back. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_55F60B1ED6914AA3BE187C6577B2D1CB