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Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey

Nasa's mission control scrambles to diagnose the disaster, but power is failing in the spacecraft and time is running out. The Apollo astronauts face desperate action to survive.

Nasa mission control scrambles to diagnose the Apollo 13 disaster. Aboard the spacecraft, warning lights flash and oxygen leaks into space, plunging Commander Jim Lovell and his crew into chaos. In Houston, his wife Marilyn receives a call, unaware the astronauts are losing far more than the Moon landing. With power failing in the Odyssey spacecraft and time running out, the crew face desperate action to survive.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Archive:
Nasa
Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Starring:
Jim Lovell
Jack Lousma
Gene Kranz, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
Sy Liebergot
Bob Heselmeyer, courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
Fred Haise
John Aaron
Marilyn Lovell

Written by Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker

Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music.
Produced by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Science Unit for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service.

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