"Houston, We've Had a Problem Here..."

3 of the happiest people on Earth - Lovell, Swigert and Haise

40 years ago this week, on April 11, 1970, NASA launched the Apollo 13 Lunar mission, with astronauts Commander James A. Lovell, John L. "Jack" Swigert and Fred W. Haise.

The mission became famous for being a "Successful Failure" and was adapted into the hightly entertaining and awesome movie by Ron Howard 1995.

Although they didn't land on the Moon, their equipment turned out to be a ticking timebomb and the entire mission was dubbed a failure, the mission was a success because ultmately, the 3 men survived. This had been in doubt for many days as the men struggled with their craft to fix the problems they faced and get the damn thing back to Earth safely. They splashed down on April 17th to worldwide relief and fanfare. People in New York converged on Grand Central Station to watch the eventual rescue aboard the USS Iwo Jima recovery ship.

Audio Recording of The Incident