Apollo 13 - Houston we've had a problem

Apollo 13 was to be the third lunar landing attempt, but the mission was aborted after a rupture of the service module oxygen tank. The crew was rescued resulting in a "successful failure."

Crew: James A. Lovell Jr., Fred W. Haise Jr., John L. Swigert Jr.
Launch: Apr. 11, 1970; 2:13 p.m. EST
Landing: Apr. 17, 1970

Recording by NASA. 

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