Apollo 13 Minute Podcast

Minute 135: The End

Jim Lovell is surrounded by the applauding Iwo Jima crew. TITLE: THE END MUSIC: “Apollo 13 End Credit,  Featuring Annie Lennox” TITLES: CAST Jim Lovell – TOM HANKS Fred Haise – BILL PAXTON Jack Swigert – KEVIN BACON Ken Mattingly – GARY SINISE Gene Kranz – ED HARRIS Marilyn Lovell – KATHLEEN QUINLAN Barbara Lovell – MARY KATE SCHELLHARDT Susan Lovell – EMILY ANN LLOYD Jeffrey Lovell – MIKO HUGHES Jay Lovell – MAX ELLIOTT SLADE Blanch Lovell – JEAN SPEEGLE HOWARD Mary Haise – TRACY REINER Pete Conrad – DAVID ANDREWS Jane Conrad – MICHELLE LITTLE Deke Slayton – CHRIS ELLIS NASA Director – JOE SPANO Henry Hurt – XANDER BERKELEY Glynn Lunney – MARC McCLURE John Young – BEN MARLEY EECOM White – CLINT HOWARD EECOM Arthur – LOREN DEAN EECOM Gold – TOM WOOD RETRO White – GOOGY GRESS RETRO Gold – PATRICK MICKLER FIDO White – RAY McKINNON FIDO Gold – MAX GRODÉNCHIK Dr. Chuck – CHRISTIAN CLEMENSON CAPCOM 1 – BRETT CULLEN CAPCOM 2 – NED VAUGHN GUIDO White – ANDY MILLER LEM Controller White – WAYNE DUVALL TELMU White – JIM MESKIMEN TELMU Gold – JOSEPH CULP INCO White – JOHN SHORT INCO Gold – BEN BODÉ FAO White – TODD LOUISO GNC White  – GABRIEL JARRET Booster White – CHRISTOPHER JOHN FIELDS Grumman Rep – KENNETH WHITE Ted – JIM RITZ Launch Director – ANDREW LIPSCHULTZ Neil Armstrong – MARK WHEELER Buzz Aldrin – LARRY WILLIAMS Guenter Wendt – ENDRE HULES Tracey – KAREN MARTIN Woman – MAUREEN HANLEY Kim – MEADOW WILLIAMS Technician – WALTER VON HUENE Pad Rats – BRIAN MARKINSON, STEVE RANKIN Whiz Kid – AUSTIN O’BRIEN Whiz Kid Mom – LOUISA MARIE Orderly – THOM BARRY SIM Techs – ARTHUR SENZY, CARL GABRIEL YORKE, RYAN HOLIHAN Reverend – RANCE HOWARD Neighbor – J.J. CHABACK Noisy Civilian – TODD HALLOWELL Stephen Haise – MATTHEW GOODALL Fred Haise, Jr. – TAYLOR GOODALL Margaret Haise – MISTY DICKINSON Congressman – ROGER CORMAN Loud Reporters – LEE ANNE MATUSEK, MARK D. NEWMAN Suit Room Assistant – MARK McKEEL Patty – PATTY RAYA Science Reporters – JACK CONLEY, JEFFREY S. KLUGER Anchors – BRUCE WRIGHT, IVAN ALLEN, JON BRUNO Roger Chaffee – REED RUDY Virgil Grissom – STEVE BERNIE Edward White – STEVEN RUGE Reporters – HERBERT JEFFERSON, JR. , JULIE DONATT, JOHN DULLAGHAN, THOMAS CRAWFORD, JOHN WHEELER, FRANK CAVESTANI, PAUL MANTEE, JOHN M. MATHEWS Stunt Coordinators – MICKEY GILBERT, JIM HALTY Stunts – HEATHER BURTON, JOE FINNEGAN, KIM KOSCKI, VINCENT MAZZELLA, JR., JOHN ROBOTHAM Associate Producer – LOUISA VELIS Unit Production Manager – CARL CLIFFORD First Assistant Director – ALDRIC LA’AULI PORTER Second Assistant Director – JANE PAUL IN THIS MINUTE: Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell

Minute 134: When Will We be Going Back?

GUEST: NASA ENGINEER STUART MCCLUNG Jim Lovell, narrating from the present day, talks about how Jack Swigert ran for Congress from the state of Colorado, “but he died of cancer before he was able to take office.” On board the Iwo Jima, the Apollo 13 crew walks among the applauding Navy crew. The Mission Control team applauds and smokes cigars. Ken Mattingly is in the center of the support team. Lovell narrates: “Ken Mattingly orbited the Moon as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 16, and flew the space shuttle, having never gotten the measles. Gene Kranz retired as director of flight operations just not long ago. And many other members of Mission Control have gone onto other things, but some are still there.” The Captain of the Iwo Jima salutes Jim Lovell. Lovell returns the salute, and shakes the Captain’s hand. Lovell narrates: “And as for me, the seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13 were my last in space.” The Apollo 13 crew bows its head in prayer along with the crew of the Iwo Jima. Lovell narrates: “I watched other men walk on the Moon and return safely, all from the confines of Mission Control and our house in Houston. I sometimes catch myself looking up at the Moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home. I look up at the Moon, and wonder: when will we be going back, and who will that be?” IN THIS MINUTE: Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell Bill Paxton as Fred Haise Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert Jim Lovell as Navy Captain Gary Sinise as Ken Mattingly Ed Harris as Gene Kranz

Minute 133: A Successful Failure

Jim Lovell looks up from the life raft outside the returned Odyssey spacecraft. Later, on the deck of the Iwo Jima, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert exit the helicopter, wearing blue flight suits and sporting Iwo Jima caps. Marilyn and the Lovell family are elated seeing the crew on television. The crew of the Iwo Jima applauds. Swigert and Haise wave at the crew. Lovell narrates: “Our mission was called a successful failure, in that we returned safely, but never made it to the Moon.” A “Welcome Back” sign appears on the Mission Control monitor, as Mission Control applauds. The crew of Apollo 13 walks past a cheering Iwo Jima crew. Lovell narrates: “In the following months, it was determined that a damaged coil built inside the oxygen tank sparked during our cryo stir and caused the explosion that crippled the Odyssey. It was a minor defect that occurred two years before I was even named the flight’s commander. Fred Haise was going back to the Moon on Apollo 18, but his mission was canceled because of the budget cuts, he never flew in space again. Nor did Jack Swigert. Who left the astronaut corps and was elected to Congress from the state of Colorado.” IN THIS MINUTE: Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell Bill Paxton as Fred Haise Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell

Minute 132: This is Apollo 13, Signing Off

A Navy frogman knocks on the hatch of Odyssey. Jim Lovell gives the frogman a thumbs-up sign, then unstraps Fred Haise from his couch. Haise shakes his hand. Swigert and Lovell then shake hands. “Houston. We’re at Stable One,” radios Lovell. “The ship is secure. This is Apollo 13, signing off.” In Mission Control, Gene Kranz gives two thumbs-up. Helicopter 66 lifts a Billy Pugh net carrying Jack Swigert up to the door. Haise is already onboard the helicopter. Lovell stands up in the hatch, blinking in the sunshine. He tumbles into the life raft. while a Navy frogman holds onto him. IN THIS MINUTE: Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell Bill Paxton as Fred Haise Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert Ed Harris as Gene Kranz

Minute 131: NAVY 66

GUEST: NASA CHIEF HISTORIAN BILL BARRY Gene Kranz wipes his eyes and stands up in Mission Control. Over the Pacific, three parachutes lowering the Command Module are lit by the rising sun. Flight crews on the USS Iwo Jima applaud and wave as Odyssey floats toward the surface. Odyssey splashes down in brilliant sunshine. Navy helicopters 66 and 406 head toward the spacecraft. Mary Haise hugs her family. Jay Lovell’s schoolmates pat him on the back. Blanch Lovell smiles broadly as Buzz Aldrin hugs her. Two Navy frogmen jump into the ocean next to the spacecraft. In Mission Control, Deke Slayton shakes Gene Kranz’s hand, and also the NASA Director’s hand. One of the Navy frogmen swims up to Odyssey’s hatch. IN THIS MINUTE: Chris Ellis as Deke Slayton Loren Dean as John Aaron Ben Marley as John Young Todd Louiso as FAO – White Team Joe Spano as NASA Director Ed Harris as Gene Kranz Marc McClure as Glynn Lunney Clint Howard as Sy Liebergot Googy Gress as RETRO White Christian Clemenson as Flight Surgeon Dr. Chuck Ned Vaughn as CAPCOM 2 Max Grodénchik as FIDO Gold Walter von Huene as Technician Kenneth White as Grumman Rep Jean Speegle Howard as Blanch Lovell Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell Mark Wheeler as Neil Armstrong Walter Cronkite as Himself Tracy Reiner as Mary Haise Miko Hughes as Jeffrey Lovell Rance Howard as Priest Emily Ann Lloyd as Susan Lovell Mary Kate Schelhardt as Barbara Lovell Max Elliott Slade as Jay Lovell