Apollo 13 Minute Podcast

Jim Lovell is surrounded by the applauding Iwo Jima crew.

TITLE: THE END

MUSIC: “Apollo 13 End Credit,  Featuring Annie Lennox”

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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

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

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

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

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

Jay Lovell looks at the classroom clock. It’s 11:56 AM.

“Odyssey, Houston,” says Mattingly, “Do you read?”

Suddenly on the monitor, three large parachutes appear, with the Command Module swaying in the sky.

“Hello, Houston,” says Lovell. “This is Odyssey. It’s good to see you again.”

Mission Control erupts in applause. The Lovell family smiles and hugs each other.

“Odyssey, Houston,” says Mattingly. “Welcome home. We’re glad to see you.”

Gene Kranz sits at his station and rubs his face.

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

Blanche Lovell watches the television coverage of her son, with Neil Armstrong.

Mary Haise sits on a couch and watches the coverage with her son.

“We’re about to learn whether or not that heatshield which was damaged, if you remember, by the explosion three days ago has withstood the inferno of re-entry,” says Walter Cronkite.

On board the USS Iwo Jima, the bridge scans the horizon.

A packed Mission Control awaits any word from the spacecraft.

“Odyssey, this is Houston,” says Mattingly.”Do you read me? Odyssey, Houston. Do you read me?”

“Three minutes, thirty seconds,” says INCO. “Standing by.”

Static-filled images from the Pacific are projected on the MOCR screen.

“Odyssey, Houston,” says Mattingly. “Do you read me? Odyssey, this is Houston, do you read me?”

“That’s four minutes,” says INCO. “Standing by.”

The Lovell family holds back tears as they sit in front of their television.

Jay Lovell looks at his classroom clock. It’s 11:56 AM.

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

The Lovell family in Houston, and son Jay Lovell in Wisconsin, continue to follow the coverage of reentry on television.

“This is the critical moment,” says Walter Cronkite on television. “Will the heat shield hold? Will the Command module survive the intense heat of re-entry? If it doesn’t, there will only be silence.”

“Mommy, you’re squishing me,” says Jeffrey Lovell.

“Sorry, sorry, Sweetie,” says Marilyn. A priest pats Jeffrey’s head.

Reporters are packed in the NASA press room, watching coverage.

Monitors in the Mission Control Center show video of circling Navy helicopters.

The countdown clock moves to 00:00:00.

“Okay, Flight,” says INCO. “That’s three minutes. We are standing by for acquisition.”

“Copy that,” says Gene Kranz.

“Odyssey, Houston. Do you read me?” says Ken Mattingly. “Odyssey, this is Houston, do you read?”

“Expected time of re-acquisition, the time when the astronauts were expected to come out of blackout, has come and gone,” says Walter Cronkite. “About all any of us can do now is just listen and hope.”

Pete Conrad watches the television intently.

IN THIS MINUTE:

Gary Sinese as Ken Mattingly

Ed Harris as Gene Kranz

Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell

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

Jules Bergman as Himself

Walter Cronkite as Himself

Rance Howard as Priest

Ed Harris as Gene Kranz

Ben Bode as INCO

David Andrews as Pete Conrad

The radio blackout continues through Odyssey’s reentry.  The crew experiences rising G-forces, as Apollo 13 leaves a blazing trail across the pre-dawn sky.

On patrol, two Navy helicopters fly low over the Pacific.

In the Lovell household, Marilyn Lovell is seated behind her son, Jeffrey. Daughter Susan sits next to Marilyn, and daughter Barbara sits nearby.

Jules Bergman narrates the scene on the USS Iwo Jima.

“Back to the Iwo Jima and our live cameras there. The Navy recovery and rescue helicopters already airborne, circling, waiting for first radar contact,” says Bergman.

Barbara begins to cry, and moves next to her mother.

Outside the Lovell home, crowds of reporters fill the street, with broadcast trucks parked everywhere.

“Coming up now on three minutes until time of drogue (chutes) deployment,” says a NASA PAO. “Standing by for any reports of acquisition.”

Two news men stand atop a broadcast truck, listening to a portable radio.

“One minute and thirty seconds to end of blackout,” says an announcement in Mission Control. All the controllers wait and stare at the large monitor.

In Wisconsin, Jay Lovell continues to watch the news coverage in his school classroom.

“No re-entering ship has ever taken longer than three minutes to-,” begins Walter Cronkite.

IN THIS MINUTE:

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell

Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert

Bill Paxton as Fred Haise

Gary Sinese as Ken Mattingly

Ed Harris as Gene Kranz

Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell

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

Jules Bergman as Himself

Walter Cronkite as Himself

Swigert, Haise, and Lovell ponder many thoughts as Odyssey falls into the re-entry corridor over the South Pacific.

The heat shield begins to ionize, then blaze as the CM decelerates.

Ionized gasses illuminate outside  the left window of the Command Module. Water rains from the control panel.

“Flight, we have loss of radio contact,” says CAPCOM Mattingly.

“Roger that,” replies Gene Kranz.

“Expect to regain signal in three minutes,” says INCO.

A countdown clock shows 000: 02: 59

“All depends on the heat shield,” says an engineer.

The ionization is an incandescent white now. Water is leaking from the control panel.

IN THIS MINUTE:

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell

Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert

Bill Paxton as Fred Haise

Gary Sinese as Ken Mattingly

Ed Harris as Gene Kranz

Ben Bode as INCO