Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat

The Apollo 13 astronauts escape to the lunar module, but their problems are far from over. The crew must now survive in a spacecraft never meant for such a journey. Will this fragile refuge be enough? Meanwhile, Nasa mission control faces a critical test of leadership and ingenuity to keep the space crew alive. At home, Marilyn Lovell waits anxiously, unsure what to tell her kids.

Hosted by Kevin Fong.

Archive:

Nasa

Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Starring:

Glynn Lunney

Ken Mattingly (courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project)

Merlin Merritt

Jim Lovell

John Aaron

Fred Haise

John Devaney

Jerry Bostick

Poppy Northcutt

George Kalan

Dave Reed

Chuck Deiterich

Marilyn Lovell

Susan Lovell

Jay Lovell

Written by Kevin Fong and Mark Rickards

Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music.

Produced by the BBC Radio Science Unit for the BBC World Service.