ABC News - Apollo 13 - 1970-04-17
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[0:03] let us
[0:05] pray oh Lord we joyfully welcome back to
[0:08] Earth astronauts Lovel Hayes and swager
[0:12] who by your grace their skill and the
[0:15] skill of many men survived the dangers
[0:18] encountered in their mission and
[0:20] returned to us safe and whole we offer
[0:23] our humble Thanksgiving for this
[0:25] successful recovery
[0:28] amen at long last the happy ending and
[0:31] the world seemed to pause for a moment
[0:33] to heave a global sigh of relief the men
[0:36] of Apollo 13 had returned to wor safe
[0:38] and sound the simple but eloquent prayer
[0:41] offered by Navy chaplain Philip Gerald
[0:43] was echoed in millions of hearts and in
[0:46] dozens of different languages and the
[0:48] Navy Band Played tribute to the Gallant
[0:50] Lifeboat the lunar module Aquarius
[1:02] good evening this is Frank Reynolds with
[1:04] ABC science editor Jules Bergman here at
[1:07] our space headquarters in New York after
[1:10] 4 days of reporting one crisis after
[1:12] another on this nearly disastrous
[1:14] Mission it is very good to be able to
[1:17] talk about the near Miracle of its safe
[1:19] return I think you'll agree Jules no
[1:22] question about it
[1:25] fr the crisis that began at 10:07 p.m.
[1:28] eastern time Monday night captured all
[1:30] of us it captured the nation for 87
[1:33] hours as the men of Apollo 13 raced the
[1:35] clock hoping that critical systems would
[1:37] hold out over 270,000 mil of space it
[1:41] was this all Americans lost track of
[1:43] anything else the near tragedy of Apollo
[1:46] 13 nearly became the ultimate fear in
[1:48] man space flight a crew lost in space
[1:51] with no way to get back but in the end
[1:54] after four exhausting days talented men
[1:57] machines that had backups a