“Houston, we’ve had a problem” interview with Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut (254)

Cold War Conversations

Ian Sanders

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 758 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Fred Haise was one of the three astronauts on the ill-fated Moon mission when a design fault caused an oxygen tank to explode mid-mission putting the Apollo 13 crew in mortal danger on April 13th, 1970. This was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. Now as you can imagine I’m genuinely excited to be speaking with one of the Apollo astronauts. Fred and I talk about his life and his almost accidental entry into flying. We cover his admission into the astronaut programme, the family impact, and as you can imagine go into some detail about his experiences on the Apollo 13 mission. Many of you will know of this mission via the Film “Apollo 13” starring Tom Hanks, and Fred shares his views on the film and corrects some of the inaccuracies. Buy Fred's new book Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey and support the podcast here https://amzn.to/3DvCRzN 0:00 Introduction 6:14 Fred Haise's journey to becoming an astronaut and role in Apollo 11 16:39 Selection and preparation for Apollo 13 mission 32:41 The Apollo 13 crisis: the explosion, aftermath, and survival 51:21 Critical maneuvers to correct trajectory back to Earth 1:03:42 Activation of the command module and return journey 1:11:12 Splashdown and immediate aftermath 1:18:48 Analysis of Apollo 13 film and Fred Haise's book 'Never Panic Early' 1:25:17 Episode extras, acknowledgment of financial supporters, and closing remarks Table of contents powered by PodcastAI✨ Cold War history is disappearing; however, a simple monthly donation will keep this podcast on the air. You’ll become part of our community and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you’ll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link. I am delighted to welcome Fred Haise to our Cold War conversation… Episode notes here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode254 Follow us on Twitter here https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ All audio/video/photos courtesy of NASA. Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
0:07.4	Okay, I think we've had a problem here.
0:10.4	This is Houston. Say again, please.
0:12.7	Oh, Houston, we've had a problem.
0:16.1	This is Cold War Conversations.
0:19.4	If you're new here, you've come to the right place to listen to first-hand Cold War history accounts. Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our emailing list to keep up with the latest episode.
0:35.1	The words you heard at the start are the actual dramatic report from Apollo 13 to mission control
0:41.4	alerting them to the life-threatening explosion that occurred on April 13, 1970.
0:48.3	I'm speaking with Fred Hayes, who was one of the three astronauts on the ill-fated moon mission when a design fault caused an
0:56.2	oxygen tank to explode mid-mission, putting the Apollo 13 crew in mortal danger. This was the
1:02.9	seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third that was meant to land on the
1:08.0	moon. Now, as you can imagine, I'm genuinely excited to be speaking with one of the Apollo astronauts.
1:16.7	Fred and I talk about his life and his almost accidental entry into flying.
1:21.5	We cover his admission into the astronaut program, the family impact, and as you can imagine, we go into some detail
1:29.5	about his experiences on the Apollo 13 mission. Many of you will know of this mission via the
1:36.5	film Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks and Fred shares his views on the film and corrects
1:43.2	some of the inaccuracies.
1:46.0	Now, Cold War history is disappearing, but a simple monthly donation will help keep this podcast on the air.
1:53.5	You'll be part of our community, you'll get a sought-after Cold War Conversations coaster as a thank you,
1:59.1	and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing that you're
2:02.5	helping to preserve Cold War history.
2:04.9	Hello there, my name's Andrew, and I live in North London. I make a small contribution
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