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The official NASA "Technical Air-to-ground Voice Transcription"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a13/AS13_TEC.PDF|title=Apollo 13 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref> has the following dialog listed: |
The official NASA "Technical Air-to-ground Voice Transcription"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a13/AS13_TEC.PDF|title=Apollo 13 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref> has the following dialog listed: |
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02 07 55 19 Haise: Okay, Houston (interrupted by Lovell) |
02 07 55 19 Haise: Okay, Houston (interrupted by Lovell) |
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02 07 55 20 Lovell: I believe we've had a problem here. (interrupting Haise) |
02 07 55 20 Lovell: I believe we've had a problem here. (interrupting Haise) |
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02 07 55 28 Lousma: This is Houston. Say again, please. |
02 07 55 28 Lousma: This is Houston. Say again, please. |
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02 07 55 35 Lovell: Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt. |
02 07 55 35 Lovell: Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt. |
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Revision as of 16:54, 17 July 2019
| Origin/etymology | Apollo 13 mission |
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| Original form | "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem" |
| Coined by | Jack Swigert |
"Houston, we have a problem" is a popular but erroneous quotation from the radio communications between the Apollo 13 astronaut John ("Jack") Swigert and the NASA Mission Control Center ("Houston") during the Apollo 13 spaceflight,[1] as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion that crippled their spacecraft. The erroneous wording was popularized by the 1995 film Apollo 13, a dramatization of the Apollo 13 mission, in which actor Tom Hanks, portraying Mission Commander Jim Lovell, uses that wording, which became one of the film's taglines.
The words actually spoken, initially by Jack Swigert, were "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here" (emphasis added). After being prompted to repeat the transmission by CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma, Lovell responded, "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem."
Since then, the phrase has become popular,[2] being used to account, informally, the emergence of an unforeseen problem.[3]
The message
The official NASA "Technical Air-to-ground Voice Transcription"[4] has the following dialog listed:
02 07 55 19 Haise: Okay, Houston (interrupted by Lovell)
02 07 55 20 Lovell: I believe we've had a problem here. (interrupting Haise)
02 07 55 28 Lousma: This is Houston. Say again, please.
02 07 55 35 Lovell: Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt.
The above NASA transcription differs from Jim Lovell's recollections that he provided in Chapter 13 of Apollo Expeditions to the Moon (1975), where he writes, "Jack Swigert saw a warning light that accompanied the bang, and said, "Houston, we've had a problem here." I came on and told the ground that it was a main B bus undervolt. The time was 2108 hours on April 13."[5].
References
- ^ "Houston, We've Had a Problem". Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "¿Por qué la frase: Houston, tenemos un problema?" [Why the phrase: Houston, we have a problem?]. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ ""Houston, tenemos un problema" – Jack Swigert" ["Houston, we have a problem" – Jack Swigert] (in Spanish). Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Apollo 13 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription" (PDF). Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ James A. Lovell. "Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: Chapter 13". Retrieved November 7, 2018.
Bibliography
- Lovell, Jim; Kluger, Jeffrey (1994). Lost Moon. ISBN 0395670292.
External links
- "¿Cuándo se pronunció la famosa frase "Houston, tenemos un problema"?" [When was the famous phrase "Houston, we have a problem" uttered?] (in Spanish).
- "Spacelog Apollo 13".