Apollo 13 (film)

"From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, we just decided to go. On Apollo 8, we were so close. Just 60 nautical miles down, and it was as if I could just step out, and walk on the face of it."

"Houston, we have a problem."

"Houston, we are venting something out into space. I can see it outside window 1 right now. It's definitely, uh, a gas of some sort. It's got to be the oxygen."

"Gentlemen, it's been a privilege flying with you."

"Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey. It's good to see you again."

"[narrating] Our mission was called "a successful failure," in that we returned safely but never made it to the moon. 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 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. But he died of cancer before he was able to take office. 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 on to other things, but some are still there. As for me, the seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13 were my last in space. 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?"

"If this doesn't work, we're not gonna have enough power left to get home."

"[As Apollo 13 goes to behind the moon, breaking off communication with Houston] So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side."

"[on TV] When you go into the shadow of the moon and and the moon is between you and the sun, you see stars that are more brilliant than anything you've ever seen on the clearest nights here on Earth. And then you pass into the lunar sunrise over the lunar surface. It must be an awe-inspiring sight. I can't wait to see it myself."

"[While flipping an electric switch on a panel full of condensation] It's like trying to drive a toaster through a car wash."

"OK, guys, we're going to the moon."

"EECOM, GNC, these guys are talking about bangs and shimmies up there; doesn't sound like instrumentation to me."

"Tell me this is not a government operation."

"Let's work the problem, people. Let's not make things any worse by guessing."

"The Lunar Module just became a lifeboat."

"I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do."

"I want this mark all the way back to Earth with time to spare. We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch. Failure is not an option!"

"[to Deke and other simulation operators] GODDAMMIT! I don't want another estimates. I want the procedures, NOW!"

"[after finding out he's being grounded by exposure to the measles] Medical guys. I had a feeling once they started doing all the blood tests... I know it's their ass if I get sick up there, but I mean, Jesus!"

"Look, I don't have the measles. I'm not gonna get the measles."

"I could eat the ass off a dead rhinoceros."

"We're not gonna have power much longer...the ship's bleeding to death."

"[passing over the moon after the lost landing] Got to tell you, I had an itch to take this baby down though. Do some prospecting. Damn, we were close."

"Tom Hanks — Jim Lovell"

"Bill Paxton — Fred Haise"

"Kevin Bacon — Jack Swigert"

"Gary Sinise — Ken Mattingly"

"Ed Harris — Gene Kranz"

"Kathleen Quinlan — Marilyn Lovell"

"Mary Kate Schellhardt — Barbara Lovell"

"Emily Ann Lloyd — Susan Lovell"

"Miko Hughes — Jeffrey Lovell"

"Max Elliott Slade — Jay Lovell"

"Jean Speegle Howard — Blanch Lovell"

"Tracy Reiner — Mary Haise"

"David Andrews — Pete Conrad"

"Michele Little — Jane Conrad"

"Chris Ellis — Deke Slayton"