It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon but as far as the American public were concerned Apollo 13 was just another 'routine' space flight
- until these word pierced the immense voice of space: ' Houston we have a problem'. Standard 205 000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft astronauts Jim Lovell Fred Haise & Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile at Mission Control astronaut Ken Mattingly flight director Gene Kranz & a heroic ground crew race against time
- & the odds
- to bring them home. It's a breathtaking adventure that tells the story of courage faith & ingenuity that is all the more remarkable because it is true!