Apollo 13: Re-entry while mission

What’s happening in this movie clip?
Astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) release Aquarius and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere as the whole world watches.

What’s the movie about?
While Apollo 13 flies towards the moon, it suffers massive internal damage, putting astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) in danger.
NASA must then find a way to return the spacecraft and the crew to safety.

Credits: © 1995 Universal Pictures

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[jamesmartin]

What the young people who weren't even alive then might not understand is that pretty much the entire world, probably even the Soviet space program people, held it's breath and then cheered during this whole event. It's possibly the closest we've had to a planetary sense of unity ever.

[LeoWhalen]

It's been a privilege watching this with all of you.

[Avofan]

"With all due respect sir, I believe this is going to be our finest hour." Gene Kranz is a legend.

[ToABrighterFuture]

You really have to hand it to Ron Howard: even though we know how the story ends, he still managed to give this climactic sequence a "you are there" level of tension.

[JohnDoe-zuyl]

Honestly, this scene makes a grown man cry.

[randyhuard]

Ed Harris should have gotten more recognition for this role. He was incredible!

[raptor]

"If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it". This has to be one of the best lines in the movie!

[andrewthomas]

I've seen this movie countless times, and I still without fail tear up every time during this scene.

[TheMisterviv]

Brilliant movie. I never tire of it, and get emotional every time. If you get the chance to read ' Failure is not an option', by Nasa flight director Gene Kranz, it just adds to how amazing this mission, along with the rest of the Apollo program was. A triumph of technology and human endeavour. Well done, high five, big up, much respect.

[IntronTVchannel]

6:40 Gene silently wiping off a tear from his right eye... possibly feeling a little embarrassed, then blowing off in relief... what a subtly powerful moment!

[cressida]

It's USA at the top of it's game. Apollo program was in my opinion, histories greatest engineering feat. No one has had to innovate, design and fault find to that level before, or since. So many of the things we take for granted, were invented through that program.

[candaceaustin]

Our school was out for Apollo 13 we saw the splash down on our small home B&W TV.
We cheered along with rest of America

[hoot]

I'd like to give credit to James Horner. His score for this movie was just perfect and really added to the suspense in this scene.

[sceaux]

This was actually understated. The real time of blackout from loss of signal was more like six minutes due to the flight path being shallower than usual.

[mikhailnemtsev]

This scene is the triumph of humanity... I love it so much!

[michaelf]

My dad was a NASA engineer at this time. We were in Huntsville. Real engineers ( and all Apollo astronauts were engineers) made this work, with real heroism. I had to explain that this was a true story to a younger person. Sure, some details were trimmed for the movie, but it pretty much went down as portrayed.

[mrfrankiej]

This really happened. The longer than expected re-entry, those extra moments which seemed like an eternity. Yet they still kept calling, and right at the moment they were about to accept that maybe the crew was lost; "Okay Joe." The parachutes deployed and were seen on the screen. NASA had truly done it, in a way they'd eclipsed even Apollo 11. All these controllers and engineers and astronauts. This team had plucked the crew out of the vicious jaws of certain death within the cold eternal void of deep space.
It was just a total release, relief, joy, exhaustion. Knowing they had accomplished the impossible.

[leelee-ps]

Imagine what it was like for these astronauts to keep their wits about them knowing the odds were against them ever getting home. They kept going while the world collectively prayed for them. One of the best things that happened in my lifetime was their safe return.

[grantharriman]

This is how movies based on real events should be. You don't need to create drama when you pick events that are this dramatic in reality. Nothing you could ever come up with hits harder than real life.

[tadimaggio]

Apart from its many other good qualities, "Apollo 13" is a hugely enjoyable film because it allows us to see fine actors like Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Tom Hanks, and Kevin Bacon together in one film. Those of us who are old enough to remember Ron(ny) Howard on "The Andy Griffith Show" could never have dreamt what splendors lay ahead of him, or what cinematic gifts he was going to give us.