. >> one was allen jeffers the first american in space who had not been in space since that slight in969. >> allen shepherd had been grounded. management said wait a second shepherd doesn't have that much training so far. we need to give him more training. would you mind taking 13 we are going to give shepherd 14. i said 13 would be fine. >> anothmore than fine tooled i lovely a chance to walk on the surface that much sooner. apollo 13 launched at 13:13 military time. it was set to enter lunar orbit on the 13th of april. the crew love vel, hayes had nothing but good luck. they finished a broadcast showing how comfortably they lived and worked in waitnessless. >> this is apollo 13. nice evening. >> nine minutes later they caused the number one tank to also fame. >> houston. we have a provnlt words that would forever linked to commander love vill. >> when the explosion occurred i thought why me. for a while i couldn't belief it was happening but then i said it is mend it is now. what's next? >> electricity light and water all lost. there was no heat. they were 200,000 miles from earth a