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Houston, We've Got a Problem (1994)

Director: Don Wiseman
Actors: Richard Nixon, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Walter Cunningham
Runtime: 28 min.

The Apollo 13 manned spaceflight to the moon has a problem when an oxygen tank explodes onboard. This Nasa film documents the role of Mission Control and the spaceship team in saving the nearly fatal mission. Includes a speech by President Richard Nixon commemorating the mission.

Trivia: The mission was also the subject of the Academy Award winning 1995 movie, Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks.